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Severe diarrhea in a 10-year-old girl with Aicardi-Goutières syndrome due to IFIH1 gene mutation.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Oct 2021
Lu Meiping, Zhu Kun, Zheng Qi, Ma Xiaohui, Zou Lixia
Abstract excerpt
Interferon-induced with helicase C domain 1 (IFIH1) is a cytosolic sensor of dsRNA that induces an anti-viral Type I interferon (IFN) state. A gain-of-function mutation in IFIH1 can cause increased Type I IFN activity and is clinically associated with Aicardi-Goutières syndrome (AGS). AGS is a multisystem disease, characterized as an early-onset progressive encephalopathy with basal ganglia calcification and...
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