First Aid, Chapter 8, Immunologic Disorders, Cellular or Complex Immune Deficiencies Flashcards
Is ataxia-telangiectasia inherited or a mutation? What is the gene?
ATM; Ataxiatelangiectasia, mutated
What are the infections or clinical findings in ataxia-telangiectasia?
- Progressive neuronal loss— normal at birth, ataxia begins ~2 years old, later in some patients, wheelchair-bound ~10 years old.
- Oculomotor apraxia, dysarthria, and choreoathetosis
- Telangiectasia (appears years after ataxia)
- Sterility
- Risk of leukemia or lymphoma
- Immune deficiency— sinopulmonary infections
What are the lab findings in ataxia-telangiectasia?
- Naïve T-lymphocyte (CD45RA) lymphopenia; poor mitogen responses
- Can have hypogammaglobulinemi a and poor response to immunizations;
- IgA deficiency (80%)
- Elevated AFP and decrease CSA (colony survival assay) to assess radiosensitivity
What is the defect in ataxia-telangiectasia? Is it radiosensitive? Why?
Classswitching recombination defect
ATM is PI3 kinase, responsible for repair in DNA ds breaks; as a result, patients radiosensitive
What is the therapy for ataxia-telangiectasia?
Treatment and prophylactic antibiotics, IVIG, and chemotherapy
Avoid radiation from imaging
Which immunodeficiencies are associated with defects in the AIRE gene?
Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis (CMC);
Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome (APS-1);
Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy candidiasis ectodermal dystrophy (APECED)
Are defects in the AIRE gene inherited or mutated?
autosomal recessive
What are the infections or clinical manifestations of defects in the AIRE gene?
Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis (CMC): Recurrent noninvasive thrush, candidal dermatitis, dystrophic nails, enamel hypoplasia
Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome (APS-1); Endocrinopathies:
Hypoparathyroid (most common)
Autoimmune polyendocrinopathycandidiasisectodermal dystrophy (APECED): Hypoadrenalism, pernicious anemia, DM, vitiligo, alopecia, and hepatitis
What are the lab findings in diseases caused by defects in the AIRE gene?
↓ T proliferation to mitogens and recall antigens
Some IgA deficiency
What is the treatment for diseases caused by defects in the AIRE gene?
Antifungal;
Treat autoimmune disease
What is the inheritance or mutation in CD40L deficiency (HIGM1, hyper-IgM type 1)?
X linked CD40L/CD154 mutation (TNFS5)
What are the infections or clinical findings in CD40L deficiency?
Opportunistic infection, fungal, bacterial, and viral;
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia and neutropenia
What are the lab values in CD40L deficiency?
↓ IgG, IgA, and IgE, levels. Variable high/normal IgM;
Neutropenia
Absent germinal centers
What is the defect in CD40L deficiency?
Ig class switch recombination deficiencies from defect in CD40-CD40L interaction
What is the treatment of CD40L deficiency?
IVIG, PCP prophylaxis GCSF, and HSCT
What is the mutation or inheritance of CD40 deficiency?
AR
CD40 absent
What is CD40 deficiency called?
HIGM3, hyper-IgM type3
What are the infections or clinical findings in CD40 deficiency?
Opportunistic infection, fungal, bacterial, and viral; Autoimmune hemolytic anemia and neutropenia
What are the lab values in CD40 deficiency?
↓ IgG, IgA, and IgE, levels. Variable high/normal IgM;
Neutropenia
Absent germinal centers
What is the defect in CD40 deficiency?
Ig class switch recombination deficiencies from defect in CD40-CD40L interaction
What is the treatment for CD40 deficiency?
IVIG, PCP prophylaxis, and GCSF
What is the inheritance or mutation in DiGeorge’s syndrome?
22q11.2 deletion (~90%)
10p13-14 deletion (Renal/GU defect)
What are the infections or clinical findings in DiGeorge’s syndrome?
- Cellular immune deficiency -> infections. +/- absence of part or all of the thymus
- Hypocalcemia parathyroid deficiency -> tetany/seizures
- Congenital heart disease (tetralogy of Fallot—most common
Type B interrupted aortic arch—2nd common)
Other features: lowset or posteriorly rotated ears, short philtrum, micrognathia, developmental delay, B-cell lymphoma, and autoimmune disease
What are the lab values in DiGeorge’s syndrome?
Complete: naive T cell
What is the mnemonic of DiGeorge’s syndrome?
CATCH 22 (cardiac defects, abnormal facies, thymic hypoplasia, cleft palate, hypocalcemia, chromosome 22)
What is the therapy of DiGeorge’s syndrome?
Complete DGS: treat like SCID with thymus transplantation and IVIG
Antibiotic prophylaxis— depend on T-cell counts and recall
Live vaccines for patients who have normal T recall
Neuropsychiatric therapy, and surgery of congenital defects