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Two patients with complete defects in interferon gamma receptor-dependent signaling.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 Sept 2007
Noordzij Jeroen G, Hartwig Nico G, Verreck Frank A W, De Bruin-Versteeg Sandra, De Boer Tjitske, Van Dissel Jaap T, De Groot Ronald, Ottenhoff Tom H M, Van Dongen Jacques J M
Abstract excerpt
Unusual susceptibility to mycobacterial infections can be caused by deleterious mutations in genes that encode the interferon-gamma receptor 1 chain. Such mutations hamper the activation of macrophages by a type 1 immune response and result in enhanced survival of intracellular pathogens. We here report two patients with unusual mycobacterial infections, both diagnosed with homozygous deleterious interferon-gamma...
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