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[The Whim syndrome: a rare cause of diffuse bronchiectasis. Immune defect of CXCR4 and chronic bronchial suppuration].
Revue des maladies respiratoires - 1 May 2008
Vinurel H, Freymond N, Pacheco Y, Devouassoux G
Abstract excerpt
Whim syndrome, an association of warts, hypogammaglobulinemia, recurrent bacterial infections and the retention of mature polymorphonuclear cells within the bone marrow is an orphan disease. It occurs due to a complex immune defect, mutation and/ or dysfunction of CXCR4, the natural receptor of stromal cell-derived factor 1 [SDF-1 or CXCL12], which is implicated in the control of bone marrow homing of precursor...
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