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Mutations in PIK3CD can cause hyper IgM syndrome (HIGM) associated with increased cancer susceptibility.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 Apr 2014
Crank M C, Grossman J K, Moir S, Pittaluga S, Buckner C M, Kardava L, Agharahimi A, Meuwissen H, Stoddard J, Niemela J, Kuehn H, Rosenzweig S D
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal dominant gain of function mutations in the gene encoding PI3K p110δ were recently associated with a novel combined immune deficiency characterized by recurrent sinopulmonary infections, CD4 lymphopenia, reduced class-switched memory B cells, lymphadenopathy, CMV and/or EBV viremia and EBV-related lymphoma. A subset of affected patients also had elevated serum IgM. Here we describe three patients in two...
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