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. 2024 Apr 1;221(5):e20231044. doi: 10.1084/jem.20231044

Table 1.

Genetic, demographic, weight and height, and clinical spectrum of patients with AR CD4 deficiency

Weight and height
Patient/Kindred Mutation Origin Gender (F/M) Year of birth Follow-up Age at onset of symptoms Clinical infectious phenotype (infections, microbiology, pathology results)
Current treatment prophylaxis
Detection of auto-antibodies/age Age (yr) Weight (kg) [Z score] Height (cm) [Z score] BMI (kg/m2)
P1/A c.491delA/491delA
p.Q164fs197*/Q164fs197*
Colombia F 2003 Alive 2 mo BCG-vaccine: No AE
Other alive vaccine: MMR, YFV without AE
Failure to thrive, diarrhea
Multiple pneumonia, chronic sinusitis, otitis
Endophtalmitis, iridocyclitis
Urinary tract infection
Varicella without complications
3C syndromeb
Prophylaxis: Ig and ATB
N.D. 0
3
5
6.5
7
8.6
9.2
13
15
16
2.44 (−1)
11 (−1)
14 (−2)
17 (−1)
18 (−1)
15 (>−2)
18 (−2)
38 (−2)
38.5
42
48 (−2)
86 (>−2)
95 (>−2)
102 (>−2)
104 (>−2)
109 (>−2)
112 (>−2)
116 (>−2)
141
141
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
19.5 (normal)
21.1 (normal)
P2/B










P3/B
c.245C>G/245C>G
p.S82*/S82*









c.245C>G/245C>G
p.S82*/S82*
Portugala










Portugal
M










M
1962










1966
Alive










Alive
49 yr










10 yr
BCG vaccine: No AE
Other alive vaccine: None
At 49 yo: Colon polyps with dysplasia
At 52 yo: Diagnosis of classic Whipple’s disease (diarrhea, abdominal pain, arthritis). T. whipplei (+) in culture and PCR saliva, stool, and synovial fluid, PAS(+). Treatment: Hydroxychloroquine and doxycycline
Oral labial herpes
Warts
Prophylaxis: None

BCG vaccine: No AE
Other alive vaccine: None
At 10 yo: Pulmonary tuberculosis
At 20 yo: Laryngeal tuberculosis
At 46 yo: Dental abscess requiring surgical drainage
Hiatal hernia and erythematous gastritis
Since adolescence: Multiple non-pruritic verrucous skin lesions (by HPV3+) and genital warts (by HPV31). Treatment: Isotretinoin with good response
Prophylaxis: None
At 52 yo:
ANA (−)
ANCA (−)
Anti-dsDNA (−)
Anti SS-B (−)
Anti-J01 (−)
Anti-RNP (−)
Anti-Scl70 (−)
Anti-smith (−)
Anti-SSA (−)

At 50 yo:
ANA (−)
ANCA (−)
Anti-dsDNA (−)
Anti SS-B (−)
Anti-RNP (−)
Anti-smith (−)
Anti-SSA (−)
61










57
90










70
163










175
33.9 (obesity)










22.9 (normal)
P4/C








P5/C
c.235C>T/235C>T
p.R79C/R79C







c.235C>T/235C>T
p.R79C/R79C
Palestinian








Palestinian
F








F
2018








2000
Alive








Alive
2 mo








N.A.
BCG-vaccine: BCG-itis at 3 mo
Failure to thrive
Recurrent pulmonary infections without microbe isolation, requiring hospitalizations
Cryptosporidiosis infection and oral candidiasis
Prophylaxis: Fluconazole and TMP/SMX

N.D. 0
1
6






23
3.2 (0)
10 (0)
17 (−1)






51
ND
ND
ND






ND
ND
ND
ND






ND
P6/D c.1A>G/1A>G
Predicted p.M1V/M1V
White American F 1997 Alive BCG vaccine: No AE
Other alive vaccine: MMR, polio IPV/OPV, varicella zoster (Varivax) without AE
Respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia requiring inpatient admission (1 mo old)
-At 1 yo: Rotavirus gastroenteritis
-At 5–6 yo: Diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and currently managed with lisdexamfetamine
-Until 4–5 yo: Recurrent otitis media requiring myringotomy tubes (nine procedures) in childhood (six episodes per yr until age 4–5)
-Recurrent episodes of upper respiratory infection with productive cough (4–5 episodes per yr): empiric course of antimicrobials, tonsillectomy, and adenoidectomy.
-Multiple episodes of transient cervical lymphadenopathy during childhood.
-At 5–6 yo: Onset of multiple skin warts recalcitrant to topical treatment, cryotherapy, and surgical excision. Spontaneously resolved around age 18–19.
-At 6 yo: Varicella despite receiving first dose of varicella vaccine at age 1
-At 15 yo: Recurrent episodes of back pain with imaging significant for intervertebral herniations in the lower thoracic spine
-At 22 yo: Acute presentation with multifocal pneumonia and hypoxic respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilatory support. A nasopharyngeal molecular assay tested positive for rhino-virus and enterovirus.
Anti β2-glycoprotein 1 AB panel (IgG and IgM) (−)
Anti-thyroglobulin (−)
Thyroid peroxidase AB (−)
Anti-proteinase 3 (−)
Anti-MPO (−)
Anti-dsDNA (−)
ANA (−) anti-ENA (−)
ACA IgG and IgM (−)
Rheumatoid factor (−) Anti-CCP (−)
22
25
107.4
111
168.8
169
37.6 (obesity)
38.9 (obesity)
P7/E c.1157-1G>A/1157-1G>A
p.V386_R426delfs*13 and p.V386_Q395delfs*45
Portugal F 1974 Alive 10 yr Exuberant and disfiguring warts in both feet and hands.
Warts were refractory to treatment with keratolytic agents, cryosurgery, and excision, with minor improvement after treatment with acitretin in association with topical 50% urea cream.
Past medical history of measles and mumps during her infancy and varicella infection during her first pregnancy, which all resolved without complications
Allergic rhino-conjunctivitis treated with cetirizine and fluticasone, and chronic polyarthralgias in the absence of impaired functionality
HIV 1/2 (−), HTLV-1 (−), syphilis (−)
Anti-neutrophil (−)
Anti-ds-DNA (−)
49 64 150 28.44 (overweight)

Mutations, patient numbers, and family numbers are as in Fig. 1. Consanguinity, patient origin, sex, current vital status, age at onset of symptoms, and clinical phenotype are shown. AE: adverse effect, ATB: antibiotics, BB-B: complement factor B, ANCA: anti-neutrophils cytoplasmic autoantibody, dsDNA: double-stranded (ds, native) DNA, ANA: antinuclear antibodies, PAS: periodic acid-Schiff, MMR: measles-mumps-rubella, YFV: yellow fever vaccine, ND: not determined; BMI: body mass index, TMP: trimethoprim, SMX: sulfamethoxazole.

a

P2 lives in France.

b

Clinical manifestations are mild cardiac abnormalities, interatrial (IAC) and interventricular communication (IVC), absent cerebellar vermis, congenital glaucoma with megalocornea, facial dysmorphism, and mild mental retardation.