Clinical Manifestations, Immunological Characteristics and Genetic Analysis of Patients with Hyper-Immunoglobulin M Syndrome in Iran

Background: Hyper-immunoglobulin M (HIGM) syndrome is a rare heterogeneous group of primary immunodeficiency disorders characterized by low or absent serum levels of IgG and IgA along with normal or elevated serum levels of IgM. Methods: Clinical and immunological data were collected from the 75 patients’ medical records diagnosed in Children’s Medical Center affiliated to Tehran University Medical Sciences and other Universities of Medical Sciences in Iran. Among 75 selected patients, 48 patients (64%) were analyzed genetically using targeted and whole-exome sequencing. Results: The ratio of male to female was 2.9:1. The median age at the onset of the disease, time of diagnosis, and diagnostic delay were 10.5, 50, and 24 months, respectively. Pneumonia and lower respiratory tract infections (61.3%) were the most common complications. Responsible genes were identified in 35 patients (72.9%) out 48 genetically analyzed patients. Cluster of differentiation 40 ligand gene was the most mutated gene observed in 24 patients (68.5%) followed by activation-induced cytidine deaminase gene in 7 patients, lipopolysaccharide-responsive and beige-like anchor (1 patient), nuclear factor-kappa-B essential modulator (1 patient), phosphoinositide-3-kinase regulatory subunit 1 (1 patient), and nuclear factor kappa B subunit 1 (1 patient) genes. Nineteen (25.3%) patients died during the study period, and pneumonia was the major cause of death occurred in 6 (31.6%) patients. Conclusion: Physicians in our country should carefully pay attention to respiratory tract infections and pneumonia, particularly in patients with a positive family history. Further investigations are required for detection of new genes and pathways resulting in HIGM phenotype.

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  2019

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  International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

• Publication date

  2019-05-22

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  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1159/000500197PMID 31117086
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