Publications by authors named "Kerstin de Keukeleere"

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  • Varicella zoster virus (VZV) causes chickenpox and shingles, and can lead to severe complications like encephalitis and pneumonitis, particularly in vulnerable individuals.
  • A case study of a 3-year-old boy showed a complex progression of varicella with serious symptoms, leading to the suspicion of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), which was treated despite ongoing issues.
  • The patient had a rare genetic variant in the AMFR gene affecting immune response signaling, resulting in higher VZV replication and impaired immune function, highlighting the importance of the AMFR-STING pathway in fighting viral infections.
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  • HSV and VZV are viruses that can cause lifelong infections and sometimes lead to acute retinal necrosis (ARN), a serious eye disease that threatens vision.
  • Researchers studied blood samples from 17 ARN patients and used Whole Exome Sequencing to identify genetic variants that might be linked to the disease.
  • They found 50 potential disease-causing genetic variants related to immune response, suggesting that these may lead to poor control of the virus and more severe eye complications, paving the way for better diagnoses and treatments.
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Genetic variants in cell division cycle 42 (CDC42) can manifest with dysmorphic features, autoinflammation, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, and thrombocytopenia, whereas defective thymopoiesis is a rare disease manifestation. We report a novel CDC42 missense variant (c.46A > G, p.

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NFKB1 haploinsufficiengcy was first described in 2015 in three families with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), presenting heterogeneously with symptoms of increased infectious susceptibility, skin lesions, malignant lymphoproliferation and autoimmunity. The described mutations all led to a rapid degradation of the mutant protein, resulting in a p50 haploinsufficient state. Since then, more than 50 other mutations have been reported, located throughout different domains of NFKB1 with the majority situated in the N-terminal Rel homology domain (RHD).

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Purpose: Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease (MSMD) is caused by inborn errors of IFN-γ immunity. The most frequent genetic defects are found in IL12 or a subunit of its receptor. IL23R deficiency in MSMD has only been reported once, in two pediatric patients from the same kindred with isolated disseminated Bacille Calmette-Guérin disease.

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