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Inborn error of immunity

MedGen UID:
585013
Concept ID:
C0398686
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Inborn errors of immunity; Primary immunodeficiency
SNOMED CT: Primary immunodeficiency (58606001); Primary immune deficiency disorder (58606001)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0003778
Orphanet: ORPHA101997

Definition

Immunodeficiency disease that arises independent of another pathologic process, disease, or injury. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Biggs SE, Gilchrist B, May KR
Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 2023 Apr;23(4):213-222. Epub 2023 Mar 10 doi: 10.1007/s11882-023-01071-4. PMID: 36897497Free PMC Article
Kobrynski LJ
Clin Rev Allergy Immunol 2022 Aug;63(1):9-21. Epub 2021 Jul 22 doi: 10.1007/s12016-021-08876-z. PMID: 34292457
Lorenzini T, Fliegauf M, Klammer N, Frede N, Proietti M, Bulashevska A, Camacho-Ordonez N, Varjosalo M, Kinnunen M, de Vries E, van der Meer JWM, Ameratunga R, Roifman CM, Schejter YD, Kobbe R, Hautala T, Atschekzei F, Schmidt RE, Schröder C, Stepensky P, Shadur B, Pedroza LA, van der Flier M, Martínez-Gallo M, Gonzalez-Granado LI, Allende LM, Shcherbina A, Kuzmenko N, Zakharova V, Neves JF, Svec P, Fischer U, Ip W, Bartsch O, Barış S, Klein C, Geha R, Chou J, Alosaimi M, Weintraub L, Boztug K, Hirschmugl T, Dos Santos Vilela MM, Holzinger D, Seidl M, Lougaris V, Plebani A, Alsina L, Piquer-Gibert M, Deyà-Martínez A, Slade CA, Aghamohammadi A, Abolhassani H, Hammarström L, Kuismin O, Helminen M, Allen HL, Thaventhiran JE, Freeman AF, Cook M, Bakhtiar S, Christiansen M, Cunningham-Rundles C, Patel NC, Rae W, Niehues T, Brauer N, Syrjänen J, Seppänen MRJ, Burns SO, Tuijnenburg P, Kuijpers TW; NIHR BioResource, Warnatz K, Grimbacher B; NIHR BioResource
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2020 Oct;146(4):901-911. Epub 2020 Apr 9 doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2019.11.051. PMID: 32278790Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Similuk M, Kuijpers T
Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2023;13:1183142. Epub 2023 Sep 14 doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1183142. PMID: 37780853Free PMC Article
Maccari ME, Wolkewitz M, Schwab C, Lorenzini T, Leiding JW, Aladjdi N, Abolhassani H, Abou-Chahla W, Aiuti A, Azarnoush S, Baris S, Barlogis V, Barzaghi F, Baumann U, Bloomfield M, Bohynikova N, Bodet D, Boutboul D, Bucciol G, Buckland MS, Burns SO, Cancrini C, Cathébras P, Cavazzana M, Cheminant M, Chinello M, Ciznar P, Coulter TI, D'Aveni M, Ekwall O, Eric Z, Eren E, Fasth A, Frange P, Fournier B, Garcia-Prat M, Gardembas M, Geier C, Ghosh S, Goda V, Hammarström L, Hauck F, Heeg M, Heropolitanska-Pliszka E, Hilfanova A, Jolles S, Karakoc-Aydiner E, Kindle GR, Kiykim A, Klemann C, Koletsi P, Koltan S, Kondratenko I, Körholz J, Krüger R, Jeziorski E, Levy R, Le Guenno G, Lefevre G, Lougaris V, Marzollo A, Mahlaoui N, Malphettes M, Meinhardt A, Merlin E, Meyts I, Milota T, Moreira F, Moshous D, Mukhina A, Neth O, Neubert J, Neven B, Nieters A, Nove-Josserand R, Oksenhendler E, Ozen A, Olbrich P, Perlat A, Pac M, Schmid JP, Pacillo L, Parra-Martinez A, Paschenko O, Pellier I, Sefer AP, Plebani A, Plantaz D, Prader S, Raffray L, Ritterbusch H, Riviere JG, Rivalta B, Rusch S, Sakovich I, Savic S, Scheible R, Schleinitz N, Schuetz C, Schulz A, Sediva A, Semeraro M, Sharapova SO, Shcherbina A, Slatter MA, Sogkas G, Soler-Palacin P, Speckmann C, Stephan JL, Suarez F, Tommasini A, Trück J, Uhlmann A, van Aerde KJ, van Montfrans J, von Bernuth H, Warnatz K, Williams T, Worth AJJ, Ip W, Picard C, Catherinot E, Nademi Z, Grimbacher B, Forbes Satter LR, Kracker S, Chandra A, Condliffe AM, Ehl S; European Society for Immunodeficiencies Registry Working Party
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2023 Oct;152(4):984-996.e10. Epub 2023 Jun 28 doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2023.06.015. PMID: 37390899
Li Y, Yu Z, Schenk M, Lagovsky I, Illig D, Walz C, Rohlfs M, Conca R, Muise AM, Snapper SB, Uhlig HH, Garty BZ, Klein C, Kotlarz D
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2023 Mar;151(3):791-796.e7. Epub 2022 Nov 30 doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2022.09.033. PMID: 36462957
Rao VK, Webster S, Šedivá A, Plebani A, Schuetz C, Shcherbina A, Conlon N, Coulter T, Dalm VA, Trizzino A, Zharankova Y, Kulm E, Körholz J, Lougaris V, Rodina Y, Radford K, Bradt J, Kucher K, Relan A, Holland SM, Lenardo MJ, Uzel G
Blood 2023 Mar 2;141(9):971-983. doi: 10.1182/blood.2022018546. PMID: 36399712Free PMC Article
Barmettler S, Sharapova SO, Milota T, Greif PA, Magg T, Hauck F
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2022 Jul;10(7):1725-1736.e2. Epub 2022 Mar 29 doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2022.03.012. PMID: 35364342

