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SUBMITTER: Korol CB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9892130 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Korol Cecilia B CB Belkaya Serkan S Alsohime Fahad F Lorenzo Lazaro L Boisson-Dupuis Stéphanie S Brancale Joseph J Neehus Anna-Lena AL Vilarinho Silvia S Zobaida Alsum A Halwani Rabih R Al-Muhsen Saleh S Casanova Jean-Laurent JL Jouanguy Emmanuelle E
Journal of clinical immunology 20221029 2
Fulminant viral hepatitis (FVH) caused by hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a life-threatening disease that typically strikes otherwise healthy individuals. The only known genetic etiology of FVH is inherited IL-18BP deficiency, which unleashes IL-18-dependent lymphocyte cytotoxicity and IFN-γ production. We studied two siblings who died from a combination of early-onset inflammatory bowel disease (EOIBD) and FVH due to HAV. The sibling tested was homozygous for the W100G variant of IL10RB previously d ...[more]