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. 2015 Feb 16;2015:194864. doi: 10.1155/2015/194864

Table 1.

Brief summary of the monogenic autoinflammatory disorders.

Disease Gene
locus
Protein Inheritance Clinical features Treatment
FMF [22, 23] MEFV
16p13.3
Pyrin AR Fever, serositis, arthralgias or arthritides, erysipelas-like eruption on the legs, responsiveness to colchicine prophylaxis, amyloidosis in untreated or noncompliant patients Colchicine, anakinra,
canakinumab

TRAPS [2430] TNFRSF1A
12p13
p55 tumor necrosis
factor receptor
type 1
AD Fever, severe migrating muscle and joint involvement, conjunctivitis, periorbital edema, arthralgias or arthritis, sacroiliitis, serosal involvement, steroid responsiveness of febrile attacks, risk of amyloidosis Corticosteroids,
etanercept, anakinra,
canakinumab,
tocilizumab

MKD [31, 32] MVK
12q24
Mevalonate kinase AR Fever, widespread polymorphous rash, arthralgias, abdominal pain, diarrhea, lymph node enlargement, oral aphthosis NSAIDs, anakinra,
corticosteroids

CAPS [33, 34] FCAS NLRP3
1q44
Cryopyrin AD Fever, cold-induced urticaria-like rash, conjunctivitis, arthralgias, fatigue Anakinra, canakinumab, rilonacept
MWS Fever, urticaria-like rash, conjunctivitis, arthralgias, neurosensorial deafness, risk of amyloidosis
CINCAs Fever, urticaria-like rash, uveitis, papilledema, deforming arthritis involving large joints, neurosensorial deafness, aseptic chronic meningopathy, risk of amyloidosis

PAPAs [3537] PSTPIP1
15q24-q25.1
CD2BP1 AD Pauciarticular pyogenic arthritis, osteocartilaginous erosions of joints, cystic acne, pyogenic abscesses Infliximab, anakinra

MAJEEDs [3840] LPIN2
18p11.31
Lipin 2 AR Recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis, congenital dyserythropoietic anemia, chronic dermatosis resembling Sweet's syndrome NSAIDs,
corticosteroids,
anakinra,
canakinumab

BS [4143] NOD2
(CARD15)
16q12.1-13
Nod2 (Card15) AD Intermittent fevers, granulomatous dermatitis with ichthyosis-like changes, symmetrical granulomatous polyarthritis, recurrent severe granulomatous panuveitis Corticosteroids,
immunosuppressive
agents, anti-TNF-α drugs, anakinra

AD: autosomal dominant; AR: autosomal recessive; BS: Blau syndrome; CAPS: cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes; CINCAs: chronic inflammatory neurological cutaneous articular syndrome; FCAS: familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome; FMF: familial Mediterranean fever; MAJEEDs: Majeed syndrome; MKD: mevalonate kinase deficiency syndrome; MWS: Muckle-Wells syndrome; NSAIDs: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; PAPAs: pyogenic arthritis-pyoderma gangrenosum-acne syndrome; TRAPS: tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome.