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Immunodeficiency in Two Female Patients with Incontinentia Pigmenti with Heterozygous NEMO Mutation Diagnosed by LPS Unresponsiveness.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 Aug 2017
Ohnishi Hidenori, Kishimoto Yuka, Taguchi Tomohide, Kawamoto Norio, Nakama Mina, Kawai Tomoki, Nakayama Manabu, Ohara Osamu, Orii Kenji, Fukao Toshiyuki
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia with immunodeficiency (EDA-ID) is caused by mutations in the NF-κB essential modulator (NEMO) or NF-κB inhibitor, alpha (IKBA) genes. A heterozygous NEMO mutation causes incontinentia pigmenti (IP) in females, while a hemizygous hypomorphic mutation of NEMO causes EDA-ID in males. In general, immunodeficiency is not shown in IP patients. Here, we investigated two female...
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