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Defective cytotoxic lymphocyte degranulation in syntaxin-11 deficient familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis 4 (FHL4) patients.
Blood - 15 Sept 2007
Bryceson Yenan T, Rudd Eva, Zheng Chengyun, Edner Josefine, Ma Daoxin, Wood Stephanie M, Bechensteen Anne Grete, Boelens Jaap J, Celkan Tiraje, Farah Roula A, Hultenby Kjell, Winiarski Jacek, Roche Paul A, Nordenskjöld Magnus, Henter Jan-Inge, Long Eric O, Ljunggren Hans-Gustaf
Abstract excerpt
Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL) is typically an early onset, fatal disease characterized by a sepsislike illness with cytopenia, hepatosplenomegaly, and deficient lymphocyte cytotoxicity. Disease-causing mutations have been identified in genes encoding perforin (PRF1/FHL2), Munc...
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