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Evidence for exclusion of a mutation in NRAMP as the cause of familial disseminated atypical mycobacterial infection in a Maltese kindred

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posted on 2023-06-08, 17:10 authored by Melanie NewportMelanie Newport, M Levin, J Blackwell, M A Shaw, R Williamson, C Huxley
In mice, susceptibility to intracellular infections in inbred strains is controlled by a single locus, Lsh/Ity/Bcg, and the gene responsible has been cloned and designated Nramp (Natural resistance associated macrophage protein). We have identified a group of related children who appear to have a single gene defect, inherited recessively, which results in increased susceptibility to myocabacterial infection. The immunological defect observed in the affected children resembles that in mice homozygous for the Lsh/Ity/Bcg susceptible allele. To test the hypothesis that a mutation in NRAMP is responsible for the immunodeficiency observed in the affected children, we have typed eight markers in the region of human 2q34-q37 where NRAMP, the human homologue of Nramp, maps. We have shown discordance with the defect in one family and the chromosomes in the three affected children have different haplotypes making it unlikely that inheritance of an ancestral mutation in the NRAMP gene is the cause of increased mycobacterial susceptibility in this group of children.

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  • Published

Journal

Journal of Medical Genetics

ISSN

0022-2593

Publisher

BMJ Publishing Group

Issue

11

Volume

32

Page range

904-906

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  • Global Health and Infection Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2014-05-07

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