ZAP70 deficiency

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ZAP70 deficiency (zeta-chain-associated protein 70 kD deficiency) is a rare, autosomal recessive form of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID).[1]

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[edit] Presentation

It is characterized by a lack of CD8+ T cells and the presence of circulating CD4+ T cells which are unresponsive to T-cell receptor (TCR)-mediated stimuli.[2]

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ZAP70 deficiency has an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance.
ZAP70 deficiency has an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance.

No cure currently exists; however, gene therapy has been proposed.[3][4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Otsu M, Steinberg M, Ferrand C, et al (2002). "Reconstitution of lymphoid development and function in ZAP-70-deficient mice following gene transfer into bone marrow cells". Blood 100 (4): 1248–56. doi:10.1182/blood-2002-01-0247. PMID 12149205. 
  2. ^ ZAP-70 Deficiency: Immunodeficiency Disorders: Merck Manual Professional. Retrieved on 2008-03-01.
  3. ^ Adjali O, Marodon G, Steinberg M, et al (2005). "In vivo correction of ZAP-70 immunodeficiency by intrathymic gene transfer". J. Clin. Invest. 115 (8): 2287–95. doi:10.1172/JCI23966. PMID 16075064. 
  4. ^ Irla M, Saade M, Kissenpfennig A, et al (2008). "ZAP-70 restoration in mice by in vivo thymic electroporation". PLoS ONE 3 (4): e2059. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002059. PMID 18446234. PMC:2323614. 

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