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An updated review on Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial diseases- a silver jubilee celebration of its first genetic diagnosis.
Expert review of clinical immunology - 1 Oct 2021
Das Jhumki, Banday Aaqib Zaffar, Shandilya Jitendra, Sharma Madhubala, Vignesh Pandiarajan, Rawat Amit
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Introduction: Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial diseases (MSMD), a group of at least 18 different genetic disorders, encompasses a specific class of inborn errors of immunity that result in predilection to infection with mycobacteria including the weakly virulent strains. Primarily, these consist of defects in the IFN-γ-IL-12/23 circuit that is crucial for immunity against intracellular microorganisms....
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