Diagnosis

Biggs SE, Gilchrist B, May KR
Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 2023 Apr;23(4):213-222. Epub 2023 Mar 10 doi: 10.1007/s11882-023-01071-4. PMID: 36897497Free PMC Article
Barmettler S, Sharapova SO, Milota T, Greif PA, Magg T, Hauck F
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2022 Jul;10(7):1725-1736.e2. Epub 2022 Mar 29 doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2022.03.012. PMID: 35364342
Lu HY, Turvey SE
Curr Opin Immunol 2021 Oct;72:1-12. Epub 2021 Mar 11 doi: 10.1016/j.coi.2021.02.008. PMID: 33714841
Stadler PC, Renner ED, Milner J, Wollenberg A
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2021 Apr;9(4):1501-1507. Epub 2021 Feb 3 doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2021.01.037. PMID: 33548520
Leite LFB, Máximo TA, Mosca T, Forte WCN
Allergol Immunopathol (Madr) 2020 Jul-Aug;48(4):409-413. Epub 2019 Dec 9 doi: 10.1016/j.aller.2019.08.005. PMID: 31831191

Therapy

Yang AH, Sullivan B, Zerbe CS, De Ravin SS, Blakely AM, Quezado MM, Marciano BE, Marko J, Ling A, Kleiner DE, Gallin JI, Malech HL, Holland SM, Heller T
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2023 May;11(5):1401-1416. Epub 2023 Jan 13 doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2022.12.039. PMID: 36646382
Rao VK, Webster S, Šedivá A, Plebani A, Schuetz C, Shcherbina A, Conlon N, Coulter T, Dalm VA, Trizzino A, Zharankova Y, Kulm E, Körholz J, Lougaris V, Rodina Y, Radford K, Bradt J, Kucher K, Relan A, Holland SM, Lenardo MJ, Uzel G
Blood 2023 Mar 2;141(9):971-983. doi: 10.1182/blood.2022018546. PMID: 36399712Free PMC Article
Ottaviano G, Sgrulletti M, Moschese V
Eur J Immunol 2022 Oct;52(10):1572-1580. Epub 2022 Aug 10 doi: 10.1002/eji.202149667. PMID: 35892275
Chiang SCC, Owsley E, Panchal N, Chaturvedi V, Terrell CE, Jordan MB, Mehta PA, Davies SM, Akeno N, Booth C, Marsh RA
Blood 2022 Aug 18;140(7):706-715. doi: 10.1182/blood.2021014335. PMID: 35687753
Mogensen TH
Clin Microbiol Infect 2022 Nov;28(11):1411-1416. Epub 2022 Feb 24 doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2022.02.023. PMID: 35218976

