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The labyrinth of autoinflammatory disorders: a snapshot on the activity of a third-level center in Italy.
Antonio VitaleOrso Maria LucheriniCaterina De ClementeLuisa CostaFlora MagnottiGiacomo EmmiEugenia PrinziMaria Cristina MaggioL CantariniMauro GaleazziDonato RiganteBruno FredianiElena SilvestriGiuseppe LopalcoFrancesco CasoFrancesco CasoRolando Cimazsubject
Adultmedicine.medical_specialtyReferralProinflammatory cytokineDiagnosis DifferentialRheumatologyAcquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)Internal medicinePeriodic feverMedicineHumansAge FactorChildGenetic disorderInnate immune systembusiness.industryHereditary Autoinflammatory DiseasesAge FactorsGeneral Medicinemedicine.diseaseAdulthoodInterleukin-1βRheumatologyImmunity InnateHereditary Autoinflammatory DiseasePeriodic feverSettore MED/38 - PEDIATRIA GENERALE E SPECIALISTICAItalyRecurrent feverImmunologyAutoinflammationbusinessAutoinflammatory DisordersHumandescription
Autoinflammatory disorders (AIDs) are a novel class of diseases elicited by mutations in genes regulating the homeostasis of innate immune complexes, named inflammasomes, which lead to uncontrolled oversecretion of the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-1β. Protean inflammatory symptoms are variably associated with periodic fever, depicting multiple specific conditions. Childhood is usually the lifetime in which most hereditary AIDs start, though still a relevant number of patients may experience a delayed disease onset and receive a definite diagnosis during adulthood. As a major referral laboratory for patients with recurrent fevers, we have tested samples from 787 patients in the period September 2007–March 2014, with a total of 1,328 AID-related genes evaluated and a gene/patient ratio of 1.69. In this report, we describe our experience in the clinical approach to AIDs, highlight the most striking differences between child and adult-onset AIDs, and shed an eye-opening insight into their diagnostic process.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-01-01 |