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SUBMITTER: Keller MD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3341983 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Keller Michael D MD Petersen Maureen M Ong Peck P Church Joseph J Risma Kimberly K Burham Jon J Jain Ashish A Stiehm E Richard ER Hanson Eric P EP Uzel Gulbu G Deardorff Matthew A MA Orange Jordan S JS
Frontiers in immunology 20111108
Ectodermal dysplasias (ED) are uncommon genetic disorders resulting in abnormalities in ectodermally derived structures. Many ED-associated genes have been described, of which ectodysplasin-A (EDA) is one of the more common. The NF-κB essential modulator (NEMO encoded by the IKBKG gene) is unique in that mutations result in severe humoral and cellular immunologic defects in addition to ED. We describe three unrelated kindreds with defects in both EDA and IKBKG resulting from X-chromosome crossov ...[more]