No IL-18BP? Avoid HAV

Fulminant viral hepatitis occurs in a very small number of infected individuals. Until now, the basis for this phenotype has remained unknown. In this issue of JEM, Belkaya et al. (https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20190669) identify a deletion in the IL18BP gene in a severely affected child that results...

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Autor principal: Diamond, Michael S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Rockefeller University Press 2019
Materias:
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6684000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31243052
http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.20190841
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Sumario:Fulminant viral hepatitis occurs in a very small number of infected individuals. Until now, the basis for this phenotype has remained unknown. In this issue of JEM, Belkaya et al. (https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20190669) identify a deletion in the IL18BP gene in a severely affected child that results in excessive natural killer cell activation and uncontrolled killing of hepatocytes.

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