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Digenic Inheritance: Evidence and Gaps in Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2021
Steen Erica A, Hermiston Michelle L, Nichols Kim E, Meyer Lauren K
Abstract excerpt
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a hyperinflammatory disorder characterized by the inability to properly terminate an immune response. Familial HLH (FHLH) and related immune dysregulation syndromes are associated with mutations in the genes PRF1, UNC13D, STX11, STXBP2, LYST, AP3B1, and RAB27A, all of which are required for the assembly, exocytosis, and function of cytotoxic granules within CD8+ T cells...
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