Table 3.
Inborn errors of immunity with atopic phenotypes.
Disease | Genetic defect | Inheritance | Main Features | Distinguishing features from common allergic disorders |
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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