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Genetic lessons learned from X-linked Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial diseases.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Dec 2011
Bustamante Jacinta, Picard Capucine, Boisson-Dupuis Stéphanie, Abel Laurent, Casanova Jean-Laurent
Abstract excerpt
Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease (MSMD) is a rare syndrome conferring predisposition to clinical disease caused by weakly virulent mycobacteria, such as Mycobacterium bovis Bacille Calmette Guérin (BCG) vaccines and nontuberculous, environmental mycobacteria (EM). Since 1996, MSMD-causing mutations have been found in six autosomal genes involved in IL-12/23-dependent, IFN-γ-mediated immunity. The...
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