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Interferon gamma pathway defects causing Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial diseases

Interferon gamma pathway defects causing Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial diseases
Gene Inheritance Defect Infections Treatment* Diagnostic issues
IFNGR1 AR Complete
  • Severe, often fatal
  • Disseminated BCG, NTM
  • Salmonella
  • Listeria
  • Viruses (CMV, HHV8, RSV, PRV-3, VZV)
  • Antibiotics
  • Possible adjuvant IFN-alpha
  • HCT recommended
  • No response to IFN-gamma
IFNGR1 AR Partial
  • Disseminated BCG, NTM
  • Salmonella
  • Viruses (respiratory, herpes family)
  • Antibiotics
  • Long-term secondary prophylaxis
  • Consider adjuvant IFN-gamma and/or IFN-alpha
  • Diminished response to IFN-gamma
IFNGR1 AD Partial
  • Recurrent, moderately severe, disseminated infections with BCG, NTM, Salmonella, endemic mycoses (Coccidioides spp, Histoplasma)
  • Osteomyelitis is common
  • Antibiotics
  • Long-term secondary prophylaxis
  • Adjuvant IFN-gamma
  • Diminished response to IFN-gamma
IFNGR2 AR Complete
  • Severe, often fatal
  • Disseminated BCG, NTM
  • Salmonella
  • Viral infections (herpes family)
  • Antibiotics
  • Possible adjuvant IFN-alpha
  • HCT recommended
  • No response to IFN-gamma
IFNGR2 AR Partial
  • Disseminated BCG, NTM infections
  • Antibiotics
  • Long-term secondary prophylaxis
  • Adjuvant IFN-gamma
  • Diminished response to IFN-gamma
IFNGR2 AD Partial
  • Disseminated BCG, NTM infections
  • Antibiotics
  • Long-term secondary prophylaxis
  • Adjuvant IFN-gamma
  • Diminished response to IFN-gamma
STAT1 AR Complete
  • Severe, often fatal
  • Disseminated bacterial and viral infections
  • Antibiotics
  • HCT recommended
  • Absent cellular responses to IFN-alpha and IFN-gamma
STAT1 AR Partial
  • Disseminated infections with BCG, NTM, Salmonella, and viruses (EBV, CMV, and VZV)
  • Antibiotics
  • Consider HCT
  • Diminished response to IFN-gamma, IFN-alpha/beta, IFN-lambda 1, and IL-27
STAT1 AD Dominant negative
  • Disseminated BCG, NTM infections
  • Multifocal osteomyelitis
  • Antibiotics
  • Adjuvant IFN-gamma
  • Diminished response to IFN-gamma
STAT1 AD Dominant gain of function
  • Mucocutaneous candidiasis
  • Endemic fungi, viruses
  • Mycobacterial infections
  • PML
  • Aneurysms
  • Autoimmunity
  • Antifungals
  • JAK inhibitors may help with autoimmunity
  • HCT may be considered
  • Elevated STAT1 phosphorylation in response to IFN-gamma
IL12B (IL-12p40) AR Complete
  • BCG and NTM infections
  • Salmonella
  • Severe TB
  • Antibiotics
  • Adjuvant IFN-gamma
  • Diminished IFN-gamma production but retained response
IL12RB1 AR Complete
  • Recurrent, moderately severe, disseminated infections with BCG, NTM, Salmonella, endemic mycoses (Coccidioides spp, Histoplasma)
  • Incomplete penetrance
  • Antibiotics
  • Consider adjuvant IFN-gamma
  • No response to IL-12
IL12RB2 AR Complete
  • BCG, NTM, and tuberculosis
  • Incomplete penetrance
  • Antibiotics
  • Diminished STAT4 response to IL-12 stimulation
IL23R AR Complete
  • BCG, NTM
  • Antibiotics
  • Diminished STAT3 phosphorylation after IL-12 stimulation
TYK2 AR Complete
  • Mycobacterial, intracellular bacterial infections, and viral infection
  • Antibiotics
  • Diminished responses to IL-12 and IFN-alpha/beta
IRF8 AR Complete
  • Disseminated BCG disease, oral candidiasis, and severe respiratory infection
  • Myeloproliferation
  • Antibiotics
  • HCT
  • Lack of dendritic cells
IRF8 AD Partial
  • Disseminated BCG disease
  • Antibiotics
  • Diminished CD1c+ myeloid dendritic cells
GATA2 AD Haploinsufficiency
  • NTM, not BCG
  • Disseminated histoplasmosis
  • HPV infections
  • Molluscum
  • EBV
  • CMV
  • Antibiotics
  • Consider HCT
  • In symptomatic cases, low monocytes, NK cells, B cells, dendritic cells
ISG15 AR Complete
  • BCG
  • NTM
  • Antibiotics
  • Diminished IFN-gamma production
  • Enhanced IFN-alpha/beta
IKBKG (NEMO) X linked Recessive
  • Pyogenic bacteria, mycobacteria, viruses
  • PJP
  • Antibiotics
  • Consider HCT
  • Diminished IFN-gamma and IL-12 production
  • Diminished TLR signaling
  • Diminished CD40 signaling
NFKBIA AD Gain of function
  • NTM
  • Mucocutaneous candidiasis
  • Bacteria
  • Antibiotics
  • Consider HCT
  • Diminished IFN-gamma and IL-12 production
  • Diminished TLR signaling
  • Diminished CD40 signaling
CYBB X linked Recessive
  • BCG
  • Antibiotics
  • Abnormal macrophage superoxide production
SPPL2A AR Complete
  • BCG
  • Antibiotics
  • Diminished IL-12 and IFN-gamma production, signaling
RORC (RORgamma and RORgammaT isotypes) AR Complete
  • Mucocutaneous candidiasis
  • NTM
  • BCG
  • Antibiotics
  • Diminished IFN-gamma and IL-12 production
  • Decreased Th17 cells
JAK1 AR Partial
  • NTM
  • Viral infections (HPV, Zoster)
  • Fungal infections
  • Antimicrobials
  • Decreased STAT1 phosphorylation
IFNGR1: interferon gamma receptor 1; AR: autosomal recessive; BCG: Bacillus-Calmette Guérin; NTM: nontuberculous mycobacteria; CMV: cytomegalovirus; HHV8: human herpesvirus 8; RSV: respiratory syncytial virus; PRV-3: pseudorabies virus 3; VZV: varicella-zoster virus; IFN: interferon; HCT: hematopoietic cell transplantation; AD: autosomal dominant; IFNGR2: interferon gamma receptor 2; STAT: signal transducer and activator of transcription; EBV: Epstein-Barr virus; IL: interleukin; PML: progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; JAK: Janus kinase; IL12B: interleukin 12B; TB: tuberculosis; IL12RB1: interleukin 12 receptor beta 1; IL12RB2: interleukin 12 receptor beta 2; IL23R: interleukin 23 receptor; TYK2: tyrosine kinase 2; IRF8: interferon regulatory factor 8; GATA2: GATA-binding protein 2; HPV: human papillomavirus; NK: natural killer; ISG15: ISG15 ubiquitin-like modifier; IKBKG: inhibitor of nuclear factor-kappa-B kinase regulatory subunit gamma; NEMO: nuclear factor-kappa-B essential modulator; PJP: Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia; TLR: Toll-like receptor; NFKBIA: NF kappa B inhibitor alpha; CYBB: cytochrome b-245 beta chain; SPPL2A: signal peptide peptidase-like 2A; RORC: RAR-related orphan receptor C; Th17: T helper cell type 17.
* For many defects, the role of HCT remains unknown.
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