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INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 179, Issue 3, Pages 231-245Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000499044
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Selective immunoglobulin A deficiency; Primary immunodeficiency; B cells defect; T cells defect; Genetic defect; Cytokine defect
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Selective immunoglobulin A deficiency (SIgAD) is the most prevalent type of primary immunodeficiency disorder. The phenotypic feature of SIgAD is related to a defect in B lymphocyte differentiation into plasma cell-producing immunoglobulin A (IgA). In this review, we summarize the recent advances in this regard. Genetic (including major histocompatibility complex [MHC] and non-MHC genes), immunologic (including B and T lymphocyte subsets abnormality), cytokines/chemokines and their related receptors, apoptosis and microbiota defects are reviewed. The mechanisms leading to SIgAD are most likely multifactorial and it can be speculated that several pathways controlling B cells functions or regulating epigenetic of the IGHA gene encoding constant region of IgA heavy chain and long-term survival of IgA switched memory B cells and plasma cells may be defective in different SIgAD patients.
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