Deconstructing common variable immunodeficiency by genetic analysis.

Abstract excerpt

Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is the most common symptomatic primary immunodeficiency. Patients have recurrent bacterial infections and an increased risk of developing autoimmune diseases, lung damage, and selected cancers. Since 2003, four genes have been shown to be mutated in CVID patients: ICOS, TNFRSF13B (encoding TACI), TNFRSF13C (encoding BAFF-R) and CD19. Heterozygous mutations in TNFRSF13B are...

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• Common Variable Immunodeficiency
• Disease Susceptibility
• ICOS gene
• Mutation