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Residual CD95-pathway function in children with autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome is independent from clinical state and genotype of CD95 mutation.
Pediatric research - 1 Feb 2009
Fuchs Hans, Posovszky Carsten, Lahr Georgia, van der Werff ten Bosch Jutte, Boehler Thomas, Debatin Klaus-Michael
Abstract excerpt
Human autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) is caused by defective CD95-mediated apoptosis of lymphocytes. In most patients, heterozygous mutations within the CD95 gene are found. Mutated proteins interfere with CD95-signaling in a dominant-negative way. However, the penetrance of clinical disease is variable. We describe 13 patients out of nine families with the clinical presentation of ALPS. Eight...
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