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. 2024 Jul 29;44(7):167. doi: 10.1007/s10875-024-01758-x

Table 1.

Clinical and genetic summary of patients with TCF3 deficiency

Pt. Inheritance Variant Zygosity Mechanism Ethnicity Sex Age Onset Infections Other findings CD19+B cells
(/µL) / (% of lymphocytes)
Hypo/Agammaglobulinemia IgG (g/L) IgA (g/L) IgM (g/L) Ref.
1 AR

c.808 C>T

p.Q270*

Homo LOF Tunisian M 10 years Early childhood Recurrent pneumonia and meningitis Facial dysmorphic features, B-ALL NA / 0.1 Yes NA NA NA [22]
2 AR

c.808 C>T

p.Q270*

Homo LOF Tunisian F 13 years Early childhood Recurrent pneumonia Facial dysmorphic features, failure to thrive NA / 3.5 Yes 6.75 0.67 0.18 [22]
3 AR

Exons 5–11

deletion

Homo LOF NA F 9 years 1 year Recurrent pneumonia, chronic diarrhea Anemia, failure to thrive 49 / 1.2 Yes 1.11 < 0.15 0.14 [23]
4 AR

c.380 C>G

p.S127*

Homo LOF Iranian F 32 years 7 years Recurrent otitis, sinusitis, pneumonia, herpetic encephalitis Mild hearing loss due to herpetic encephalitis 0 / 0.2 Yes 4.30 0.07 0.22 [24]
5 AR

c.1451–18 A>T

p.G486Lfs*4

Homo LOF NA M 6 years NA Recurrent pneumonia Facial dysmorphic features, B-ALL 0 / 0 Yes 1.37 0.07 0.32 [21]
6 AR

c.1451–18 A>T

p.G486Lfs*4

Homo LOF NA M 3 years NA No Facial dysmorphic features 116 / 2.5 Yes 2.95 0.12 0.11 [21]
7 AR

c.1451–18 A>T

p.G486Lfs*4

Homo LOF NA F 8 months NA No Facial dysmorphic features, B-ALL 210 / 3.0 Yes 2.30 0.31 0.12 [21]
8 AR

c.1326 + 5 G>A

p.L442_V443ins27

Homo LOF NA F 7 years NA Bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia, EBV-associated leukocytosis with lymphocytosis Facial dysmorphic features, mild intellectual disability 396 / 8.2 Yes 7.52a 0.27 0.17 [21]
9 AD

c.808 C>T

p.Q270*

Hetero HI Tunisian M 49 years No No No NA / 1.9 No 8.91 3.21 0.21 [22]
10 AD

c.808 C>T

p.Q270*

Hetero HI Tunisian F 49 years No No No NA / 2.0 No 10.23 1.13 0.59 [22]
11 AD

c.808 C>T

p.Q270*

Hetero HI Tunisian M 10 years No No No NA / 2.4 No 9.25 1.51 0.37 [22]
12 AD

c.380 C>G

p.S127*

Hetero HI Iranian M NA No No No NA NA NA NA NA [24]
13 AD

c.380 C>G

p.S127*

Hetero HI Iranian F NA No No No NA NA NA NA NA [24]
14 AD

c.380 C>G

p.S127*

Hetero HI Iranian M NA No No No NA NA NA NA NA [24]
15 AD

c.1451–18 A>T

p.G486Lfs*4

Hetero HI NA M 26 years No No No 175 / 5.3 No 12.62 3.12 0.45 [21]
16 AD

c.1451–18 A>T

p.G486Lfs*4

Hetero HI NA F 23 years No No No 50 / 7.0 Yes 7.26 0.39 0.35 [21]
17 AD

c.1541 C>A

p.S514*

Hetero HI NA M 10 years NA Varicella, impetigo, oral thrush, gastroenteritis No 136 / 4.1 Yes 9.01a 0.28 0.18 [21]
18 AD

c.599_600delinsGCT

p.Y200Cfs*54

Hetero HI NA F 53 years NA Recurrent and chronic sinus infection Asthma, granulomatous lung disease, obesity, type 2 diabetes, diabetes insipidus 124 / 8.7 Yes 4.86 1.62 0.10 [21]
19 AD

