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SUBMITTER: Hsu AP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6051446 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Hsu Amy P AP Zerbe Christa S CS Foruraghi Ladan L Iovine Nicole M NM Leiding Jennifer W JW Mushatt David M DM Wild Laurianne L Kuhns Douglas B DB Holland Steven M SM
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20180701 3
Four patients with adult-onset, disseminated mycobacterial infection had 5' UTR mutations in IKBKG without clear physical stigmata of NEMO deficiency. These mutations caused decreased levels of NEMO protein and Toll-like receptor driven cytokine production. Three patients died from disseminated disease. These mutations may be missed by whole exome sequencing. ...[more]