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ArticleOphthalmic genetics2010

Uveitis in DiGeorge syndrome: a case of autoimmune ocular inflammation in a patient with deletion 22q11.2.

Chloe Gottlieb, Zhuqing Li, Gulbu Uzel, Robert B Nussenblatt, H Nida Sen

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Article in Ophthalmic genetics, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Systematic Review of Autoimmunity in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome.Expert reviews in molecular medicine · 2026
    Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Microphthalmia and orbital cysts in DiGeorge syndrome.Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus · 2021
    Article
  4. Ocular involvement in primary immunodeficiency diseases.Journal of clinical immunology · 2014
    Review
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Chloe GottliebLaboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1863, USA. gottliebc@nei.nih.gov
Zhuqing Li
Gulbu Uzel
Robert B Nussenblatt
H Nida Sen
National Eye Institute · USNational Institutes of Health · USNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · US

Funding

Uveitis and Ocular Immunology FellowshipZIEEY000482 · NEI · NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE · PI KODATI, SHILPA · 2009 to 2022
$4.6M
Diagnosis And Treatment Of Ocular Inflammatory Disease (uveitis)ZIAEY000356 · NEI · NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE · PI SEN, HATICE · 2009 to 2016
$2.7M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIE EY000482
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeDel22q11.2, also known as DiGeorge syndrome, has a spectrum of ocular, facial and systemic features. Despite features of T cell dysfunction, infection and autoimmunity (including juvenile idiopathic arthritis), uveitis has not been described in patients with DiGeorge syndrome.

methodsWe describe a case of a 25-year-old male with bilateral granulomatous panuveitis who after initial investigation and treatment for an infectious cause was determined to have autoimmune-related uveitis with evidence on clinical, laboratory and imaging assessments suggestive of ocular sarcoidosis.

resultsThe patient was found to have a normal T cell count and T cell proliferative response that was compared to a control patient, and phenotypes determined by flow cytometry were normal. However, the CD4/CD8 ratio in this patient was slightly lower than normal and the number of CD28 negative T cells, in both CD4 and CD8 populations, were significantly higher than a control.

conclusionsThe significance of these T cell abnormalities is unknown in the context of this patient's uveitis but is suggestive of a role in autoimmunity, which is a known phenomenon in del22q11.2 syndrome, although autoimmune-related uveitis is not a previously described feature.

Indexed as

Chromosome DeletionAdultAutoimmune DiseasesCD4-CD8 RatioChromosomes, Human, Pair 22DiGeorge SyndromeFlow CytometryFluorescein AngiographyHumansIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceLymphocyte ActivationLymphocyte CountMalePanuveitisT-LymphocytesTomography, Optical Coherence

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PMID20141355
PMCPMC3009586
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