c.1326 + 5 G>A

p.V433*

Hetero HI NA F 32 years No No Cholecystectomy 366 / 10.8 NA NA NA NA [21]
20 AD

c.1739del

p.D580Afs*29

Hetero HI NA F 62 years NA Recurrent sinusitis, impaired vaccination response to pneumococcus No 204 / 5.7 Yes 5.60 1.30 0.30 [21]
21 AD

c.1451–18 A>G

p.0

Hetero HI NA F 27 years NA Pneumonia, bronchitis Vitiligo 166 / 4.8 Yes 3.90 0.70 0.30 [21]
22 AD

Chr19: 959,646–1,649,320

p.0

Hetero HI NA F 6 years NA Recurrent respiratory infections Crohn’s disease, early onset IBS, Peutz‒Jeghers syndrome, mild motor and intellectual developmental delay 76 / 2.7 Yes 6.46 0.43 0.11 [21]
23b AD

c.503_504insC

p.T168Tfs*24

Hetero HI NA F 61 years Teenage years Meningitis, chronic diarrhea, recurrent respiratory infections, impaired vaccination response to pneumococcus, diphtheria, tetanus Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, SLE

NA / NA

↓

Yes 4.50 0.20 0.20 [25]
24 AD

c.503_504insC

p.T168Tfs*24

Hetero HI NA M 35 years NA Sinusitis, chronic tonsillitis, impaired vaccination response to pneumococcus, diphtheria, tetanus Type 1 diabetes, seronegative arthritis, synovitis

NA/NA

↓

Yes 5.50 < 0.07 0.40 [25]
25 AD

c.1663 G>A

p.E555K

Hetero DN North Americans of European F 34 years 9 months Pneumococcal meningitis No NA / 0.4 Yes 8.59a < 0.07 < 0.07 [18, 19]
26 AD

c.1663 G>A

p.E555K

Hetero DN North Americans of European F 8 years 10 months Recurrent otitis Eosinophilic dermatitis NA / 2.5 Yes < 0.33 0.14 < 0.07 [18, 19]
27 AD

c.1663 G>A

p.E555K

Hetero DN North Americans of European M 15 years 2 years Vaccine-associated polio Hepatomegaly NA / 0.2 Yes 8.44a < 0.01 0.10 [18, 19]
28 AD

c.1663 G>A

p.E555K

Hetero DN Mexican M 20 years 4 years Recurrent otitis and arthritis No NA / 1.5 Yes < 1.00 < 0.05 < 0.05 [18, 19]
29 AD

c.1663 G>A

p.E555K

Hetero DN British F 35 years 11 months Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia and empyema, intermittent sinusitis, Haemophilus influenzae conjunctivitis No 2 / 0.2 Yes < 0.50 < 0.07 < 0.10 [20]
30 AD

c.1663 G>A

p.E555K

Hetero DN NA M 23 years NA Gastroenteritis, Haemophilus influenzae type B meningitis, otitis, Rickettsia infection and pneumonia, bronchiectasis No 8 / 0.6 Yes 0.33 0.06 0.21 [21]
31 AD

c.1663 G>A

p.E555K

Hetero DN Japanese M 25 years 6 months Recurrent pneumonia, bronchitis, sinusitis, otitis media, mainly due to Haemophilus influenzae Facial dysmorphic features, growth failure with GHD 0 / 0 Yes 0.09 0.01 0.01 This study

a On immunoglobulin therapy, b The patient also has the heterozygous TNFRSF13B variant (c.310 T>C; p.C104R).

Pt., patient; Ref., reference; AR, autosomal recessive; AD, autosomal dominant; Homo, homozygosity; Hetero, heterozygosity; LOF, loss-of-function; HI, haploinsufficiency; DN, dominant-negative; M, male; F, female; NA, not available; B-ALL, B-cell acute lymphoid leukemia; EBV, Epstein‒Barr virus; IBS, irritable bowel syndrome; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus; GHD, growth hormone deficiency