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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Scott Presnell
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-66486 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20150326 6233
Severe influenza disease strikes otherwise healthy children and remains unexplained. We report compound heterozygous null mutations in IRF7, which encodes the transcription factor interferon regulatory factor 7, in an otherwise healthy child who suffered life-threatening influenza during primary infection. In response to influenza virus, the patient's leukocytes and plasmacytoid dendritic cells produced very little type I and III interferons (IFNs). Moreover, the patient's dermal fibroblasts and ...[more]