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Autoantibodies against cytokines: phenocopies of primary immunodeficiencies?
Human genetics - 1 Jun 2020
Ku Chen-Lung, Chi Chih-Yu, von Bernuth Horst, Doffinger Rainer
Abstract excerpt
Anti-cytokine autoantibodies may cause immunodeficiency and have been recently recognized as 'autoimmune phenocopies of primary immunodeficiencies' and are found in particular, but not exclusively in adult patients. By blocking the cytokine's biological function, patients with anti-cytokine autoantibodies may present with a similar clinical phenotype as the related inborn genetic disorders. So far, autoantibodies...
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