Clinical, immunological and molecular characteristics of 37 Iranian patients with X-linked agammaglobulinemia |
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Authors: | Aghamohammadi Asghar Fiorini Maurilia Moin Mostafa Parvaneh Nima Teimourian Shahram Yeganeh Mehdi Goffi Francesca Kanegane Hirokazu Amirzargar Ali Akbar Pourpak Zahra Rezaei Nima Salavati Ali Pouladi Nima Abdollahzade Sina Notarangelo Luigi D Miyawaki Toshio Plebani Alessandro |
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Institution: | Division of Clinical Pediatric Immunology, Children's Medical Center, Immunology, Asthma and Allergy Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. aghamohammadi@sina.tums.ac.ir |
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Abstract: | BACKGROUND: X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) is a hereditary immunodeficiency characterized by an early onset of recurrent bacterial infections, a profound deficiency of all immunoglobulin isotypes and a markedly reduced number of peripheral B lymphocytes. Eighty-five percent of the patients with this phenotype have mutations in Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) gene. METHODS: To provide an informative outlook of clinical and immunological manifestations of XLA in Iran, 37 Iranian male patients with an age range of 1-34 years, followed over a period of 25 years, were studied. Twenty-four of the 37 patients were screened for BTK gene mutation using PCR-SSCP followed by direct sequencing. BTK protein expression assay was done by flow cytometry in 9 families. RESULTS: All patients first presented with infectious diseases, the most common of which were respiratory tract infections. Eighteen different mutations were identified, 13 of which were novel: IVS1+5G>C, 1896G>A, 349delA, 1618C>T, 1783T>C, 2084A>G, 1346delT, 1351delGAG, 587A>G, IVS14-1G>A, IVS3+2T>C, 1482G>A, 1975C>A. CONCLUSION: The fact that we found a great number of novel mutations in a relatively limited number of patients underlines the heterogeneity of BTK mutations in the Iranian population. The large number of new mutations indicates that extended studies in this region would be rewarding. |
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