Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and primary immune deficiency disorders
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Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is characterized by uncontrolled immune activation and is traditionally associated with inherited gene defects or acquired causes. In addition to abnormalities in cytotoxic granules and lysosomes, various primary immune deficiency disorders (PID) have been identified among patients suffering from HLH. Our purpose was twofold: to better characterize and detail the association between PID and HLH. We found that HLH occurs infrequently among patients with PID, particularly those suffering from abnormalities that impair T cell function. The prognosis of patients suffering from PID and HLH is poor, emphasizing the need for rapid clinical and genetic diagnosis of the PID as well as initiation of appropriate management of the HLH, including allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantations. The association of HLH and PID implicates abnormal T cell function as an important factor in HLH development. It also suggests that the partition of HLH into genetic versus acquired forms might be misleading.
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Patients with genetic immunodeficiency syndromes such as chronic granulomatous disease and STAT1 gain-of-function disease can paradoxically present with cytokine storm from overwhelming infections.
“Patients with genetic immunodeficiency syndromes such as chronic granulomatous disease and STAT1 gain-of-function disease can, paradoxically, present with cytokine storm from overwhelming infections.78”
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- Authors
- Faitelson, Y., & Grunebaum, E.
- Affiliations
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Grunebaum, Eyal
- Venue
- Clinical Immunology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-11
- Volume
- 155
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 118-125
- ISSN
- 1521-6616 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2064270136
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- 51
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- 70
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- FWCI
- 1.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Clinical Immunology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Jeffrey Modell Foundation
- Donald and Audrey Campbell Chair of Immunology
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Inflammasome and immune disorders
- Keywords
- hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, T cell dysfunction, allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, prognosis, genetic diagnosis
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes, Lymphocytes, Macrophages, Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic
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