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Old Dogs, New Tricks: Monogenic Autoinflammatory Disease Unleashed.

Abstract
Autoinflammatory diseases are inborn disorders of the innate immune system characterized by episodes of systemic inflammation that are mediated largely by myeloid cells. The field of autoinflammatory diseases has been established since 1999, following the identification of the first genes underlying periodic fever syndromes. This review focuses on developments that have transformed the field in the last two years. We discuss three newly described monogenic autoinflammatory diseases [deficiency of adenosine deaminase 2 (DADA2), a subtype of macrophage activation syndrome (MAS), and stimulator of interferon genes (STING)-associated vasculopathy with onset in infancy (SAVI)], discuss the possibilities of somatic mosaicism and digenic inheritance, and give an update on new concepts in pathways involved in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). Finally, the new monogenic autoinflammatory disease haploinsufficiency of A20 (HA20) underscores the placement of monogenic diseases in the firmament of common autoinflammatory phenotypes. The advances in the last two years have shed light on the pathophysiology of several autoinflammatory diseases and have elucidated new pathways that play a role in innate immunity.
AuthorsMonique Stoffels, Daniel L Kastner
JournalAnnual review of genomics and human genetics (Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet) Vol. 17 Pg. 245-72 (08 31 2016) ISSN: 1545-293X [Electronic] United States
PMID27362340 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
Chemical References
  • Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Membrane Proteins
  • STING1 protein, human
  • TNFAIP3 protein, human
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha-Induced Protein 3
  • ADA2 protein, human
  • Adenosine Deaminase
Topics
  • Adenosine Deaminase (genetics, immunology)
  • Familial Mediterranean Fever (genetics, immunology, pathology)
  • Haploinsufficiency (genetics, immunology)
  • Humans
  • Immunity, Innate (genetics)
  • Inflammation (genetics, immunology, pathology)
  • Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins (genetics, immunology)
  • Membrane Proteins (genetics, immunology)
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha-Induced Protein 3 (genetics)

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