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SUBMITTER: Papini AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4214166 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Papini Anna Maria AM Nuti Francesca F Real-Fernandez Feliciana F Rossi Giada G Tiberi Caterina C Sabatino Giuseppina G Pandey Shashank S Leoncini Silvia S Signorini Cinzia C Pecorelli Alessandra A Guerranti Roberto R Lavielle Solange S Ciccoli Lucia L Rovero Paolo P De Felice Claudio C Hayek Joussef J
Journal of immunology research 20141015
Rett syndrome (RTT), a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting exclusively (99%) female infants, is associated with loss-of-function mutations in the gene encoding methyl-CpG binding protein 2 (MECP2) and, more rarely, cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5 (CDKL5) and forkhead box protein G1 (FOXG1). In this study, we aimed to evaluate the function of the immune system by measuring serum immunoglobulins (IgG and IgM) in RTT patients (n = 53) and, by comparison, in age-matched children affected by non-RTT ...[more]