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Vallée TC, Glasmacher JS, Buchner H, Arkwright PD, Behrends U, Bondarenko A, Browning MJ, Buchbinder DK, Cattoni A, Chernyshova L, Ciznar P, Cole T, Czogala W, Dueckers G, Edgar JDM, Erbey F, Fasth A, Ferrua F, Formankova R, Gambineri E, Gennery AR, Goldman FD, Gonzalez-Granado LI, Heilmann C, Heiskanen-Kosma T, Juntti H, Kainulainen L, Kanegane H, Karaca NE, Sebnem Kilic S, Klein C, Koltan S, Kondratenko I, Meyts I, Nasrullayeva GM, Notarangelo LD, Pasic S, Pellier I, Pignata C, Misbah SA, Schulz AS, Segundo GR, Shcherbina A, Slatter MA, Sokolic R, Soler-Palacin P, Stepensky P, van Montfrans JM, Ryhänen S, Wolska-Kuśnierz B, Ziegler JB, Zhao X, Aiuti A, Ochs HD, Albert MH. Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome: A study on 577 patients defining the genotype as a predictive biomarker for disease severity. Blood 2024:blood.2023021411. [PMID: 38579284 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2023021411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Revised: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024] Open
Abstract
WAS is a multifaceted monogenic disorder with a broad disease spectrum and variable disease severity and a variety of treatment options including allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and gene therapy (GT). No reliable biomarker exists to predict disease course and outcome for individual patients. A total of 577 patients with a WAS variant from 26 countries and a median follow-up of 8.9 years (0.3-71.1), totaling 6118 patient-years, were included in this international retrospective study. Overall survival (OS) of the cohort (censored at HSCT or GT) was 82% (95% CI 78-87) at 15 years and 70% (61-80) at 30 years of age. The type of variant was predictive of outcome: patients with a missense variant in exons 1 or 2 or with the intronic hotspot variant c.559+5G>A (class I variants) had a 15-year OS of 93% (89-98) and a 30-year OS of 91% (86-97), compared to 71% (62-81) and 48% (34-68) in patients with any other variant (class II; p<0.0001). The cumulative incidence rates of disease-related complications such as severe bleeding (p=0.007), life-threatening infection (p<0.0001), and autoimmunity (p=0.004) occurred significantly later in patients with a class I variant. The cumulative incidence of malignancy (p=0.6) was not different between classes I and II. This study represents the largest cohort of WAS patients studied so far. It confirms the spectrum of disease severity and quantifies the risk for specific disease-related complications. The class of variant is a biomarker to predict the outcome for WAS patients.
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- Tanja C Vallée
- Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Jagiellonian University Medical College, Institute of Pediatrics, Krakow, Poland
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- St James's Hospital & School of Medicine Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- University of Florence; 'Anna Meyer' Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Florence, Italy
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- Great North Children's Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Research Unit of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland
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- Dr. von Hauner Childrens Hospital, LMU Klinikum, Munich, Germany
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- Collegium Medicum Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University Torun, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Russian Children's Clinical Hospital, Pirogov National Research Medical University, Moscow, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Mother and Child Health Institute of Serbia, Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade, Serbia., Belgrade, Serbia
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- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Dmitry Rogachev National Research and Clinical Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation trust, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Food and Drug Administration, SHaron, Massachusetts, United States
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- University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, ChildrenÂ's Hospital, and Pediatric Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
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- Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States
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- Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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Zielen S, Duecker RP, Woelke S, Donath H, Bakhtiar S, Buecker A, Kreyenberg H, Huenecke S, Bader P, Mahlaoui N, Ehl S, El-Helou SM, Pietrucha B, Plebani A, van der Flier M, van Aerde K, Kilic SS, Reda SM, Kostyuchenko L, McDermott E, Galal N, Pignata C, Pérez JLS, Laws HJ, Niehues T, Kutukculer N, Seidel MG, Marques L, Ciznar P, Edgar JDM, Soler-Palacín P, von Bernuth H, Krueger R, Meyts I, Baumann U, Kanariou M, Grimbacher B, Hauck F, Graf D, Granado LIG, Prader S, Reisli I, Slatter M, Rodríguez-Gallego C, Arkwright PD, Bethune C, Deripapa E, Sharapova SO, Lehmberg K, Davies EG, Schuetz C, Kindle G, Schubert R. Simple Measurement of IgA Predicts Immunity and Mortality in Ataxia-Telangiectasia. J Clin Immunol 2021; 41:1878-1892. [PMID: 34477998 PMCID: PMC8604875 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-021-01090-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 06/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Patients with ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) suffer from progressive cerebellar ataxia, immunodeficiency, respiratory failure, and cancer susceptibility. From a clinical point of view, A-T patients with IgA deficiency show more symptoms and may have a poorer prognosis. In this study, we analyzed mortality and immunity data of 659 A-T patients with regard to IgA deficiency collected from the European Society for Immunodeficiencies (ESID) registry and from 66 patients with classical A-T who attended at the Frankfurt Goethe-University between 2012 and 2018. We studied peripheral B- and T-cell subsets and T-cell repertoire of the Frankfurt cohort and survival rates of all A-T patients in the ESID registry. Patients with A-T have significant alterations in their lymphocyte phenotypes. All subsets (CD3, CD4, CD8, CD19, CD4/CD45RA, and CD8/CD45RA) were significantly diminished compared to standard values. Patients with IgA deficiency (n = 35) had significantly lower lymphocyte counts compared to A-T patients without IgA deficiency (n = 31) due to a further decrease of naïve CD4 T-cells, central memory CD4 cells, and regulatory T-cells. Although both patient groups showed affected TCR-ß repertoires compared to controls, no differences could be detected between patients with and without IgA deficiency. Overall survival of patients with IgA deficiency was significantly diminished. For the first time, our data show that patients with IgA deficiency have significantly lower lymphocyte counts and subsets, which are accompanied with reduced survival, compared to A-T patients without IgA deficiency. IgA, a simple surrogate marker, is indicating the poorest prognosis for classical A-T patients. Both non-interventional clinical trials were registered at clinicaltrials.gov 2012 (Susceptibility to infections in ataxia-telangiectasia; NCT02345135) and 2017 (Susceptibility to Infections, tumor risk and liver disease in patients with ataxia-telangiectasia; NCT03357978)
