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Human IκBα Gain of Function: a Severe and Syndromic Immunodeficiency.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 Jul 2017
Boisson Bertrand, Puel Anne, Picard Capucine, Casanova Jean-Laurent
Abstract excerpt
Germline heterozygous gain-of-function (GOF) mutations of NFKBIA, encoding IκBα, cause an autosomal dominant (AD) form of anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia with immunodeficiency (EDA-ID). Fourteen unrelated patients have been reported since the identification of the first case in 2003. All mutations enhanced the inhibitory activity of IκBα, by preventing its phosphorylation on serine 32 or 36 and its subsequent...
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