PNH from mutations of another PIG gene

Blood. 2013 Aug 15;122(7):1099-100. doi: 10.1182/blood-2013-06-508556.

Abstract

In this issue of Blood, Krawitz et al report on a patient with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) who does not have a mutation of PIG-A, but in whom instead both alleles of PIG-T (another gene involved in glucosylphosphatidylinositol [GPI] biosynthesis) have inactivating mutations, one in the germ line and one somatic.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Acyltransferases / genetics*
  • Animals
  • Female
  • Germ-Line Mutation / genetics*
  • Hemoglobinuria, Paroxysmal / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Mutation / genetics*

Substances

  • Acyltransferases
  • COOH-terminal signal transamidase