CD40LG, CD40 ligand, 959

N. diseases: 453; N. variants: 25
Disease: Severe Combined Immunodeficiency ×
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0085110
Disease: Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency 		0.010 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE These represent the first human disease phenotypes associated with three gene families already recognized to be important in lymphocyte development and signaling: XLA is caused by mutations of a B-cell specific intracellular tyrosine kinase; HIGM by mutations in the tumor necrosis factor-related CD40 ligand, through which T cells deliver helper signals by direct contact with B-cell CD40; and SCID by mutations in the gamma chain of the lymphocyte receptor for interleukin-2. 7849738 1994