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. 2019 Nov 26;58(Suppl 6):vi31–vi43. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez448

Table 1.

Monogenic autoinflammatory syndromes

General pathway Disease Gene Affected protein Mode of inheritance Age of onset Key clinical features Treatment
Inflammasomopathies FMF MEFV Pyrin AR/AD 0–20 years Peritonitis, joint attacks and joint pain Colchicine/anti-IL-1
PAAND MEFV Pyrin AD 0–10 years Neutrophilic dermatosis (pyoderma gangrenosum) arthralgia, myalgia Anti-IL-1/anti-TNF
PAPA PSTPIP1 CD2 binding protein-1 AD 1–16 years Juvenile-onset arthritis, painful ulcers and acne Prednisone/anti-IL-1, anti-TNF
MKD MVK Mevalonate kinase AR Variablea Lymphadenopathy, abdominal pain, joint pain, diarrhoea, skin rashes and headache NSAIDs/prednisone/anti-IL-1, anti-TNF
NLRP3-AID (spectrum) CINCA/NOMID, MWS, FCAS NLRP3 NLRP3 ADb Variablea Conjunctivitis, general malaise, headaches, rash, joint pain Anti-IL-1
NLRP12-AIDc NLRP12 Monarch-1 protein AD Infancy Skin rash, lymphadenopathy, aphthous ulcers, abdominal complaint Anti-IL-1/corticosteroids
NLRC4-AID NLRC4 NLRC4 AD Infancy Infantile enterocolitis Macrophage activation syndrome Anti-IL-1/anti-IL-18
NLRP1-AIDc NLRP1 NLRP1 AD 6 months–10 years Dyskeratosis, arthritis Acitretin, anti-IL-1
Interferonopathies Aicardi–Goutières syndrome TREX1 RNASEH2A, RNASEH2B, RNASEH2C, SAMHD1 Exonuclease subunits of the RNase H2 endonuclease complex, control of dNTP pool AD/AR Infancy–childhood Encephalopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, skin lesions Symptomatic treatment JAK inhibition Reverse transcriptase inhibitors
Proteasome-associated autoinflammatory syndrome (PRAAS), CANDLE PSMB3, PSMB4, PSMB8, PSMB9, POMP Proteasome AR Infancy Skin eruptions, progressive lipodystrophy, hepatosplenomegaly, myositis, Glucocorticoids JAK inhibition
SAVI TMEM173 Stimulator of interferon genes (STING) AD Infancy-childhood Vasculopathy, skin lesions (leading to ulcers and necrosis), Raynaud phenomenon JAK inhibition
Relopathies A20 haploinsufficiency TNFAIP3 NF-κB regulatory protein, A20 ADa (some cases unclear) Variable Oral, gastrointestinal and genital ulcers; arthralgia Colchicine, systemic corticosteroids, anti-IL-1, anti-IL-6, anti-TNF
Biallelic RIPK1 mutations RIPK1 Receptor-interacting serine/threonine kinase 1 N/A Infancy Early-onset inflammatory bowel disease, and progressive polyarthritis HSCT successful in one patient
HOIL-1/HOIP deficiency HOIL-1, HOIP HOIP, HOIL-1 and SHARPIN (components of LUBAC) AR Infancy Amylopectinosis, increased susceptibility to viral and bacterial infections HSCT
ORAS OTULIN Otulin (deubiquitinator protease) AR Infancy Panniculitis, diarrhoea, swollen joints Anti-TNF
RELA (p65) haploinsufficiency P65 REL-associated protein AD Variable Abdominal pain, mucocutaneous ulceration vomiting, leukocytosis Anti-TNF
Others DADA2 CECR1 Adenosine deaminase 2 AR Variable Mottled rash (livedo reticularis) anaemia, joint pain, fatigue Anti-TNF, bone marrow transplantation
DIRAd IL1RN IL-1 Receptor antagonist AR Infancy Painful joint swelling, pustular rash, hepatosplenomegaly IL-1 blockade
DITRA IL36RN IL-36 Receptor antagonist AR Infancy Pustular psoriasis, asthenia IL-1 blockade, anti-TNF
TRAPSc TNFRSF1A TNF AD Variable Skin rash, abdominal pain, myalgia Corticosteroids, anti-IL-1/ anti-TNF
NOD2- associated granulomatous disease, Blau syndromec NOD2 NOD2 inflammasome ADe Infancy-childhood Granulomatous dermatitis, arthritis, uveitis Anti-TNF

Aside from apparent high fever, other key clinical features are stated.

Key references used to construct this table [38, 47, 72–77].

a

Age of onset depends on disease severity.

b

Reports of sporadic cases as well.

c

These diseases are included for informational purposes, but not discussed in the review. Readers are encouraged to research these pathways in literature.

d

Fever is not a typical feature in this condition. AD: autosomal dominant; AID: associated inflammatory disease; AR: autosomal recessive; CAMPS: CARD14-mediated pustular psoriasis; CANDLE: chronic atypical neutrophilic dermatosis with lipodystrophy and elevated temperature syndrome; CINCA: chronic infantile neurological, cutaneous and articular syndrome; DADA2: deficiency of adenosine deaminase 2; DIRA: deficiency of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist; DITRA: deficiency of the IL-36 receptor antagonist; FCAS2: familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome 2; HOIL-1L: haem-oxidized IRP2 ubiquitin ligase 1L; HOIP: HOIL-1 interacting protein; HSCT: haematopoietic stem cell transplantation; LUBAC: linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex; MKD: mevalonate kinase deficiency; MWS: Muckle–Wells syndrome; NF-κB: nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells; NOD2: Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 2; NOMID: neonatal onset multisystem inflammatory disease; ORAS: ovarian tumor (OTU) deubiquitinase with linear linkage specificity (OTULIN)-related autoinflammatory syndrome; PAAND: pyrin-associated autoinflammation with neutrophilic dermatosis; PAPA: pyogenic arthritis, pyoderma gangrenosum and acne syndrome; RELA (p65): Transcription factor p65; SAVI: sting-associated vasculopathy with onset in infancy; SHARPIN: SHANK-associated RH-domain-interacting protein; TRAPS: TNF-associated periodic fever syndrome.