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Mutation spectrum in children with primary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: molecular and functional analyses of PRF1, UNC13D, STX11, and RAB27A.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 2006
Zur Stadt Udo, Beutel Karin, Kolberg Susanne, Schneppenheim Reinhard, Kabisch Hartmut, Janka Gritta, Hennies Hans Christian
Abstract excerpt
Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL) is an autosomal-recessive disease that affects young children. It presents as a severe hyperinflammatory syndrome with activated macrophages and T lymphocytes. Mutations in the perforin 1 gene (PRF1) were found in FHL-2 in 15-50% of all cases. Defective granule exocytosis caused by mutations in the hMunc13-4 gene (UNC13D) has been described in FHL-3. FHL-4...
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