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A gain-of-function mutation of STAT1: A novel genetic factor contributing to chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis.
Acta microbiologica et immunologica Hungarica - 1 Jun 2017
Eslami Narges, Tavakol Marzieh, Mesdaghi Mehrnaz, Gharegozlou Mohammad, Casanova Jean-Laurent, Puel Anne, Okada Satoshi, Arshi Saba, Bemanian Mohammad Hassan, Fallahpour Morteza, Molatefi Rasool, Seif Farhad, Zoghi Samaneh, Rezaei Nima, Nabavi Mohammad
Abstract excerpt
Heterozygous gain-of-function (GOF) mutations in the signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 (STAT1) have increasingly been identified as a genetic cause of autosomal-dominant (AD) chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis (CMC). In this article, we describe a 33-year-old man who experienced chronic refractory candidiasis, recurrent otitis media, and pneumonia resulting in bronchiectasis, severe oral and...
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