Whilst statistical analysis of ELISA results showed significant differences between patients and healthy controls, in our set of patients functional tests yielded no evidence for an involvement of autoantibodies against BAFF, APRIL, or IL-21 in the pathogenesis of CVID or sIgAD.
Whilst statistical analysis of ELISA results showed significant differences between patients and healthy controls, in our set of patients functional tests yielded no evidence for an involvement of autoantibodies against BAFF, APRIL, or IL-21 in the pathogenesis of CVID or sIgAD.
We show that a combination of IL-21, IL-4, and anti-CD40 stimulation induces class-switch recombination to IgG and IgA and differentiation of Ig-secreting cells, consisting of both surface IgG(+) (sIgG(+)) and sIgA(+) B cells and CD138(+) plasma cells, in patients with CVID or IgAD.
We show that a combination of IL-21, IL-4, and anti-CD40 stimulation induces class-switch recombination to IgG and IgA and differentiation of Ig-secreting cells, consisting of both surface IgG(+) (sIgG(+)) and sIgA(+) B cells and CD138(+) plasma cells, in patients with CVID or IgAD.
We investigated a family with CVID and identified the heterozygous C104RTNFRSF13B mutation in two of the three index-children with CVID, a mother with selective immunoglobulin A deficiency, a mother with recurrent infections and a healthy grandfather.
We have analysed the frequency of IL-5 mRNA-producing cells in healthy adults and in patients with common variable immunodeficiency or selective IgA deficiency.
We aimed at evaluating the role of those MSH5 polymorphisms on IgAD susceptibility considering their linkage with other classically associated HLA markers, specifically DRB1*0102 and B*08-DRB1*03.
We aimed at evaluating the role of those MSH5 polymorphisms on IgAD susceptibility considering their linkage with other classically associated HLA markers, specifically DRB1*0102 and B*08-DRB1*03.
To examine the potential contribution of TNFRSF13B variants to CVID, we have applied an evolutionary approach by sequencing its coding region in 451 individuals belonging to 26 worldwide populations, in addition to controls, patients with CVID and selective IgA deficiency (IgAD) from Italy.
These findings indicate that miR-6891-5p regulates <i>IGHA1</i> and <i>IGHA2</i> gene expression at the posttranscriptional level and suggest that increase in miR-6891-5p levels may contribute to the etiology of selective IgA deficiency.
There are strong indications for involvement of genetic factors in development of the disease and the frequency of several extended major histocompatibility complex haplotypes (including HLA-A1, B8, DR3, DQ2) have previously been shown to be increased among Caucasian patients with IgAD.PCR was used to type HLA B, DR, and DQ alleles in 29 Iranian individuals with IgAD and 299 Swedish individuals with IgAD.The results indicate a strong association with the HLA B14, DR1 alleles in Iranian subjects and HLA B8, B12, B13, B14, B40, DR1, DR3, DR7, DQ2 and DQ5 alleles in Swedish subjects.Differences in HLA association of IgAD in Iran and Sweden confirm the notion of a genetic background of the disease and that multiple, potentially different genes within the MHC region might be involved in the pathogenesis of IgAD in different ethnic groups.
The less frequent genotype of AICDA in IgAD patients was AA, seen in 10.5% of the patients, which was much lower than the 30.8% in CVID patients and 38.2% in the controls.
The aim of this study was to investigate whether autoantibodies against BAFF (important B cell survival signal), APRIL (important plasma cell survival signal), or Interleukin-21 (important cytokine for immunoglobulin class switch) present an alternative mechanism for the development of the following primary antibody deficiencies (PADs): common variable immune deficiency (CVID) or selective IgA deficiency (sIgAD).
The aim of this study was to investigate whether autoantibodies against BAFF (important B cell survival signal), APRIL (important plasma cell survival signal), or Interleukin-21 (important cytokine for immunoglobulin class switch) present an alternative mechanism for the development of the following primary antibody deficiencies (PADs): common variable immune deficiency (CVID) or selective IgA deficiency (sIgAD).
The aim of this study was to investigate whether autoantibodies against BAFF (important B cell survival signal), APRIL (important plasma cell survival signal), or Interleukin-21 (important cytokine for immunoglobulin class switch) present an alternative mechanism for the development of the following primary antibody deficiencies (PADs): common variable immune deficiency (CVID) or selective IgA deficiency (sIgAD).
Recent studies in patients with late-onset hypogammaglobulinaemia and selective IgA deficiency showed that there may be a common denominator for these two syndromes, since there is a close association with polymorphic antigens of the MHC class III region.
Persistent antigen stimulation due to an inherent defect in the ability of the immune system to eradicate pathogens is the primary cause leading to autoimmunity in patients with primary immunodeficiency states.We describe a 10 year old Iranian girl with chronic granulomatous disease -the autosomal recessive type with mutation of NCF1 gene P47- associated with selective IgA deficiency, refractory immune thrombocytopenia that showed an excellent response to Rituximab (Anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody).Patients with primary immunodeficiencies may have variable autoimmune manifestations.
Persistent antigen stimulation due to an inherent defect in the ability of the immune system to eradicate pathogens is the primary cause leading to autoimmunity in patients with primary immunodeficiency states.We describe a 10 year old Iranian girl with chronic granulomatous disease -the autosomal recessive type with mutation of NCF1 gene P47- associated with selective IgA deficiency, refractory immune thrombocytopenia that showed an excellent response to Rituximab (Anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody).Patients with primary immunodeficiencies may have variable autoimmune manifestations.
Persistent antigen stimulation due to an inherent defect in the ability of the immune system to eradicate pathogens is the primary cause leading to autoimmunity in patients with primary immunodeficiency states.We describe a 10 year old Iranian girl with chronic granulomatous disease -the autosomal recessive type with mutation of NCF1 gene P47- associated with selective IgA deficiency, refractory immune thrombocytopenia that showed an excellent response to Rituximab (Anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody).Patients with primary immunodeficiencies may have variable autoimmune manifestations.
Our previous linkage analysis of 83 multiple-case IgAD/CVID families containing 449 informative pedigree members showed a significantly increased allele sharing in the chromosome region 6p21 consistent with allelic associations in family-based and case-control studies and provided the evidence for a predisposing locus, termed IGAD1, in the proximal part of the MHC.
Our genome-wide association study (GWAS) meta-analysis of 1,635 patients with IgAD and 4,852 controls identified four new significant (P < 5 × 10<sup>-8</sup>) loci and association with a rare IFIH1 variant (p.Ile923Val).