Inborn errors of immunity: Recent progress - 03/12/21

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Recent advances in the field of inborn errors of immunity (IEIs) have been wide in scope, including progress in mechanisms of disease, diagnosis, and management. New gene defects affecting the immune response continue to be reported, as many as 26 in the year 2020. It was noted that the presentation of IEIs might not include recurrent infections in 9% of cases, and that current diagnostic methods can identify molecular causes in 92% of patients with severe combined immunodeficiency. Progress in immunopathogenesis explained mechanisms leading to symptoms of autosomal-recessive hyper-IgE syndrome. There was an emphasis on research in primary antibody deficiencies. The benefit of antibiotic prophylaxis to reduce the frequency of infections was demonstrated in these patients. The regimen of rituximab and azathioprine or mycophenolate was proven effective for chronic granulocytic interstitial pneumonia. The efficacy and adverse events of hematopoietic stem cell transplant in different IEI conditions were reported, as well as different strategies to improve outcomes, supporting its use in immunodeficiency and immunodysregulatory syndromes. The recent pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 affected patients with IEIs, in particular those with deficiency in the interferon-mediated activation of the immune response. Initial data suggest that coronavirus disease 2019 vaccines might elicit anti–coronavirus disease 2019–neutralizing antibody responses in some patients with IEI conditions.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Key words : IEI, PID, CVID, COVID-19, B cell, immunodeficiency
Abbreviations used : AR-HIES, CARD11, COVID-19, CVID, GC, GOF, GvHD, HLH, HSCT, IEIs, NK, RAG2, SCID, STAT, WAS, XLA
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| This work was supported in part by the David’s Dream Funds. |
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| Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no relevant conflicts of interest. |
Vol 148 - N° 6
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