Abstract
Hyper IgE syndromes (HIES) are primary immunodeficiency disorders of unknown pathogenesis. Patients are typically affected with 'cold' abscesses of the skin, recurrent cyst-forming pneumonia, chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis and other less frequent features such as progressive skeletal abnormalities. Defective signaling in the Toll-like receptor (TLR) pathways has been suggested as a responsible pathologic mechanism, however, in previous reports, 10 patients revealed no defect in inflammatory cytokine responses to different TLR ligands. Here, we report the increase in pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-α and IL-8, following TLR2 and TLR4 stimulation in a larger cohort of 25 additional patients with HIES, and provide a meta-analysis of the TLR data in HIES.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 190-194 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | International Archives of Allergy and Immunology |
Volume | 146 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Hyper IgE syndrome
- TNF-α
- Toll-like receptor