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- Stefan Zielen
- Division of Allergology, Pulmonology and Cystic Fibrosis, Department for Children and Adolescents, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Division of Allergology, Pulmonology and Cystic Fibrosis, Department for Children and Adolescents, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.
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- Division of Allergology, Pulmonology and Cystic Fibrosis, Department for Children and Adolescents, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Division of Allergology, Pulmonology and Cystic Fibrosis, Department for Children and Adolescents, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Division for Stem Cell Transplantation, Immunology and Intensive Care Unit, Department for Children and Adolescents, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Division of Allergology, Pulmonology and Cystic Fibrosis, Department for Children and Adolescents, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Division for Stem Cell Transplantation, Immunology and Intensive Care Unit, Department for Children and Adolescents, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Division for Stem Cell Transplantation, Immunology and Intensive Care Unit, Department for Children and Adolescents, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Division for Stem Cell Transplantation, Immunology and Intensive Care Unit, Department for Children and Adolescents, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Pediatric Immunology-Hematology and Rheumatology Unit, French National Reference Center for Primary Immune Deficiencies (CEREDIH), Necker Children's University Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
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- Institute for Immunodeficiency, Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Immunodeficiency, Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- RESIST - Cluster of Excellence 2155 To Hanover Medical School, Satellite Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Immunology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Av. Dzieci Polskich 20, 04-730, Warsaw, Poland
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- Pediatrics Clinic and Institute for Molecular Medicine A. Nocivelli, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia and ASST-Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Section Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Amalia's Children Hospital, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, the School of Medicine, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Center of Pediatric Immunology, Western Ukrainian Specialized Children's Medical Centre, Lviv, Ukraine
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- Clinical Immunology and Allergy Unit, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Pediatrics, Cairo University Specialized Pediatric Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Section of Pediatrics, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiencies Unit, Service of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Virgen de Las Nieves, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Clinical Immunology, Medical Faculty, Center of Child and Adolescent Health, Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, Helios Klinikum Krefeld, Krefeld, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Immunology, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Research Unit for Pediatric Hematology and Immunology, Division of Pediatric Hemato-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Pediatric Department, Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiencies Unit, Porto Hospital Center, Porto, Portugal
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- Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Children University Hospital in Bratislava, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiencies Unit, Vall D'Hebron Research Institute, Hospital Universitari Vall D'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Immunology and Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Immunology, Labor Berlin Charité - Vivantes GmbH, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumology, Immunology and Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven, and the Laboratory for Inborn Errors of Immunity, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Paediatric Pulmonology, Allergy and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Immunology and Histocompatibility, Centre for Primary Immunodeficiencies, "Aghia Sophia" Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Institute for Immunodeficiency, Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- RESIST - Cluster of Excellence 2155 To Hanover Medical School, Satellite Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- DZIF-German Center for Infection Research, Satellite Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Dr. Von Hauner Children's Hospital, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- MVZ Dr. Reising-Ackermann Und Kollegen, Leipzig, Germany
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- Primary Immunodeficiencies Unit, Pediatrics, Hospital 12 Octubre, Complutense University School of Medicine, Madrid, Spain
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- Division of Immunology and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Immunology and Allergy, Meram Medical Faculty, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
