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  2. IL-12Rβ1 deficiency: mutation update and description of the IL12RB1 variation database

IL-12Rβ1 deficiency: mutation update and description of the IL12RB1 variation database

  • Hum Mutat. 2013 Oct;34(10):1329-39. doi: 10.1002/humu.22380.
Esther van de Vosse 1 Margje H Haverkamp Noe Ramirez-Alejo Mónica Martinez-Gallo Lizbeth Blancas-Galicia Ayşe Metin Ben Zion Garty Çağman Sun-Tan Arnon Broides Roelof A de Paus Özlem Keskin Deniz Çağdaş Ilhan Tezcan Encarna Lopez-Ruzafa Juan I Aróstegui Jacov Levy Francisco J Espinosa-Rosales Özden Sanal Leopoldo Santos-Argumedo Jean-Laurent Casanova Stephanie Boisson-Dupuis Jaap T van Dissel Jacinta Bustamante
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Affiliation

  • 1 Department of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Abstract

IL-12Rβ1 deficiency is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by predisposition to recurrent and/or severe infections caused by otherwise poorly pathogenic mycobacteria and salmonella. IL-12Rβ1 is a receptor chain of both the IL-12 and the IL-23 Receptor and deficiency of IL-12Rβ1 thus abolishes both IL-12 and IL-23 signaling. IL-12Rβ1 deficiency is caused by bi-allelic mutations in the IL12RB1 gene. Mutations resulting in premature stop codons, such as nonsense, frame shift, and splice site mutations, represent the majority of IL-12Rβ1 deficiency causing mutations (66%; 46/70). Also every other morbid mutation completely inactivates the IL-12Rβ1 protein. In addition to disease-causing mutations, rare and common variations with unknown functional effect have been reported in IL12RB1. All these variants have been deposited in the online IL12RB1 variation database (www.LOVD.nl/IL12RB1). In this article, we review the function of IL-12Rβ1 and molecular genetics of human IL12RB1.

Keywords

IL-12Rβ1 deficiency; IL12RB1; Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease.

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