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Heterozygous splice mutation in PIK3R1 causes human immunodeficiency with lymphoproliferation due to dominant activation of PI3K
Lucas CL, Zhang Y, Venida A, Wang Y, Hughes J, McElwee J, Butrick M, Matthews H, Price S, Biancalana M, Wang X, Richards M, Pozos T, Barlan I, Ozen A, Rao VK, Su HC, Lenardo MJ. Heterozygous splice mutation in PIK3R1 causes human immunodeficiency with lymphoproliferation due to dominant activation of PI3K. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2014, 211: 2537-2547. PMID: 25488983, PMCID: PMC4267241, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20141759.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAlternative SplicingAntibody FormationBase SequenceCatalytic DomainCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell DifferentiationChild, PreschoolClass Ia Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinaseEnzyme ActivationExonsFemaleGenes, DominantHeterozygoteHumansImmunologic Deficiency SyndromesLymphoproliferative DisordersMaleMolecular Sequence DataMutationPedigreePhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProtein Structure, TertiarySequence DeletionSignal TransductionTelomereTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesConceptsT cellsPI3KPI3K subunitsSenescent T cellsRecurrent sinopulmonary infectionsHeterozygous splice site mutationSplice site mutationEffector cellsPeripheral bloodSinopulmonary infectionsHuman immunodeficiencyHeterozygous splice mutationsImmunodeficiency diseaseHealthy subjectsUnique disorderHeterozygous mutationsClass IaPatient cellsProminent expansionK subunitLymphoproliferationPatientsSimilar diseasesShort telomeresDiseaseDominant-activating germline mutations in the gene encoding the PI(3)K catalytic subunit p110δ result in T cell senescence and human immunodeficiency
Lucas CL, Kuehn HS, Zhao F, Niemela JE, Deenick EK, Palendira U, Avery DT, Moens L, Cannons JL, Biancalana M, Stoddard J, Ouyang W, Frucht DM, Rao VK, Atkinson TP, Agharahimi A, Hussey AA, Folio LR, Olivier KN, Fleisher TA, Pittaluga S, Holland SM, Cohen JI, Oliveira JB, Tangye SG, Schwartzberg PL, Lenardo MJ, Uzel G. Dominant-activating germline mutations in the gene encoding the PI(3)K catalytic subunit p110δ result in T cell senescence and human immunodeficiency. Nature Immunology 2013, 15: 88-97. PMID: 24165795, PMCID: PMC4209962, DOI: 10.1038/ni.2771.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntibiotics, AntineoplasticCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedCellular SenescenceClass I Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesCytomegalovirus InfectionsEpstein-Barr Virus InfectionsFemaleGenes, DominantGerm-Line MutationHumansImmunoblottingImmunologic Deficiency SyndromesMalePedigreePhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPhosphorylationProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktSirolimusT-LymphocytesTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesViremia
2020
Novel compound heterozygous variants in NHLRC2 in a patient with FINCA syndrome
Brodsky NN, Boyarchuk O, Kovalchuk T, Hariyan T, Rice A, Ji W, Khokha M, Lakhani S, Lucas CL. Novel compound heterozygous variants in NHLRC2 in a patient with FINCA syndrome. Journal Of Human Genetics 2020, 65: 911-915. PMID: 32435055, DOI: 10.1038/s10038-020-0776-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAngiomatosisBrain NeoplasmsCardiomegalyChild, PreschoolExome SequencingFibrosisHeterozygoteHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsLung DiseasesMaleModels, MolecularNeurodegenerative DiseasesPedigreePoint MutationProtein ConformationProtein DomainsSequence AlignmentSequence Homology, Amino AcidSyndromeConceptsWhole-exome sequencingNovel compound heterozygous variantsCompound heterozygous variantsUkrainian patientsClinical featuresNovel variantsNew patientsHealthy humansCompound heterozygous combinationPatientsHeterozygous variantsSyndromeFinnish childrenNHLRC2Sanger sequencingFibrosisDiseaseGnomAD databaseN-terminal thioredoxinCentral regulatorVariantsNeurodegeneration