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- Primary Immunodeficiency Group, Paediatric Immunology and Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Great North Childrens' Hospital, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Department of Immunology, Dr. Negrin University Hospital of Gran Canaria, University Fernando Pessoa Canarias, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, University of Manchester and Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK
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- National Medical Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Moscow, Russia
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- Research Department, Belarusian Research Center for Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Immunology, Minsk region, Minsk, Belarus
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- Division for Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunology, Clinic for Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Great Ormond Street Hospital and UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Immunodeficiency, Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- FREEZE Biobank, Center for Biobanking, Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Breisacher Str. 115, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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- Division of Allergology, Pulmonology and Cystic Fibrosis, Department for Children and Adolescents, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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Na IK, Buckland M, Agostini C, Edgar JDM, Friman V, Michallet M, Sánchez-Ramón S, Scheibenbogen C, Quinti I. Current clinical practice and challenges in the management of secondary immunodeficiency in hematological malignancies. Eur J Haematol 2019; 102:447-456. [PMID: 30801785 PMCID: PMC6849602 DOI: 10.1111/ejh.13223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2018] [Revised: 02/11/2019] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
Objective Despite long‐standing safe and effective use of immunoglobulin replacement therapy (IgRT) in primary immunodeficiency, clinical data on IgRT in patients with secondary immunodeficiency (SID) due to B‐cell lymphoproliferative diseases are limited. Here, we examine the correlation between approved IgRT indications, treatment recommendations, and clinical practice in SID. Methods An international online survey of 230 physicians responsible for the diagnosis of SID and the prescription of IgRT in patients with hematological malignancies was conducted. Results Serum immunoglobulin was measured in 83% of patients with multiple myeloma, 76% with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and 69% with non‐Hodgkin lymphoma. Most physicians (85%) prescribed IgRT after ≥2 severe infections. In Italy, Germany, Spain, and the United States, immunoglobulin use was above average in patients with hypogammaglobulinemia, while in the UK considerably fewer patients received IgRT. The use of subcutaneous immunoglobulin was highest in France (34%) and lowest in Spain (19%). Immunologists measured specific antibody responses, performed test immunization, implemented IgRT, and used subcutaneous immunoglobulin more frequently than physicians overall. Conclusions The management of SID in hematological malignancies varied regionally. Clinical practice did not reflect treatment guidelines, highlighting the need for robust clinical studies on IgRT in this population and harmonization between countries and disciplines.
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- Il-Kang Na
- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Tumor Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.,Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Berlin, Germany.,Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.,Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Berlin, Germany
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- UCL Centre for Immunodeficiency, Royal Free Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts, London, UK
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Padua University, Treviso, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Université Claude Bernard Lyon, Lyon, France.,Service d'Hématologie, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France
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- Departamento de Inmunología Clínica, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Universidad Complutense of Madrid, Spain
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- Institute for Medical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität (FU) Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Stewart L, D M Edgar J, Blakely G, Patrick S. Antigenic mimicry of ubiquitin by the gut bacterium Bacteroides fragilis: a potential link with autoimmune disease. Clin Exp Immunol 2018; 194:153-165. [PMID: 30076785 PMCID: PMC6194340 DOI: 10.1111/cei.13195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2018] [Revised: 07/18/2018] [Accepted: 07/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Ubiquitin is highly conserved across eukaryotes and is essential for normal eukaryotic cell function. The bacterium Bacteroides fragilis is a member of the normal human gut microbiota, and the only bacterium known to encode a homologue of eukaryotic ubiquitin. The B. fragilis gene sequence indicates a past horizontal gene transfer event from a eukaryotic source. It encodes a protein (BfUbb) with 63% identity to human ubiquitin which is exported from the bacterial cell. The aim of this study was (i) to determine if there was antigenic cross‐reactivity between B. fragilis ubiquitin and human ubiquitin and (ii) to determine if humans produced antibodies to BfUbb. Molecular model comparisons of BfUbb and human ubiquitin predicted a high level (99·8% confidence) of structural similarity. Linear epitope mapping identified epitopes in BfUbb and human ubiquitin that cross‐react. BfUbb also has epitope(s) that do not cross‐react with human ubiquitin. The reaction of human serum (n = 474) to BfUbb and human ubiquitin from the following four groups of subjects was compared by enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA): (1) newly autoantibody‐positive patients, (2) allergen‐specific immunoglobulin (Ig)E‐negative patients, (3) ulcerative colitis patients and (4) healthy volunteers. We show that the immune system of some individuals has been exposed to BfUbb which has resulted in the generation of IgG antibodies. Serum from patients referred for first‐time testing to an immunology laboratory for autoimmune disease are more likely to have a high level of antibodies to BfUbb than healthy volunteers. Molecular mimicry of human ubiquitin by BfUbb could be a trigger for autoimmune disease.
