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Characterization of the Clinical and Immunologic Phenotype and Management of 157 Individuals With 56 Distinct Heterozygous Nfkb1 Mutations Publisher



Lorenzini T1, 2 ; Fliegauf M1, 3 ; Klammer N1 ; Frede N1 ; Proietti M1 ; Bulashevska A1 ; Camachoordonez N1 ; Varjosalo M4 ; Kinnunen M4 ; De Vries E5 ; Van Der Meer JWM6 ; Ameratunga R7 ; Roifman CM8 ; Schejter YD8 Show All Authors
Authors
  1. Lorenzini T1, 2
  2. Fliegauf M1, 3
  3. Klammer N1
  4. Frede N1
  5. Proietti M1
  6. Bulashevska A1
  7. Camachoordonez N1
  8. Varjosalo M4
  9. Kinnunen M4
  10. De Vries E5
  11. Van Der Meer JWM6
  12. Ameratunga R7
  13. Roifman CM8
  14. Schejter YD8
  15. Kobbe R9
  16. Hautala T10
  17. Atschekzei F11, 12
  18. Schmidt RE11, 12
  19. Schroder C11
  20. Stepensky P13
  21. Shadur B13, 14
  22. Pedroza LA15, 16
  23. Van Der Flier M17
  24. Martinezgallo M18, 19
  25. Gonzalezgranado LI20
  26. Allende LM21
  27. Shcherbina A22
  28. Kuzmenko N22
  29. Zakharova V23
  30. Neves JF24
  31. Svec P25
  32. Fischer U26
  33. Ip W27
  34. Bartsch O28
  35. Baris S29
  36. Klein C30
  37. Geha R31
  38. Chou J31
  39. Alosaimi M31
  40. Weintraub L32
  41. Boztug K33
  42. Hirschmugl T33
  43. Dos Santos Vilela MM34
  44. Holzinger D35
  45. Seidl M36
  46. Lougaris V2
  47. Plebani A2
  48. Alsina L37
  49. Piquergibert M37
  50. Deyamartinez A37
  51. Slade CA38
  52. Aghamohammadi A39
  53. Abolhassani H39, 40
  54. Hammarstrom L40
  55. Kuismin O41
  56. Helminen M42
  57. Allen HL43, 44
  58. Thaventhiran JE45
  59. Freeman AF46
  60. Cook M47, 48
  61. Bakhtiar S49
  62. Christiansen M50
  63. Cunninghamrundles C51
  64. Patel NC52
  65. Rae W53
  66. Niehues T54
  67. Brauer N54
  68. Syrjanen J55
  69. Seppanen MRJ56
  70. Burns SO57
  71. Tuijnenburg P58
  72. Kuijpers TW58
  73. Warnatz K1, 61
  74. Grimbacher B1, 3, 12, 59, 60, 61

Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Published:2020


Abstract

Background: An increasing number of NFKB1 variants are being identified in patients with heterogeneous immunologic phenotypes. Objective: To characterize the clinical and cellular phenotype as well as the management of patients with heterozygous NFKB1 mutations. Methods: In a worldwide collaborative effort, we evaluated 231 individuals harboring 105 distinct heterozygous NFKB1 variants. To provide evidence for pathogenicity, each variant was assessed in silico; in addition, 32 variants were assessed by functional in vitro testing of nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B cells (NF-κB) signaling. Results: We classified 56 of the 105 distinct NFKB1 variants in 157 individuals from 68 unrelated families as pathogenic. Incomplete clinical penetrance (70%) and age-dependent severity of NFKB1-related phenotypes were observed. The phenotype included hypogammaglobulinemia (88.9%), reduced switched memory B cells (60.3%), and respiratory (83%) and gastrointestinal (28.6%) infections, thus characterizing the disorder as primary immunodeficiency. However, the high frequency of autoimmunity (57.4%), lymphoproliferation (52.4%), noninfectious enteropathy (23.1%), opportunistic infections (15.7%), autoinflammation (29.6%), and malignancy (16.8%) identified NF-κB1–related disease as an inborn error of immunity with immune dysregulation, rather than a mere primary immunodeficiency. Current treatment includes immunoglobulin replacement and immunosuppressive agents. Conclusions: We present a comprehensive clinical overview of the NF-κB1–related phenotype, which includes immunodeficiency, autoimmunity, autoinflammation, and cancer. Because of its multisystem involvement, clinicians from each and every medical discipline need to be made aware of this autosomal-dominant disease. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and NF-κB1 pathway–targeted therapeutic strategies should be considered in the future. © 2020
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