Primary immunodeficiency and autoimmunity: a comprehensive review

L Amaya-Uribe, M Rojas, G Azizi, JM Anaya… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs) include many genetic disorders that affect
different components of the innate and adaptive responses. The number of distinct genetic …

Autoimmune thyroid disease in specific genetic syndromes in childhood and adolescence

EM Kyritsi, C Kanaka-Gantenbein - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Autoimmune thyroid disease (ATD) is the most frequent cause of acquired thyroid
dysfunction, most commonly presenting either as Hashimoto's thyroiditis or Graves' Disease …

Review of 54 patients with complete DiGeorge anomaly enrolled in protocols for thymus transplantation: outcome of 44 consecutive transplants

ML Markert, BH Devlin, MJ Alexieff, J Li, EA McCarthy… - Blood, 2007 - ashpublications.org
The purpose of this study was to characterize a large group of infants with complete
DiGeorge anomaly and to evaluate the ability of thymus transplantation to reconstitute …

Chromosome 22q11. 2 deletion syndrome: A comprehensive review of molecular genetics in the context of multidisciplinary clinical approach

A Szczawińska-Popłonyk, E Schwartzmann… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The 22q11. 2 deletion syndrome is a multisystemic disorder characterized by a marked
variability of phenotypic features, making the diagnosis challenging for clinicians. The wide …

Velo-cardio-facial syndrome

RJ Shprintzen, AM Higgins, K Antshel… - Current opinion in …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Its high population prevalence, estimated to be as common as 1: 2000 has sparked a large
amount of research, as has the model the syndrome serves for identifying the causes of …

Thymus transplantation

ML Markert, BH Devlin, EA McCarthy - Clinical immunology, 2010 - Elsevier
Thymus transplantation is a promising investigational therapy for infants born with no
thymus. Because of the athymia, these infants lack T cell development and have a severe …

Immunodeficiency in DiGeorge syndrome and options for treating cases with complete athymia

EG Davies - Frontiers in immunology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
The commonest association of thymic stromal deficiency resulting in T-cell
immunodeficiency is the DiGeorge syndrome (DGS). This results from abnormal …

Immunological aspects of 22q11. 2 deletion syndrome

AR Gennery - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2012 - Springer
Chromosome 22q11 deletion is the most common chromosomal deletion syndrome and is
found in the majority of patients with DiGeorge syndrome and velo-cardio-facial syndrome …

Hashimoto's thyroiditis and Graves' disease in genetic syndromes in pediatric age

C Casto, G Pepe, A Li Pomi, D Corica, T Aversa… - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs), including Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) and Graves'
disease (GD), are the most common cause of acquired thyroid disorder during childhood …

Immunodeficiency and autoimmunity in 22q11. 2 deletion syndrome

A McLean‐Tooke, GP Spickett… - Scandinavian journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 22q11. 2 deletion syndrome is the commonest chromosome deletion syndrome.
22q11. 2 deletion may result in variable clinical phenotypes which may differ even between …