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. 2014 Jul 15;2014:948154. doi: 10.1155/2014/948154

Table 1.

Brief summary of clinical features of systemic autoinflammatory diseases.

Disease Gene locus Protein Inheritance Clinical features Treatment
FMF MEFV
16p13.3
Pyrin (marenostrin) AR Fever, serositis, arthralgias or arthritides, erysipelas-like eruption on the legs, and systemic amyloidosis in untreated or noncompliant patients Colchicine, anakinra, and canakinumab
MKD MVK
12q24
Mevalonate kinase AR Fever, polymorphous rash, arthralgias, abdominal pain, diarrhea, lymph node enlargement, splenomegaly, and aphthosis NSAIDs, corticosteroids, anakinra, and anti-TNF-α agents
TRAPS TNFRSF1A
12p13
Tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 AD Fever, migratory muscle and joint involvement, conjunctivitis, periorbital edema, arthralgias or arthritis, serosal involvement, corticosteroid responsiveness of inflammatory attacks, and risk of amyloidosis Corticosteroids, etanercept, and anakinra
FCAS NLRP3
1q44
Cryopyrin AD Fever, cold-induced urticaria-like rash, conjunctivitis, and arthralgias Anakinra, rilonacept, and canakinumab
MWS Fever, urticaria-like rash, conjunctivitis and episcleritis, arthralgias, neurosensorial deafness, and amyloidosis
CINCAs Subcontinuous fever, early-onset urticaria-like rash, clubbing, corneal clouding, anterior or posterior uveitis, papilledema, retinopathy with scarring, optic nerve atrophy, aseptic chronic meningitis, increased intracranial pressure, inner ear inflammation with neurosensorial deafness, deforming osteoarthritis involving large joints, bony overgrowth, joint contractures, severe growth retardation with facial dysmorphic features (frontal bossing and flattening of the nasal bridge), and amyloidosis
NLRP12-AD NLRP12
19q13
Monarch-1 AD Fever, arthralgia, cold-induced urticaria-like rash, abdominal complaint, and risk of sensorineural deafness Antihistamines, NSAIDs, anakinra, anti-TNF-α agents, and IL-6 receptor antagonists
BLAUs NOD2 (CARD15)  
16q12.1-13
NOD2 AD Granulomatous dermatitis with ichthyosis-like changes, symmetrical granulomatous polyarthritis, recurrent granulomatous panuveitis, risk of cranial neuropathies, and intermittent fever Corticosteroids, immunosuppressive agents, anti-TNF-α
agents, and thalidomide
PHIDs SLC29A3
10q22
hENT3 AR Fever, pigmented skin lesions, hypertrichosis, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, pancreatic insufficiency, cardiomyopathy, lipodystrophy, scleroderma-like lesions, short stature, and delayed puberty Etoposide?
NNS PSMB8
6p21
Inducible 
subunit β of the proteasome
AR Fever, long clubbed fingers and toes with joint contractures, lipomuscular atrophy, pernio-like rash in hands and feet, heliotrope rash on the eyelids, nodular skin lesions, basal ganglia calcification, and hepatosplenomegaly Corticosteroids, anti-TNF-α agents, and anti-IL-1 agents
CANDLEs Recurrent fever, arthralgia, purplish skin lesions, abnormal growth of lips, lipodystrophy, hypertrichosis, acanthosis nigricans, alopecia areata, nodular episcleritis, conjunctivitis, chondritis of the nose and ear, aseptic meningitis, and basal ganglia calcification Corticosteroids, anti-TNF-α agents, IL-6 receptor
antagonists, and baricitinib
PAPAs PSTPIP1
15q24-q25.1
CD2BP1 AD Pauciarticular pyogenic arthritis, osteocartilaginous erosions of joints, cystic acne, ulcerative lesions of lower limb extremities, and pyogenic abscesses Corticosteroids, etancercept, infliximab, and anakinra
DIRA IL1RN
2q14.2
IL-1 receptor antagonist AR Neonatal multifocal osteomyelitis, periostitis with osteolytic lesions, pustulous, and ichthyosis skin rash Anakinra and corticosteroids
DITRA IL36R
2q14
IL-36 receptor antagonist AR Fever, pustulous skin lesions on the palms and soles, glossitis, arthritis, severe bone pain, and asthenia Corticosteroids, methotrexate, cyclosporine, anakinra, and acitretin
MAJEEDs LPIN2
18p11.31
Lipin-2 AR Recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis, congenital dyserythropoietic anemia, neutrophilic dermatosis with palmoplantar pustulosis, or pyoderma gangrenosum NSAIDs, corticosteroids, anakinra, and canakinumab
CRMO Unknown, presumably 
polygenetic trait
Currently
unknown
Osteomyelitis, bone pain with localized osteolysis, potential association with Sweet's syndrome, acne, or inflammatory bowel disease, recurrent fever NSAIDs, corticosteroids, bisphosphonates (pamidronate, neridronate), and anti-TNF-α agents (infliximab)

AD: autosomal dominant; AR: autosomal recessive; BLAUs: Blau syndrome; CANDLEs: chronic atypical neutrophilic dermatosis with lipodystrophy and elevated temperature; CINCAs: chronic infantile neurologic cutaneous articular syndrome; CRMO: chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis; DIRA: deficiency of the interleukin-1-receptor antagonist; DITRA: deficiency of the IL-36 receptor antagonist; FCAS: familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome; FMF: familial Mediterranean fever; MAJEEDs: Majeed syndrome; MKD: mevalonate kinase deficiency syndrome; MWS: Muckle-Wells syndrome; NLRP12-AD: NLRP12-associated autoinflammatory disorder; NNS: Nakajo-Nishimura syndrome; NSAIDs: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; PAPAs: pyogenic arthritis, pyoderma gangrenosum, and acne syndrome; PHIDs: pigmentary hypertrichosis and nonautoimmune insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus syndrome; TRAPS: tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome.