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SUBMITTER: Roos D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4568122 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Roos Dirk D Kuhns Douglas B DB Maddalena Anne A Bustamante Jacinta J Kannengiesser Caroline C de Boer Martin M van Leeuwen Karin K Köker M Yavuz MY Wolach Baruch B Roesler Joachim J Malech Harry L HL Holland Steven M SM Gallin John I JI Stasia Marie-José MJ
Blood cells, molecules & diseases 20100218 4
Chronic granulomatous Disease (CGD) is an immunodeficiency disorder affecting about 1 in 250,000 individuals. The disease is caused by mutations in the genes encoding the components of the leukocyte NADPH oxidase. This enzyme produces superoxide, which is essential in the process of intracellular pathogen killing by phagocytic leukocytes. Four of the five genes involved in CGD are autosomal; these are CYBA, encoding p22-phox, NCF2, encoding p67-phox, NCF1, encoding p47-phox, and NCF4, encoding p ...[more]