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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-4-26
pubmed:abstractText
The immunogenetic basis of severe infections caused by bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine and environmental mycobacteria in humans remains largely unknown. We describe 18 patients from several generations of 12 unrelated families who were heterozygous for 1 to 5 overlapping IFNGR1 frameshift small deletions and a wild-type IFNGR1 allele. There were 12 independent mutation events at a single mutation site, defining a small deletion hotspot. Neighbouring sequence analysis favours a small deletion model of slipped mispairing events during replication. The mutant alleles encode cell-surface IFNgamma receptors that lack the intra-cytoplasmic domain, which, through a combination of impaired recycling, abrogated signalling and normal binding to IFNgamma exert a dominant-negative effect. We thus report a hotspot for human IFNGR1 small deletions that confer dominant susceptibility to infections caused by poorly virulent mycobacteria.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1061-4036
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
370-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10192386-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:10192386-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:10192386-B-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:10192386-BCG Vaccine, pubmed-meshheading:10192386-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10192386-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10192386-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:10192386-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:10192386-Genetic Predisposition to Disease, pubmed-meshheading:10192386-Heterozygote, pubmed-meshheading:10192386-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10192386-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:10192386-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10192386-Mycobacterium, pubmed-meshheading:10192386-Mycobacterium Infections, pubmed-meshheading:10192386-Pedigree, pubmed-meshheading:10192386-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:10192386-Receptors, Interferon, pubmed-meshheading:10192386-STAT1 Transcription Factor, pubmed-meshheading:10192386-Sequence Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:10192386-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:10192386-Transfection
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
A human IFNGR1 small deletion hotspot associated with dominant susceptibility to mycobacterial infection.
pubmed:affiliation
INSERM U429, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't