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A novel mutation in EROS (CYBC1) causes chronic granulomatous disease.
Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.) - 1 Oct 2023
Mortimer Paige M, Nichols Esme, Thomas Joe, Shanbhag Rachna, Singh Neha, Coomber Eve L, Malik Talat H, Pickering Matthew C, Randzavola Lyra, Rae William, Bhattad Sagar, Thomas David C
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Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD) is an inborn error of immunity characterised by opportunistic infection and sterile granulomatous inflammation. CGD is caused by a failure of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production by the phagocyte NADPH oxidase. Mutations in the genes encoding phagocyte NADPH oxidase subunits cause CGD. We and others have described a novel form of CGD (CGD5) secondary to lack of EROS...
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