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ArticleAllergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology2023

A rare immunological disease, caspase 8 deficiency: case report and literature review.

Narges Bazgir, Azin Tahvildari, Zahra Chavoshzade, Mahnaz Jamee, Zahra Golchehre, Abdollah Karimi, Naghi Dara, Mazdak Fallahi, Mohammad Keramatipour, Arezou Karamzade and 1 more

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Article in Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Monogenic disorders of the TNF signalling pathway.Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2026
    Review
  3. Caspase-8 expression in CD8Science advances · 2025
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  6. Exploring caspase functions in mouse models.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2024
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  8. Infections in Disorders of Immune Regulation.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Narges Bazgir *Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Azin Tahvildari *Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Zahra ChavoshzadeImmunology and Allergy Department, Mofid Children's Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mahnaz JameePediatric Infectious Research Center, Mofid Children's Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Zahra GolchehreDepartment of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Abdollah KarimiPediatric Infectious Research Center, Mofid Children's Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Naghi DaraPediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Research Center, Research Institute for Children's Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mazdak FallahiImmunology and Allergy Department, Mofid Children's Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad KeramatipourDepartment of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Arezou KaramzadeDepartment of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Samin SharafianImmunology and Allergy Department, Mofid Children's Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. samin.sh2020@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2037-0274
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRTehran University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCaspase-8 is a molecule in the FAS pathway that initiates apoptosis. One of the rarest autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndromes is caspase-8 deficiency. Immunodeficiency, splenomegaly, and lymphadenopathy are the common symptoms of this condition. CASE PRESENTATION: A two-year-old boy entered this study with a fever of unknown origin (FUO) and dysentery. Moreover, he suffered from failure to thrive and was allergic to the cow's milk protein. His fever and dysentery did not respond to antibiotic therapy. The colonoscopy revealed diffuse ulcerations regions in the sigmoid along with skipped areas, mimicking Crohn's disease aphthous lesions. He represented very early-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and was diagnosed with the caspase-8 deficiency.

conclusionThere can be diarrhea or dysentery as the first or main symptoms of inborn errors of immunity (IEIs). The cause of diarrhea and dysentery in this case was early-onset IBD. One of the symptoms of IEIs such as caspase-8 deficiency is early-onset of IBD. Patients with early-onset had normal T cell count and low or normal immunoglobulin levels with insufficient immune response.

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PMID37038193
PMCPMC10084589
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