Article
[Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease: defects in the IL-12/IFNgamma pathway].
Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983) - 1 May 2006
Fieschi Claire
Abstract excerpt
Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease is a recently described entity, responsible for disseminated disease due to nonvirulent mycobacteria and, to a lesser extent, non-typhoid salmonella in otherwise healthy patients. Different mutations in 5 genes and allelic heterogeneity accounts for 12 different diseases. The proteins encoded by the mutated alleles all belong to the interferon gamma/ìnterleukin 12...
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