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- L Stewart
- School School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Regional Immunology Laboratory, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, UK.,The Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,The Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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T cell immunodeficiency can occur as one of a group of primary disorders or develop secondary to chronic infection, illness or drug therapy. Primary T cell disorders are rare, accounting for approximately 11% of reported primary immunodeficiencies, and generally present in infancy or early childhood. Early recognition is very important as many of these patients will require bone marrow transplantation prior to the onset of severe infection or other complications. Because of their rarity, these infants usually present to clinicians who have little or no prior experience of these conditions, and therefore laboratory-based clinicians with knowledge of the key laboratory/pathological abnormalities and clinical features have a valuable role in identifying the possibility of immunodeficiency. Secondary T cell deficiency is a cardinal feature of HIV infection and the specific susceptibility to infectious micro-organisms is highlighted. The possibility of T cell immunodeficiency should be considered in any patient presenting with unusual or severe viral, fungal or protozoal infection.
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- J D M Edgar
- David M Edgar, Royal Hospitals, The Belfast Trust, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BN, UK.
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Steele CL, Cridge C, Edgar JDM. A novel treatment in X-linked agammaglobulinaemia - hyperbaric oxygen therapy in refractory chronic wounds. J Clin Immunol 2014; 34:784-7. [PMID: 25091287 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-014-0078-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2014] [Accepted: 07/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Chronic wounds are a rare complication of X-linked agammaglobulinaemia (XLA). Fastidious organisms such as helicobacter bills have been reported in XLA with chronic wounds but sterile chronic wounds also occur. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy has been used in chronic wounds but has not previously been reported in primary antibody deficiencies. We present a case of a chronic wound in a patient with XLA refractory to antimicrobial therapy that made a remarkable recovery following Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.
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Ammann S, Elling R, Gyrd-Hansen M, Dückers G, Bredius R, Burns SO, Edgar JDM, Worth A, Brandau H, Warnatz K, Zur Stadt U, Hasselblatt P, Schwarz K, Ehl S, Speckmann C. A new functional assay for the diagnosis of X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP) deficiency. Clin Exp Immunol 2014; 176:394-400. [PMID: 24611904 DOI: 10.1111/cei.12306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP) deficiency, caused by mutations in BIRC4, is an immunodeficiency associated with immune dysregulation and a highly variable clinical presentation. Current diagnostic screening tests such as flow cytometry for XIAP expression or lymphocyte apoptosis assays have significant limitations. Based on recent evidence that XIAP is essential for nucleotide-binding and oligomerization domains (NOD)1/2 signalling, we evaluated the use of a simple flow cytometric assay assessing tumour necrosis factor (TNF) production of monocytes in response to NOD2 stimulation by muramyl dipeptides (L18-MDP) for the functional diagnosis of XIAP deficiency. We investigated 12 patients with XIAP deficiency, six female carriers and relevant disease controls. Irrespective of the diverse clinical phenotype, the extent of residual protein expression or the nature of the mutation, the TNF response was severely reduced in all patients. On average, L18-MDP induced TNF production in 25% of monocytes from healthy donors or female carriers, while fewer than 6% of monocytes responded in affected patients. Notably, the assay clearly discriminated affected patients from disease controls with other immunodeficiencies accompanied by lymphoproliferation, hypogammaglobulinaemia or inflammatory bowel disease. Functional testing of the NOD2 signalling pathway is an easy, fast and reliable assay in the diagnostic evaluation of patients with suspected XIAP deficiency.
