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CURRENT OPINION IN PEDIATRICS
Volume 25, Issue 6, Pages 722-729Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000032
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apoptosis; autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome; genetics; PRKCD; RAS
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- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico - CNPq
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Purpose of reviewSeveral autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndromes have been described lately. We review here the main clinical and laboratory findings of these new disorders.Recent findingsThe prototypical autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) has had its diagnostic criteria modified, somatic mutations in RAS genes were found to cause an ALPS-like syndrome in humans, and mutations in a gene encoding a protein kinase C (PRKCD) were discovered to cause a syndrome of lymphoproliferation, autoimmunity and natural killer cell defect.SummaryThe recent discoveries shed light on the molecular pathways governing lymphocyte death, proliferation and immune tolerance in humans.
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