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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
Volume 106, Issue 12, Pages R75-R81Publisher
AMER SOC CLINICAL INVESTIGATION INC
DOI: 10.1172/JCI11679
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- NIAMS NIH HHS [AR447704] Funding Source: Medline
- NICHD NIH HHS [5RO1HD35694] Funding Source: Medline
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X-linked autoimmunity-allergic disregulation syndrome (XLAAD) is an X-linked recessive immunological disorder characterized by multisystem autoimmunity particularly tarry-onset type 1 diabetes mellitus, associated with manifestations of severe atopy including eczema, food allergy, and eosinophilic inflammation. Consistent with the allergic phenotype, analysis of two kindreds with XLAAD revealed marked skewing of patient T lymphocytes toward the Th2 phenotype. Using a positional-candidate approach, we have identified in both kindreds mutations in JM2, a gene on Xp11.23 that encodes a fork head domain-containing protein. One point mutation at a splice junction site results in transcripts that encode a truncated protein lacking the fork head homology domain. The other mutation involves an in-frame, 3-bp deletion that is predicted to impair the function of a leucine zipper dimerization domain. Our results point to a critical role for JM2 in self tolerance and Th cell differentiation.
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