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. 2021 Feb 22;14(2):100513. doi: 10.1016/j.waojou.2021.100513

Table 3.

Inborn errors of immunity with atopic phenotypes.

Disease Genetic defect Inheritance Main Features Distinguishing features from common allergic disorders
Hyper-IgE syndromes (HIES)
AD-HIES STAT3 deficiency (Job syndrome) STAT3 AD LOF Eczema, skin abscesses, CMC, recurrent pneumonias leading to pneumatocoeles, and skeletal and connective tissue abnormalities Early-onset eczema; peculiar thickened texture of the facial skin, retroauricular fissures, and severe folliculitis of the axillae and groin; cold abscesses;
distinctive facial,
and skeletal features,
low frequency of allergy

DOCK8 deficiency DOCK8 AR Severe eczema, severe allergies, immunodeficiency with increased susceptibility to bacterial and viral infections, autoimmunity, and increased risk for malignancies Severe eczema associated with warts, severe skin and sinopulmonary infections
ZNF341 deficiency ZNF341 AR Phenocopy of AD-HIES Same as AD-HIES
IL6 signal transducer (IL6ST) deficiency IL6ST AR or AD LOF Largely overlapping with AD-HIES: eczema, recurrent skin and pulmonary infections, craniosynostosis, neurodevelopmental delay Severe eczema, recurrent cutaneous and pulmonary infections, distinctive skeletal features
IL6 receptor deficiency IL6R AR Partially overlapping with AD-HIES: no skeletal abnormalities Recurrent pyogenic infections, cold abscesses
ERBIN deficiency ERBB2IP AD LOF Eczema, eosinophilic esophagitis, skeletal and connective tissue abnormalities like STAT3-HIES Skeletal and connective tissue abnormalities
Loeys-Dietz syndrome (TGFBR deficiency) TGFBR1 TGFBR2 AD Marfan-like syndrome, high prevalence of allergic diseases Skeletal and connective tissue abnormalities
PGM3 deficiency PGM3 AR Skeletal dysplasia, immunodeficiency and tendency to bone marrow failure, severe atopy, neurodevelopmental delay; some patients display renal, intestinal, and heart defects. Complex syndromic phenotype associated with atopy
Comel-Netherton syndrome SPINK5 AR Congenital ichthyosis, bamboo hair, atopic diathesis; increased bacterial infections; enteropathy, failure to thrive Congenital ichthyosis
TYK2 deficiency TYK2 AR Susceptibility to intracellular bacteria (mycobacteria, Salmonella) and viruses; dermatitis Peculiar susceptibility to infections

Omenn syndrome
OS is associated with multiple genetic abnormalities RAG1, RAG2, IL2RG, IL7R, LIG4, ADA, DCLRE1C, RMRP, CHD7, ZAP70,
22q11del and more
AR, XL Erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, eosinophilia, and combined immunodeficiency Erythroderma or neonatal eczematous rash; immunodeficiency
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) and WAS-like conditions
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome WAS XL Thrombocytopenia, recurrent infections, eczema, bloody diarrhea, haematological malignancies, autoimmune manifestations Eczema associated with thrombocytopenia and recurrent infections
WIP deficiency WIPF1 AR Thrombocytopenia with or without small platelets, recurrent infections, eczema, bloody diarrhea WAS-like phenotype
ARPC1B deficiency ARPC1B AR Mild thrombocytopenia, recurrent infections, autoimmunity; dermatitis WAS-like phenotype
NOCARH CDC42 AD Neonatal-onset cytopenia, autoinflammation, rash, and episodes of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; wide phenotypic heterogeneity Autoinflammation, cytopenia, episodes of HLH
Immunodysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, X-linked (IPEX) and IPEX-like conditions
IPEX FOXP3 XL Autoimmune enteropathy, early onset diabetes, thyroiditis, hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, severe early-onset dermatitis, recurrent severe infections, elevated IgE and IgA Severe early-onset dermatitis associated with multiorgan autoimmunity
CD25 deficiency IL2RA AR IPEX-like syndrome; chronic viral, fungal, and bacterial infections IPEX-like syndrome
STAT5b deficiency STAT5B AR
or AD LOF
Growth-hormone insensitive dwarfism; dysmorphic features; eczema; prominent autoimmunity
Growth-failure; eczema (no immune defects compared to AR STAT5b deficiency)
IPEX-like syndrome, dwarfism, dysmorphic features
STAT1 GOF STAT1 AD GOF CMC, infections, autoimmunity (thyroiditis, diabetes, cytopenias), enteropathy CMC, autoimmunity
ITCH deficiency ITCH AR Autoimmunity, failure to thrive, developmental delay, dysmorphic facial features Autoimmunity, dysmorphic facial features
CBM-opathies
CADINS CARD11 AD LOF Atopic disease, respiratory tract infections and cutaneous viral infections
Increased IgE, eosinophilia, Th-2 skewed immune response
Severe atopic disease associated with susceptibility to infections and immune dysregulation
CARD14 deficiency CARD14 AD LOF Atopic disease, recurrent pyogenic and viral skin infections and respiratory tract infections See CARD11
MALT1 deficiency MALT1 AR Recurrent infections of the skin and of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts, failure to thrive, periodontal disease and inflammatory gastrointestinal disease Recurrent infections and inflammatory gastrointestinal disease
Other IEI presenting with atopic phenotypes
Selective IgA deficiency (SIgAD) Unknown Unknown Frequently asymptomatic. Susceptibility to infections, autoimmunity and allergy
Serum IgA levels (<0.07 g/L), normal serum IgG and IgM on at least two determinations
Isolated IgA deficiency
RLTPR deficiency CARMIL2 AR Recurrent infections, EBV lymphoproliferation and other malignancy, atopy Infections, atopy, malignancies
JAK1 GOF JAK1 AD GOF Eosinophilia, hepatosplenomegaly, eosinophilic enteritis, poor growth, viral infections Hypereosinophilic syndrome
MyD88 deficiency MYD88 AR Bacterial infections (pyogens), high IgE levels Peculiar susceptibility to pyogenic infections
EDA-ID due to IKBKG (NEMO) deficiency IKBKG (NEMO) XL Anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia; susceptibility to infections (bacteria, mycobacteria, viruses, fungi) Peculiar phenotype of anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
NFKB1 deficiency NFKB1 AD Recurrent respiratory infections, EBV proliferation, autoimmunity Susceptibility to infections, autoimmunity (cytopenias, alopecia, thyroiditis)
NFKB2 deficiency NFKB2 AD Recurrent respiratory infections, autoimmunity Susceptibility to infections, autoimmunity (alopecia and endocrinopathies)
Hypereosinophilic syndrome due to somatic mutations in STAT5b STAT5B (GOF) – somatic mutations Eosinophilia, atopic dermatitis, urticarial rash, diarrhea Hypereosinophilic syndrome

AR, autosomal recessive; AD, autosomal dominant; CADINS, CARD11-associated atopy with dominant interference of NF-kB signaling; CMC, chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis; EDA-ID, Anhidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia with ImmunoDeficiency; GOF, gain of function; HLH, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; LOF, loss of function; XL, X-linked