[HTML][HTML] An Autoinflammatory Disease Due to Homozygous Deletion of the IL1RN Locus

S Reddy, S Jia, R Geoffrey, R Lorier… - … England Journal of …, 2009 - Mass Medical Soc
S Reddy, S Jia, R Geoffrey, R Lorier, M Suchi, U Broeckel, MJ Hessner, J Verbsky
New England Journal of Medicine, 2009Mass Medical Soc
We describe a patient with an autoinflammatory disease in which the main clinical features
are pustular rash, marked osteopenia, lytic bone lesions, respiratory insufficiency, and
thrombosis. Genetic studies revealed a 175-kb homozygous deletion at chromosome 2q13,
which encompasses several interleukin-1 family members, including the gene encoding the
interleukin-1–receptor antagonist (IL1RN). Mononuclear cells, obtained from the patient and
cultured, produced large amounts of inflammatory cytokines, with increasing amounts …
We describe a patient with an autoinflammatory disease in which the main clinical features are pustular rash, marked osteopenia, lytic bone lesions, respiratory insufficiency, and thrombosis. Genetic studies revealed a 175-kb homozygous deletion at chromosome 2q13, which encompasses several interleukin-1 family members, including the gene encoding the interleukin-1–receptor antagonist (IL1RN). Mononuclear cells, obtained from the patient and cultured, produced large amounts of inflammatory cytokines, with increasing amounts secreted after stimulation with lipopolysaccharide. A similar increase was not observed in peripheral-blood mononuclear cells from a patient with neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disorder (NOMID). Treatment with anakinra completely resolved the symptoms and lesions.
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