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Ercan Nain1, Ayca Kiykim1, Ismail Ogulur1
1Faculty of Medicine, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Abstract:
We evaluated 18 DiGeorge syndrome (DGS) patients and aimed to investigate the immunological changes in this population. DGS patients with low naive CD4+ T and CD8+ T cells were defined as high-risk (HR) patients, whereas patients with normal numbers of naive CD4+ and CD8+ T cells were defined as standard risk (SR) patients. Level of serum IgM, CD3+ T cell counts and percentages of class-switched memory B cells were significantly low in HR group compared to SR ones. Severe infections and persistent hypoparathyroidism were detected significantly higher in HR group. Patients with reduced percentages of class-switched B cells had earlier onset of infection, lower blood IgM, lower CD4+ and CD8+ T counts than patients with normal class-switched memory B cells. Decreased levels of IgM were associated with low numbers of naive CD4+ and recent thymic emigrants T cells. Monitoring the immune changes of patients with DGS would be useful to predict the severe phenotype of disease.
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