The Clinical and Genetic Spectrum of 82 Patients With Deficiency Including a c.256_257delAA Founder Variant in Slavic Countries.

Variants in recombination-activating genes () are common genetic causes of autosomal recessive forms of combined immunodeficiencies (CID) ranging from severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), Omenn syndrome (OS), leaky SCID, and CID with granulomas and/or autoimmunity (CID-G/AI), and even milder presentation with antibody deficiency. We aim to estimate the incidence, clinical presentation, genetic variability, and treatment outcome with geographic distribution of patients with the defects in populations inhabiting South, West, and East Slavic countries. Demographic, clinical, and laboratory data were collected from -deficient patients of Slavic origin via chart review, retrospectively.

Mechanisms of increased mitochondria-dependent necrosis in Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome platelets.

Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is associated with thrombocytopenia of unclear origin. We investigated real-time cytosolic calcium dynamics, mitochondrial membrane potential and phoszphatidylserine (PS) exposure in single fibrinogen-bound platelets using confocal microscopy. The WAS platelets had higher resting calcium levels, more frequent spikes, and their mitochondria more frequently lost membrane potential followed by PS exposure (in 22.

Molecular Characteristics, Clinical and Immunologic Manifestations of 11 Children with Omenn Syndrome in East Slavs (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine).

Background: Omenn syndrome [Mendelian Inheritance (OMIM 603554)] is a genetic disease of the immune system, characterized by the presence of fatal generalized severe erythroderma, lymphoadenopathy, eosinophilia and profound immunodeficiency.

Objective: We studied clinical and immunologic presentation of the disease manifestation among East Slavs population with genetically confirmed Omenn syndrome.

Results: We collected clinical and immunologic data of 11 patients (1 from Belarus, 5--Ukraine, 5--Russia): 6 females, 5 males.