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A truncating ELF4 variant in a pediatric patient with autoinflammatory disease and cell type-specific immune alterations.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2026
Zhang Qianlu, Lei Yatang, Zhou Lina, Zhang Zhiyong, Tang Xuemei, An Yunfei, Zhao Xiaodong, Du Hongqiang
Abstract excerpt
Introduction: ELF4 is an ETS family transcription factor involved in immune regulation, including antiviral responses and inflammatory signaling. Germline loss-of-function variants in ELF4 cause deficiency in ELF4, X-linked (DEX), a disorder characterized by recurrent mucocutaneous inflammation and variable immune abnormalities. To date, ELF4-related disease has been reported only in association with germline...
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- Humans
- Male
- Transcription Factors
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- HEK293 Cells
- Child
