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Case Reports
. 2001 Jul-Aug;14(4):413-7.

[Primary immunodeficiency secondary to ZAP-70 deficiency]

[Article in Portuguese]
L T Barata  1 , R Henriques, C Hivroz, E Jouanguy, A Paiva, A M Freitas, H B Coimbra, A Fischer, H C da Mota
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Case Reports

[Primary immunodeficiency secondary to ZAP-70 deficiency]

[Article in Portuguese]
L T Barata et al. Acta Med Port. 2001 Jul-Aug.
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Abstract

The authors present the case of a child with recurrent infections since the age of 4 months, including bilateral pneumonia by Pneumocystis carinii and protracted varicella. Serum immunoglobulin values (when 10 months old), and B cell values were normal. There was persistent lymphocytic leucocytosis, near absence of CD8+ cells, and an increased CD4/CD8 ratio. The percentage of activated T cells and the expression of HLA class I were normal. Proliferation, activation and IL-2 synthesis studies in T cells showed a TCR/CD3-associated signal transduction deficit. ZAP-70 cDNA sequencing showed a mutation, and no ZAP-70 protein was detected in T cells. ZAP-70 deficiency is associated with a rare immune deficiency with absence of CD8+ T cells as well as a functional deficiency in T cells. Seven months after bone marrow transplantation the child is clinically well and immunologically recovered.

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