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Exhaustion of the CD8+ T Cell Compartment in Patients with Mutations in Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Delta.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2018
Wentink Marjolein W J, Mueller Yvonne M, Dalm Virgil A S H, Driessen Gertjan J, van Hagen P Martin, van Montfrans Joris M, van der Burg Mirjam, Katsikis Peter D
Abstract excerpt
Pathogenic gain-of-function mutations in the gene encoding phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta (PI3Kδ) cause activated PI3Kδ syndrome (APDS), a disease characterized by humoral immunodeficiency, lymphadenopathy, and an inability to control persistent viral infections including Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections. Understanding the mechanisms leading to impaired immune response is important...
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