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

Autoinflammatory gene mutations associated with eosinophilia and asthma.

Bashayr M Alotaibi, Raquel Lopez Rodriguez, Carmen Venegas Garrido, Lucia Gonzalez Bravo, Nader Khalidi, Parameswaran Nair

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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 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Bashayr M AlotaibiDivisions of Respirology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University & St Joseph's Healthcare, 50 Charlton Ave East, Hamilton, ON, L8N 4A6, Canada.
Raquel Lopez RodriguezDivisions of Respirology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University & St Joseph's Healthcare, 50 Charlton Ave East, Hamilton, ON, L8N 4A6, Canada.
Carmen Venegas GarridoDivisions of Respirology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University & St Joseph's Healthcare, 50 Charlton Ave East, Hamilton, ON, L8N 4A6, Canada.
Lucia Gonzalez BravoDivisions of Respirology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University & St Joseph's Healthcare, 50 Charlton Ave East, Hamilton, ON, L8N 4A6, Canada.
Nader KhalidiDivisions of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University & St Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Parameswaran NairDivisions of Respirology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University & St Joseph's Healthcare, 50 Charlton Ave East, Hamilton, ON, L8N 4A6, Canada. parames@mcmaster.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1041-9492
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton · CAKing Saud Medical City · SA

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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRespiratory conditions, such as asthma, are infrequently associated with auto-inflammatory diseases. We describe five patients with uncontrolled respiratory symptoms that were seen at St. Joesph's Healthcare in Hamilton for severe asthma management diagnosed with rare autoinflammatory conditions using genetic molecular analysis. CASE PRESENTATION: Five patients are included in this case series. Gene mutations associated with familial Mediterranean fever, Yao syndrome, Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome, and Majeed syndrome were considered to explain partly the patient's clinical manifestation after comprehensive clinical, biochemical, hematological investigations ruled out other disorders such as parasitosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary Fungosis, Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Poly Angitis, IgG4 disease, and Hypereosinophilia syndrome.

conclusionsComplex patients initially presenting with respiratory conditions in addition to unexplained autoinflammatory conditions are a diagnostic challenge. Genetic molecular testing provides healthcare practitioners with useful information that may diagnose underlying auto-inflammatory diseases in undifferentiated patients. Role of inflammasome-activation in asthma and eosinophilia needs further investigation.

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AsthmaAutoinflammatory syndromeBlau syndromeCryopyrin-associatedFamilial Mediterranean feverGenetic testingMajeed syndromeRespiratory diseases

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PMID37644591
PMCPMC10463689
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