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The phenotype of human STK4 deficiency.

Hengameh Abdollahpour, Giridharan Appaswamy, Daniel Kotlarz, Jana Diestelhorst, Rita Beier, Alejandro A Schäffer, E Michael Gertz, Axel Schambach, Hans H Kreipe, Dietmar Pfeifer and 6 more

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Article in Blood, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 172 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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172citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

172 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 322 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 9 institutions in 4 countries.

Hengameh AbdollahpourDepartment of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Giridharan Appaswamy
Daniel Kotlarz
Jana Diestelhorst
Rita Beier
Alejandro A Schäffer
E Michael Gertz
Axel Schambach
Hans H Kreipe
Dietmar Pfeifer
Karin R Engelhardt
Nima Rezaei
Bodo Grimbacher
Sabine Lohrmann
Roya Sherkat
Christoph Klein
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover · DEMünchen Klinik · DEIsfahan University of Medical Sciences · IRNational Center for Biotechnology Information · USNational Institutes of Health · USTehran University of Medical Sciences · IRThe Royal Free Hospital · GBUniversity College London · GBUniversity Medical Center Freiburg · DE

Funding

Case Studies In GeneticsZIALM000097 · NLM · NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE · PI SCHAFFER, ALEJANDRO A · 2009 to 2019
$4.6M
Intramural NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe a novel clinical phenotype associating T- and B-cell lymphopenia, intermittent neutropenia, and atrial septal defects in 3 members of a consanguineous kindred. Their clinical histories included recurrent bacterial infections, viral infections, mucocutaneous candidiasis, cutaneous warts, and skin abscesses. Homozygosity mapping and candidate gene sequencing revealed a homozygous premature termination mutation in the gene STK4 (serine threonine kinase 4, formerly having the symbol MST1). STK4 is the human ortholog of Drosophila Hippo, the central constituent of a highly conserved pathway controlling cell growth and apoptosis. STK4-deficient lymphocytes and neutrophils exhibit enhanced loss of mitochondrial membrane potential and increased susceptibility to apoptosis. STK4 deficiency is a novel human primary immunodeficiency syndrome.

Indexed as

Base SequenceCase-Control StudiesChild, PreschoolConsanguinityDNA Mutational AnalysisFemaleHippo KinasesHumansImmunologic Deficiency SyndromesIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsIranMaleNeutropeniaPedigreePhenotypeProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesHippo KinasesIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSTK4 protein, human

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PMID22294732
PMCPMC3325036
OpenAlexW2033700044

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