Prognosis

Phuong LK, Cheung A, Agrawal R, Butters C, Buttery J, Clark J, Connell T, Curtis N, Daley AJ, Dobinson HC, Frith C, Hameed NS, Hernstadt H, Krieser DM, Loke P, Ojaimi S, McMullan B, Pinzon-Charry A, Sharp EG, Sinnappurajar P, Templeton T, Wen S, Cole T, Gwee A
Pediatr Infect Dis J 2023 Oct 1;42(10):908-913. Epub 2023 Jul 7 doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000004004. PMID: 37463351
Maccari ME, Wolkewitz M, Schwab C, Lorenzini T, Leiding JW, Aladjdi N, Abolhassani H, Abou-Chahla W, Aiuti A, Azarnoush S, Baris S, Barlogis V, Barzaghi F, Baumann U, Bloomfield M, Bohynikova N, Bodet D, Boutboul D, Bucciol G, Buckland MS, Burns SO, Cancrini C, Cathébras P, Cavazzana M, Cheminant M, Chinello M, Ciznar P, Coulter TI, D'Aveni M, Ekwall O, Eric Z, Eren E, Fasth A, Frange P, Fournier B, Garcia-Prat M, Gardembas M, Geier C, Ghosh S, Goda V, Hammarström L, Hauck F, Heeg M, Heropolitanska-Pliszka E, Hilfanova A, Jolles S, Karakoc-Aydiner E, Kindle GR, Kiykim A, Klemann C, Koletsi P, Koltan S, Kondratenko I, Körholz J, Krüger R, Jeziorski E, Levy R, Le Guenno G, Lefevre G, Lougaris V, Marzollo A, Mahlaoui N, Malphettes M, Meinhardt A, Merlin E, Meyts I, Milota T, Moreira F, Moshous D, Mukhina A, Neth O, Neubert J, Neven B, Nieters A, Nove-Josserand R, Oksenhendler E, Ozen A, Olbrich P, Perlat A, Pac M, Schmid JP, Pacillo L, Parra-Martinez A, Paschenko O, Pellier I, Sefer AP, Plebani A, Plantaz D, Prader S, Raffray L, Ritterbusch H, Riviere JG, Rivalta B, Rusch S, Sakovich I, Savic S, Scheible R, Schleinitz N, Schuetz C, Schulz A, Sediva A, Semeraro M, Sharapova SO, Shcherbina A, Slatter MA, Sogkas G, Soler-Palacin P, Speckmann C, Stephan JL, Suarez F, Tommasini A, Trück J, Uhlmann A, van Aerde KJ, van Montfrans J, von Bernuth H, Warnatz K, Williams T, Worth AJJ, Ip W, Picard C, Catherinot E, Nademi Z, Grimbacher B, Forbes Satter LR, Kracker S, Chandra A, Condliffe AM, Ehl S; European Society for Immunodeficiencies Registry Working Party
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2023 Oct;152(4):984-996.e10. Epub 2023 Jun 28 doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2023.06.015. PMID: 37390899
Cortesi M, Soresina A, Dotta L, Gorio C, Cattalini M, Lougaris V, Porta F, Badolato R
Front Immunol 2022;13:846660. Epub 2022 Apr 6 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.846660. PMID: 35464467Free PMC Article
Stadler PC, Renner ED, Milner J, Wollenberg A
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2021 Apr;9(4):1501-1507. Epub 2021 Feb 3 doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2021.01.037. PMID: 33548520
