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ArticleThe Journal of allergy and clinical immunology2022

Genetic errors of immunity distinguish pediatric nonmalignant lymphoproliferative disorders.

Lisa R Forbes, Olive S Eckstein, Nitya Gulati, Erin C Peckham-Gregory, Nmazuo W Ozuah, Joseph Lubega, Nader K El-Mallawany, Jennifer E Agrusa, M Cecilia Poli, Tiphanie P Vogel and 21 more

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31 authors at 9 institutions in 6 countries.

Lisa R ForbesDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex; Division of Pediatric Immunology/Allergy/Retrovirology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex.
Olive S EcksteinDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex; Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Texas Children's Hospital Cancer Center, Houston, Tex.
Nitya GulatiDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex; Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Texas Children's Hospital Cancer Center, Houston, Tex.
Erin C Peckham-GregoryDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Texas Children's Hospital Cancer Center, Houston, Tex.
Nmazuo W OzuahDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex; Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Texas Children's Hospital Cancer Center, Houston, Tex.
Joseph LubegaDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex; Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Texas Children's Hospital Cancer Center, Houston, Tex.
Nader K El-MallawanyDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex; Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Texas Children's Hospital Cancer Center, Houston, Tex.
Jennifer E AgrusaDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex; Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Texas Children's Hospital Cancer Center, Houston, Tex.
M Cecilia PoliDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex; Universidad del Desarrollo, Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Santiago, Chile.
Tiphanie P VogelDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex.
Natalia S ChaimowitzDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex; Division of Pediatric Immunology/Allergy/Retrovirology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex.
Nicholas L RiderDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex; Division of Pediatric Immunology/Allergy/Retrovirology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex.
Emily M MaceNew York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Pediatrics, New York, NY.
Jordan S OrangeNew York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Pediatrics, New York, NY.
Jason W CaldwellSection of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergic and Immunologic Diseases, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
Juan C Aldave-BecerraDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, Lima, Peru.
Stephen JollesImmunodeficiency Centre for Wales, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Francesco SaettiniDepartment of Pediatric Hematology, Fondazione MBBM, University of Milan-Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
Hey J ChongDivision of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Asbjorg Stray-PedersenDepartment of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Helen E HeslopDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex; Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex.
Kala Y KamdarDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex; Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Texas Children's Hospital Cancer Center, Houston, Tex.
R Helen RouceDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex; Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Texas Children's Hospital Cancer Center, Houston, Tex; Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex.
Donna M MuznyHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex.
Shalini N JhangianiHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex.
Richard A GibbsHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Baylor-Hopkins Center for Mendelian Genomics, Houston, Tex.
Zeynep H Coban-AkdemirDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Baylor-Hopkins Center for Mendelian Genomics, Houston, Tex.
James R LupskiDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex; Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Baylor-Hopkins Center for Mendelian Genomics, Houston, Tex.
Kenneth L McClainDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex; Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Texas Children's Hospital Cancer Center, Houston, Tex.
Carl E AllenDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex; Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Texas Children's Hospital Cancer Center, Houston, Tex. Electronic address: ceallen@txch.org.
Ivan K ChinnDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex; Division of Pediatric Immunology/Allergy/Retrovirology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Tex. Electronic address: chinn@bcm.edu.
Baylor College of Medicine · USMorgan Stanley Children's Hospital · USHospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia · PEOslo University Hospital · NOUniversidad del Desarrollo · CLUniversity Hospital of Wales · GBUniversity of Milano-Bicocca · ITUniversity of Pittsburgh · USWake Forest University · US

Funding

Tissue ResourceP50CA126752 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI MALCOLM K. BRENNER, HELEN E HESLOP · 2007 to 2026
$51.4M
PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY CLINICAL RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAMK12CA090433 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI CARL E ALLEN, Donald W. Parsons · 2002 to 2026
$18.5M
Baylor-Johns Hopkins Center for Mendelian GeneticsUM1HG006542 · NHGRI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI VALLE, DAVID · 2016 to 2020
$14.5M
GENETIC, IMMUNOLOGIC AND MECHANISTIC BASIS OF HUMAN NK CELL DEFICIENCYR01AI120989 · NIAID · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI ORANGE, JORDAN SCOTT · 2016 to 2025
$7.7M
NCI NIH HHS K12 CA090433NCI NIH HHS P50 CA126752NHGRI NIH HHS UM1 HG006542NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI120989
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPediatric nonmalignant lymphoproliferative disorders (PLPDs) are clinically and genetically heterogeneous. Long-standing immune dysregulation and lymphoproliferation in children may be life-threatening, and a paucity of data exists to guide evaluation and treatment of children with PLPD.

objectiveThe primary objective of this study was to ascertain the spectrum of genomic immunologic defects in PLPD. Secondary objectives included characterization of clinical outcomes and associations between genetic diagnoses and those outcomes.

methodsPLPD was defined by persistent lymphadenopathy, lymph organ involvement, or lymphocytic infiltration for more than 3 months, with or without chronic or significant Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. Fifty-one subjects from 47 different families with PLPD were analyzed using whole exome sequencing.

resultsWhole exome sequencing identified likely genetic errors of immunity in 51% to 62% of families (53% to 65% of affected children). Presence of a genetic etiology was associated with younger age and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Ten-year survival for the cohort was 72.4%, and patients with viable genetic diagnoses had a higher survival rate (82%) compared to children without a genetic explanation (48%, P = .03). Survival outcomes for individuals with EBV-associated disease and no genetic explanation were particularly worse than outcomes for subjects with EBV-associated disease and a genetic explanation (17% vs 90%; P = .002). Ascertainment of a molecular diagnosis provided targetable treatment options for up to 18 individuals and led to active management changes for 12 patients.

conclusionsPLPD defines children at high risk for mortality, and whole exome sequencing informs clinical risks and therapeutic opportunities for this diagnosis.

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AdolescentAutoimmunityChildChild, PreschoolExome SequencingFemaleGenetic Association StudiesGenetic TestingHerpesvirus 4, HumanHumansImmunityInfantLymphoproliferative DisordersMaleYoung AdultEpstein-Barr virusgenomicLymphoproliferationpediatricwhole exome sequencing

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PMID34329649
PMCPMC8795244
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