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. 2020 Oct 21;8:594375. doi: 10.3389/fped.2020.594375

Table 2.

Mutations that target FOXP3 isoform expression ratios cause IPEX.

cDNA Protein Immune dysregulation Endocrinopathy Enteropathy Onset Case progression T Cell phenotype [Reference]
Exon 2 c.227del p.L76Qfs+53 X X X 5 d IS Absence of CD4+CD127lowFOXP3+ cells, CD4+CD127low T cells of carrier express only WT allele (72)
Increased Th2 differentiation (73)
Presence of CD25lowFOXP3low cells, high activation status (74)
X X 1 d died at 8 mo N/A (75)
c.232_233del p.M78Gfs*127 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A FOXP3Δ2 expression upon stimulation (68)
c.239del p.A80Dfs*49 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A FOXP3Δ2 expression upon stimulation (68); non-suppressive T cells (76)
c.303_304del p.F102Hfs*103 X X X 4 mo HSCT N/A (77, 78)
c.305del p.F102Sfs*27 X X X 6 mo IS High activation status (79), CD4+CD127low T cells of carrier express mostly WT allele
X 40 y none
Exon 7 c.736-2A>C Aberrant splicing X X X 2 mo IS; died at 8 y Few CD4+FOXP3+ cells, increased Th2/Th17-cell differentiation (80)
c.748_750del p.K250del X X X 2 mo IS; HSCT; died at 9 y N/A (81)
X X X 2 mo IS Presence of CD4+CD25+FOXP3low cells (82)
X X 4 mo IS; HSCT CD4+CD127low T cells of carrier express WT and mutant allele (72)
c.750_752del
c.751_753del
p.E251del
p.E251del
X X X N/A N/A N/A (3)
X X X 1 mo IS; HSCT; died at 4 y N/A (83)
c.758T>C p.L253P X X N/A HSCT Absence of CD4+CD25+ cells (84)
c.767T>C p.M256T N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A (68)
c.816+2delT Aberrant splicing N/A N/A N/A 6 mo HSCT N/A (69)
c.816+2T>A Aberrant splicing X X X N/A HSCT Absence of CD25+CD127low cells, FOXP3Δ7 and FOXP3Δ2Δ7 expression upon stimulation (67)
c.816+3G>C Aberrant splicing N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A (68)
c.816+4A>G Aberrant splicing X X 2 mo Died at 3 y N/A (85)
X X X 1 d IS Increased Th17-cell differentiation (together with other mutations) (86)
c.816+5G>A Aberrant splicing X X 6 mo IS; died at 9 y FOXP3 expression in CD25 T cells (83)
X X 2 mo IS; HSCT
X X X 1 d IS; HSCT
X X N/A HSCT Low FOXP3 expression (84)
X X X N/A IS; died at 9 mo N/A (87)
c.816+7G>C Aberrant splicing X X d-mo (6 boys) Death before 5 y N/A (85)
X X X N/A N/A N/A (88)

X, symptoms mentioned in case report; N/A, data not available; IS, immunosuppressive drug treatment; HSCT, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; d, days; mo, months; y, years.