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EXPERT REVIEW OF CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 13, Issue 5, Pages 499-505Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/1744666X.2017.1292131
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Ataxia telangiectasia; immune deficiency; infection; class switching defect; IgA deficiency; hyper IgM syndrome; hypogammaglobulinemia; humoral immune defects
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Background: Ataxia telangiectasia (AT) is a primary immunodeficiency associated with recurrent infections. We aimed to investigate clinical and immunological classification in AT patients who suffer from a different spectrum of humoral immune defects.Methods: AT patients were categorized according to the ability of class switching and patients with hyper IgM (HIgM) profile were defined as class switching defect (CSD).Results: Serum immunoglobulin profile in 66 AT patients showed normal immunoglobulin level (22.8%), IgA deficiency (37.9%) and hypogammaglobulinemia (18.1%) in the majority of patients, while 21.2% had HIgM profile revealing CSD. CSD does not affect the frequency of infections, however, the frequency of lymphoproliferation (p<0.001), and autoimmunity (p=0.004) were significantly higher in this group. Neurologic symptoms in CSD patients are mild or appear after recurrent infections, therefore these patients were usually misdiagnosed as HIgM syndrome.Conclusions: Although most of AT patients have reduced IgA levels or normal immunoglobulin levels, but a fraction of these patients may show CSD ensuing HIgM-profile. CSD poses affected individuals at higher risk of non-infectious complications.
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