Lorenzini T, Fliegauf M, Klammer N, Frede N, Proietti M, Bulashevska A, Camacho-Ordonez N, Varjosalo M, Kinnunen M, de Vries E, van der Meer JWM, Ameratunga R, Roifman CM, Schejter YD, Kobbe R, Hautala T, Atschekzei F, Schmidt RE, Schröder C, Stepensky P, Shadur B, Pedroza LA, van der Flier M, Martínez-Gallo M, Gonzalez-Granado LI, Allende LM, Shcherbina A, Kuzmenko N, Zakharova V, Neves JF, Svec P, Fischer U, Ip W, Bartsch O, Barış S, Klein C, Geha R, Chou J, Alosaimi M, Weintraub L, Boztug K, Hirschmugl T, Dos Santos Vilela MM, Holzinger D, Seidl M, Lougaris V, Plebani A, Alsina L, Piquer-Gibert M, Deyà-Martínez A, Slade CA, Aghamohammadi A, Abolhassani H, Hammarström L, Kuismin O, Helminen M, Allen HL, Thaventhiran JE, Freeman AF, Cook M, Bakhtiar S, Christiansen M, Cunningham-Rundles C, Patel NC, Rae W, Niehues T, Brauer N, Syrjänen J, Seppänen MRJ, Burns SO, Tuijnenburg P, Kuijpers TW; NIHR BioResource, Warnatz K, Grimbacher B; NIHR BioResource
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2020 Oct;146(4):901-911. Epub 2020 Apr 9 doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2019.11.051. PMID: 32278790Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Maccari ME, Wolkewitz M, Schwab C, Lorenzini T, Leiding JW, Aladjdi N, Abolhassani H, Abou-Chahla W, Aiuti A, Azarnoush S, Baris S, Barlogis V, Barzaghi F, Baumann U, Bloomfield M, Bohynikova N, Bodet D, Boutboul D, Bucciol G, Buckland MS, Burns SO, Cancrini C, Cathébras P, Cavazzana M, Cheminant M, Chinello M, Ciznar P, Coulter TI, D'Aveni M, Ekwall O, Eric Z, Eren E, Fasth A, Frange P, Fournier B, Garcia-Prat M, Gardembas M, Geier C, Ghosh S, Goda V, Hammarström L, Hauck F, Heeg M, Heropolitanska-Pliszka E, Hilfanova A, Jolles S, Karakoc-Aydiner E, Kindle GR, Kiykim A, Klemann C, Koletsi P, Koltan S, Kondratenko I, Körholz J, Krüger R, Jeziorski E, Levy R, Le Guenno G, Lefevre G, Lougaris V, Marzollo A, Mahlaoui N, Malphettes M, Meinhardt A, Merlin E, Meyts I, Milota T, Moreira F, Moshous D, Mukhina A, Neth O, Neubert J, Neven B, Nieters A, Nove-Josserand R, Oksenhendler E, Ozen A, Olbrich P, Perlat A, Pac M, Schmid JP, Pacillo L, Parra-Martinez A, Paschenko O, Pellier I, Sefer AP, Plebani A, Plantaz D, Prader S, Raffray L, Ritterbusch H, Riviere JG, Rivalta B, Rusch S, Sakovich I, Savic S, Scheible R, Schleinitz N, Schuetz C, Schulz A, Sediva A, Semeraro M, Sharapova SO, Shcherbina A, Slatter MA, Sogkas G, Soler-Palacin P, Speckmann C, Stephan JL, Suarez F, Tommasini A, Trück J, Uhlmann A, van Aerde KJ, van Montfrans J, von Bernuth H, Warnatz K, Williams T, Worth AJJ, Ip W, Picard C, Catherinot E, Nademi Z, Grimbacher B, Forbes Satter LR, Kracker S, Chandra A, Condliffe AM, Ehl S; European Society for Immunodeficiencies Registry Working Party
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2023 Oct;152(4):984-996.e10. Epub 2023 Jun 28 doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2023.06.015. PMID: 37390899
Zhou L, Sun G, Chen R, Chen J, Fang S, Xu Q, Tang W, Dai R, Zhang Z, An Y, Tang X, Zhao X
J Clin Immunol 2023 Aug;43(6):1367-1378. Epub 2023 May 6 doi: 10.1007/s10875-023-01506-7. PMID: 37148421
Lodi L, Faletti LE, Maccari ME, Consonni F, Groß M, Pagnini I, Ricci S, Heeg M, Simonini G, Azzari C, Ehl S