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- S Ammann
- Center of Chronic Immunodeficiency, University Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany; Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Edgar JDM, Buckland M, Guzman D, Conlon NP, Knerr V, Bangs C, Reiser V, Panahloo Z, Workman S, Slatter M, Gennery AR, Davies EG, Allwood Z, Arkwright PD, Helbert M, Longhurst HJ, Grigoriadou S, Devlin LA, Huissoon A, Krishna MT, Hackett S, Kumararatne DS, Condliffe AM, Baxendale H, Henderson K, Bethune C, Symons C, Wood P, Ford K, Patel S, Jain R, Jolles S, El-Shanawany T, Alachkar H, Herwadkar A, Sargur R, Shrimpton A, Hayman G, Abuzakouk M, Spickett G, Darroch CJ, Paulus S, Marshall SE, McDermott EM, Heath PT, Herriot R, Noorani S, Turner M, Khan S, Grimbacher B. The United Kingdom Primary Immune Deficiency (UKPID) Registry: report of the first 4 years' activity 2008-2012. Clin Exp Immunol 2014; 175:68-78. [PMID: 23841717 PMCID: PMC3898556 DOI: 10.1111/cei.12172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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This report summarizes the establishment of the first national online registry of primary immune deficency in the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom Primary Immunodeficiency (UKPID Registry). This UKPID Registry is based on the European Society for Immune Deficiency (ESID) registry platform, hosted on servers at the Royal Free site of University College, London. It is accessible to users through the website of the United Kingdom Primary Immunodeficiency Network (www.ukpin.org.uk). Twenty-seven centres in the United Kingdom are actively contributing data, with an additional nine centres completing their ethical and governance approvals to participate. This indicates that 36 of 38 (95%) of recognized centres in the United Kingdom have engaged with this project. To date, 2229 patients have been enrolled, with a notable increasing rate of recruitment in the past 12 months. Data are presented on the range of diagnoses recorded, estimated minimum disease prevalence, geographical distribution of patients across the United Kingdom, age at presentation, diagnostic delay, treatment modalities used and evidence of their monitoring and effectiveness.
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- J D M Edgar
- Regional Immunology Service, The Royal Hospitals, Belfast, East Yorkshire; Centre for Infection and Immunity, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, East Yorkshire
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Devlin LA, Haughton DJ, Crockard AD, Edgar JDM. Natural killer cell cytotoxicity in patients with recurrent herpes infections: diagnostic utility of a flow cytometric assay. J Clin Pathol 2010; 63:244-8. [DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2009.066753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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An 8-year-old boy presented with eczematous skin lesions, recurrent otitis media and unexplained pyrexias. X-linked agammaglobulinaemia was diagnosed and treatment commenced with intravenous immunoglobulin replacement therapy. X-linked agammaglobulinaemia (XLA) is a primary immunodeficiency syndrome associated with a deficiency of B lymphocytes, caused by a defect in the expression of Bruton's tyrosine kinase. It affects only boys and usually presents before the age of 2 years with recurrent bacterial sinopulmonary infections. IgG levels are usually <2 g/L (normal range 5.4-16.1) and IgM and IgA are usually undetectable. The commonest cutaneous features of XLA are pyogenic skin infections; however, eczema can occur with increased frequency. We report a child who presented with multiple discrete eczematous lesions who subsequently developed eczematous exacerbations several days after administration of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) replacement therapy.
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- H L Hunter
- Department of Dermatology, Belfast City Hospital Trust, Belfast, UK.
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Tighe PJ, Stevens SE, Dempsey S, Le Deist F, Rieux-Laucat F, Edgar JDM. Inactivation of the Fas gene by Alu insertion: retrotransposition in an intron causing splicing variation and autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome. Genes Immun 2002; 3 Suppl 1:S66-70. [PMID: 12215906 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2001] [Revised: 02/01/2002] [Accepted: 02/01/2002] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Mutations in the Fas (apo-1, CD95) gene result in autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS). These mutations are dominated by small deletions and point mutations that result in splicing errors or missense changes. We report here a novel mutation caused by retrotransposon insertion, which results in loss of exon 8 and ALPS. A father and son suffering from recurrent lymphadenopathy were examined for resistance to Fas-mediated apoptosis. A functional defect was detected and RT-PCR analysis revealed two different copies of Fas mRNA, one normal and a second shorter version lacking exon 8. DNA analysis of the genomic region between exons seven and nine in the longer copy revealed two PCR products, one being 331 base pairs (bp) longer than expected. Sequencing revealed that intron 7 had undergone an insertion event with an Alu element (99.31% homology with Alu-Sb1) of 331 bp. This element included a 34-bp Poly A tract that was flanked on each side by a perfect 17 bp direct duplication of the target site. Both patients were heterozygous for the mutated allele that produced Fas mRNA lacking exon 8, although not due to loss of a splice junction. The structure of the insertion suggests that the Alu element may have integrated by retrotransposition, and represents the first report of a retrotransposon causing ALPS.
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- P J Tighe
- Division of Molecular Immunology, University Hospital, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
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