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  3. Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis in humans with inborn errors of interleukin-17 immunity

Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis in humans with inborn errors of interleukin-17 immunity

  • Science. 2011 Apr 1;332(6025):65-8. doi: 10.1126/science.1200439.
Anne Puel 1,  Sophie Cypowyj,  Jacinta Bustamante,  Jill F Wright,  Luyan Liu,  Hye Kyung Lim,  Mélanie Migaud,  Laura Israel,  Maya Chrabieh,  Magali Audry,  Matthew Gumbleton,  Antoine Toulon,  Christine Bodemer,  Jamila El-Baghdadi,  Matthew Whitters,  Theresa Paradis,  Jonathan Brooks,  Mary Collins,  Neil M Wolfman,  Saleh Al-Muhsen,  Miguel Galicchio,  Laurent Abel,  Capucine Picard,  Jean-Laurent Casanova
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Affiliation

  • 1 Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U980, and University Paris Descartes, Necker Medical School, 75015 Paris, France. [email protected]
PMID: 21350122 DOI: 10.1126/science.1200439
Abstract

Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis disease (CMCD) is characterized by recurrent or persistent infections of the skin, nails, and oral and genital mucosae caused by Candida albicans and, to a lesser extent, Staphylococcus aureus, in patients with no other infectious or autoimmune manifestations. We report two genetic etiologies of CMCD: autosomal recessive deficiency in the cytokine receptor, interleukin-17 receptor A (IL-17RA), and autosomal dominant deficiency of the cytokine interleukin-17F (IL-17F). IL-17RA deficiency is complete, abolishing cellular responses to IL-17A and IL-17F homo- and heterodimers. By contrast, IL-17F deficiency is partial, with mutant IL-17F-containing homo- and heterodimers displaying impaired, but not abolished, activity. These experiments of nature indicate that human IL-17A and IL-17F are essential for mucocutaneous immunity against C. albicans, but otherwise largely redundant.

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