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2022 Nov;150(5):1237-1241.e3. Epub 2022 Jun 21 doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2022.06.007. PMID: 35750105
Kelsen J, Dawany N, Conrad M, Patel T, Devoto M, Maurer K, Sullivan KE
Clin Immunol 2022 Jul;240:109047. Epub 2022 May 22 doi: 10.1016/j.clim.2022.109047. PMID: 35613698
Lorenzini T, Fliegauf M, Klammer N, Frede N, Proietti M, Bulashevska A, Camacho-Ordonez N, Varjosalo M, Kinnunen M, de Vries E, van der Meer JWM, Ameratunga R, Roifman CM, Schejter YD, Kobbe R, Hautala T, Atschekzei F, Schmidt RE, Schröder C, Stepensky P, Shadur B, Pedroza LA, van der Flier M, Martínez-Gallo M, Gonzalez-Granado LI, Allende LM, Shcherbina A, Kuzmenko N, Zakharova V, Neves JF, Svec P, Fischer U, Ip W, Bartsch O, Barış S, Klein C, Geha R, Chou J, Alosaimi M, Weintraub L, Boztug K, Hirschmugl T, Dos Santos Vilela MM, Holzinger D, Seidl M, Lougaris V, Plebani A, Alsina L, Piquer-Gibert M, Deyà-Martínez A, Slade CA, Aghamohammadi A, Abolhassani H, Hammarström L, Kuismin O, Helminen M, Allen HL, Thaventhiran JE, Freeman AF, Cook M, Bakhtiar S, Christiansen M, Cunningham-Rundles C, Patel NC, Rae W, Niehues T, Brauer N, Syrjänen J, Seppänen MRJ, Burns SO, Tuijnenburg P, Kuijpers TW; NIHR BioResource, Warnatz K, Grimbacher B; NIHR BioResource
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2020 Oct;146(4):901-911. Epub 2020 Apr 9 doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2019.11.051. PMID: 32278790Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Khavandegar A, Mahdaviani SA, Zaki-Dizaji M, Khalili-Moghaddam F, Ansari S, Alijani S, Taherzadeh-Ghahfarrokhi N, Mansouri D, Casanova JL, Bustamante J, Jamee M
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2024 May;153(5):1432-1444. Epub 2024 Feb 8 doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2024.01.021. PMID: 38341181
Sharifinejad N, Zaki-Dizaji M, Tebyanian S, Zainaldain H, Jamee M, Rizvi FS, Hosseinzadeh S, Fayyaz F, Hamedifar H, Sabzevari A, Matloubi M, Heropolitańska-Pliszka E, Aghamahdi F, Abolhassani H, Azizi G
Expert Rev Clin Immunol 2021 Aug;17(8):807-817. Epub 2021 Jun 3 doi: 10.1080/1744666X.2021.1925543. PMID: 33957837
Rizvi FS, Zainaldain H, Rafiemanesh H, Jamee M, Hossein-Khannazer N, Hamedifar H, Sabzevari A, Yazdani R, Abolhassani H, Aghamohammadi A, Azizi G
Expert Rev Clin Immunol 2020 Dec;16(12):1227-1235. Epub 2020 Dec 7 doi: 10.1080/1744666X.2021.1850272. PMID: 33203275
Abd Hamid IJ, Azman NA, Gennery AR, Mangantig E, Hashim IF, Zainudeen ZT
Front Immunol 2020;11:1923. Epub 2020 Aug 26 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01923. PMID: 32983118Free PMC Article
Jamee M, Zaki-Dizaji M, Lo B, Abolhassani H, Aghamahdi F, Mosavian M, Nademi Z, Mohammadi H, Jadidi-Niaragh F, Rojas M, Anaya JM, Azizi G
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2020 Sep;8(8):2747-2760.e7. Epub 2020 May 16 doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.04.070. PMID: 32428713

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