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A novel primary human immunodeficiency due to deficiency in the WASP-interacting protein WIP.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 16 Jan 2012
Lanzi Gaetana, Moratto Daniele, Vairo Donatella, Masneri Stefania, Delmonte Ottavia, Paganini Tiziana, Parolini Silvia, Tabellini Giovanna, Mazza Cinzia, Savoldi Gianfranco, Montin Davide, Martino Silvana, Tovo Pierangelo, Pessach Itai M, Massaad Michel J, Ramesh Narayanaswamy, Porta Fulvio, Plebani Alessandro, Notarangelo Luigi D, Geha Raif S, Giliani Silvia
Abstract excerpt
A female offspring of consanguineous parents, showed features of Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS), including recurrent infections, eczema, thrombocytopenia, defective T cell proliferation and chemotaxis, and impaired natural killer cell function. Cells from this patient had undetectable WAS protein (WASP), but normal WAS sequence and messenger RNA levels. WASP interacting protein (WIP), which stabilizes WASP, was...
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