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  3. Lung Involvement in Children with Hereditary Autoinflammatory Disorders

Lung Involvement in Children with Hereditary Autoinflammatory Disorders

  • Int J Mol Sci. 2016 Dec 15;17(12):2111. doi: 10.3390/ijms17122111.
Giusyda Tarantino 1,  Susanna Esposito 2,  Laura Andreozzi 3,  Benedetta Bracci 4,  Francesca D'Errico 5,  Donato Rigante 6
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Institute of Pediatrics, Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, 00168 Rome, Italy. giusyda16@hotmail.it.
  • 2 Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy. susanna.esposito@unimi.it.
  • 3 Institute of Pediatrics, Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, 00168 Rome, Italy. laurandreozzi@gmail.com.
  • 4 Institute of Pediatrics, Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, 00168 Rome, Italy. benedetta.bracci@gmail.com.
  • 5 Institute of Pediatrics, Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, 00168 Rome, Italy. francscaderrico1403@gmail.com.
  • 6 Institute of Pediatrics, Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, 00168 Rome, Italy. donato.rigante@unicatt.it.
PMID: 27983684 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17122111
Abstract

Short-lived systemic inflammatory reactions arising from disrupted rules in the innate immune system are the operating platforms of hereditary autoinflammatory disorders (HAIDs). Multiple organs may be involved and aseptic inflammation leading to disease-specific phenotypes defines most HAIDs. Lungs are infrequently involved in children with HAIDs: the most common pulmonary manifestation is pleuritis in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS), respectively caused by mutations in the MEFV and TNFRSF1A genes, while interstitial lung disease can be observed in STING-associated vasculopathy with onset in infancy (SAVI), caused by mutations in the TMEM173 gene. The specific pleuropulmonary diseases may range from sub-clinical abnormalities during inflammatory flares of FMF and TRAPS to a severe life-threatening disorder in children with SAVI.

Keywords

autoinflammatory disorder; child; interstitial lung disease; pleuritis.

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