Transcription profiling of responses to TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, peptidoglycan or lipopolysaccharide (TLR2/4 agonists) evaluated at 4 hrs in peripheral blood monocytes (PBM) from the patient bearing the IRAK4 Q293X mutation vs PBM from 5 healthy individuals

ABSTRACT: IL-1R associated kinase-4 (IRAK4) is a key enzyme required for activation of the common Toll-like Receptor (TLR) signaling cascade, which results in the transcription of inflammatory and immunity genes. IRAK-4 deficiency has recently been described as a rare form of innate immunodeficiency. Patients present with pyogenic bacterial infections and bacteraemia, particularly with Gram+ Streptococcus pneumoniae, and isolated PBMC from these patients fail to produce inflammatory cytokines in response to TLR agonists. We embarked on this study for several purposes: (1) to identify defective gene response resulting from IRAK4-deficiency that are responsible for the patients' susceptibility to infection by particular bacteria (2) to identify genetic responses that confer relatively normal immuni

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

DISEASE(S): IRAK-4 Q293X mutation

SUBMITTER: Kelly Brown 

PROVIDER: E-FPMI-7 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress