Hematologically important mutations: Leukocyte adhesion deficiency (first update)

Edith van de Vijver, Anne Maddalena, Özden Sanal, Steven M. Holland, Gulbu Uzel, Manisha Madkaikar, Martin de Boer, Karin van Leeuwen, M. Yavuz Köker, Nima Parvaneh, Alain Fischer, S. K. Alex Law, Nigel Klein, F. Ilhan Tezcan, Ekrem Unal, Turkan Patiroglu, Bernd H. Belohradsky, Klaus Schwartz, Raz Somech, Taco W. KuijpersDirk Roos

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Abstract

Leukocyte adhesion deficiency (LAD) is an immunodeficiency caused by defects in the adhesion of leukocytes (especially neutrophils) to the blood vessel wall. As a result, patients with LAD suffer from severe bacterial infections and impaired wound healing, accompanied by neutrophilia. In LAD-I, mutations are found in ITGB2, the gene that encodes the beta subunit of the beta(2) integrins. This syndrome is characterized directly after birth by delayed separation of the umbilical cord. In the rare LAD-II disease, the fucosylation of selectin ligands is disturbed, caused by mutations in SLC35C1, the gene that encodes a GDP-fucose transporter of the Golgi system. LAD-II patients lack the H and Lewis Le(a) and Le(b) blood group antigens. Finally, in LAD-III (also called LAD-I/variant) the conformational activation of the hematopoietically expressed beta integrins is disturbed, leading to leukocyte and platelet dysfunction. This last syndrome is caused by mutations in FERMT3, encoding the kindlin-3 protein in all blood cells that is involved in the regulation of beta integrin conformation. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)53-61
JournalBlood cells, molecules & diseases
Volume48
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

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