CLASSIFICATION ARTICLE published: 22 April 2014 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00162 Primary immunodeficiency diseases: an update on the classification from the International Union of Immunological Societies Expert Committee for Primary Immunodeficiency Waleed Al-Herz 1,2 , Aziz Bousfiha 3 , Jean-Laurent Casanova 4,5 ,Talal Chatila 6 , Mary Ellen Conley 4 , Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles 7 , Amos Etzioni 8 , Jose Luis Franco 9 , H. Bobby Gaspar 10 *, Steven M. Holland 11 , Christoph Klein 12 , Shigeaki Nonoyama 13 , Hans D. Ochs 14 , Erik Oksenhendler 15,16 , Capucine Picard 5,17 , Jennifer M. Puck 18 , Kate Sullivan 19 and Mimi L. K.Tang 20,21,22 1 Department of Pediatrics, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait 2 Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Al-Sabah Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait 3 Clinical Immunology Unit, Casablanca Children’s Hospital, Ibn Rochd Medical School, King Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco 4 St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch,The Rockefeller University, NewYork, NY, USA 5 Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM UMR1163, Imagine Institut, Necker Medical School, University Paris Descartes, Paris, France 6 Division of Immunology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA 7 Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NewYork, NY, USA 8 Meyer Children’s Hospital-Technion, Haifa, Israel 9 Group of Primary Immunodeficiencies, University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia 10 UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK 11 Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA 12 Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany 13 Department of Pediatrics, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan 14 Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, University ofWashington, Seattle,WA, USA 15 Department of Clinical Immunology, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France 16 Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France 17 Centre d’Étude des Déficits Immunitaires (CEDI), Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades,AP-HP, Paris, France 18 Department of Pediatrics, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA 19 Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy Immunology,The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA 20 Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 21 Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 22 Department of Allergy and Immunology, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne,VIC, Australia Edited by: Jordan Orange, Baylor College of Medicine, USA Reviewed by: Jordan Orange, Baylor College of Medicine, USA Francisco A. Bonilla, Boston Children’s Hospital, USA Thomas Arthur Fleisher, National Institutes of Health, USA Fischer Alain, INSERM, France *Correspondence: H. Bobby Gaspar , Molecular Immunology Unit, UCL Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK e-mail: [email protected]We report the updated classification of primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) compiled by the Expert Committee of the International Union of Immunological Societies. In comparison to the previous version, more than 30 new gene defects are reported in this updated version. In addition, we have added a table of acquired defects that are phenocopies of PIDs. For each disorder, the key clinical and laboratory features are provided.This classification is the most up-to-date catalog of all known PIDs and acts as a current reference of the knowl- edge of these conditions and is an important aid for the molecular diagnosis of patients with these rare diseases. Keywords: primary immunodeficiencies, IUIS, classification, genetic defects, genotype BACKGROUND The International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS) Expert Committee on Primary Immunodeficiency met in New York on 19th–21st April 2013 to update the classification of human primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs). This report represents the most current and complete catalog of known PIDs. It serves as a reference for these conditions and provides a framework to help in the diagnostic approach to patients suspected to have PID. As in previous reports, we have classified the conditions into major groups of PIDs and these are now represented in nine dif- ferent tables. In each table, we list the condition, its genetic defect if known, and the major immunological and in some conditions the non-immunological abnormalities associated with the disease. The classification this year differs slightly from the previous edition in that Table 1 lists combined immunodeficiencies without non- immunologic phenotypes, whereas Table 2 refers to combined www.frontiersin.org April 2014 |Volume 5 | Article 162 | 1
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CLASSIFICATION ARTICLEpublished: 22 April 2014
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00162
Primary immunodeficiency diseases: an update on theclassification from the International Union ofImmunological Societies Expert Committee for PrimaryImmunodeficiencyWaleed Al-Herz 1,2, Aziz Bousfiha3, Jean-Laurent Casanova4,5,Talal Chatila6, Mary Ellen Conley 4,Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles7, Amos Etzioni 8, Jose Luis Franco9, H. Bobby Gaspar 10*,Steven M. Holland 11, Christoph Klein12, Shigeaki Nonoyama13, Hans D. Ochs14, Erik Oksenhendler 15,16,Capucine Picard 5,17, Jennifer M. Puck 18, Kate Sullivan19 and Mimi L. K.Tang20,21,22
1 Department of Pediatrics, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait2 Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Al-Sabah Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait3 Clinical Immunology Unit, Casablanca Children’s Hospital, Ibn Rochd Medical School, King Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco4 St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA5 Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, INSERM UMR1163, Imagine Institut, Necker Medical School, University Paris Descartes,
Paris, France6 Division of Immunology, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA7 Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA8 Meyer Children’s Hospital-Technion, Haifa, Israel9 Group of Primary Immunodeficiencies, University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia10 UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK11 Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA12 Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany13 Department of Pediatrics, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan14 Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA15 Department of Clinical Immunology, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France16 Sorbonne Paris Cité, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France17 Centre d’Étude des Déficits Immunitaires (CEDI), Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, AP-HP, Paris, France18 Department of Pediatrics, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA19 Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy Immunology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA20 Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia21 Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia22 Department of Allergy and Immunology, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Edited by:Jordan Orange, Baylor College ofMedicine, USA
Reviewed by:Jordan Orange, Baylor College ofMedicine, USAFrancisco A. Bonilla, Boston Children’sHospital, USAThomas Arthur Fleisher, NationalInstitutes of Health, USAFischer Alain, INSERM, France
*Correspondence:H. Bobby Gaspar , MolecularImmunology Unit, UCL Institute ofChild Health, 30 Guilford Street,London WC1N 1EH, UKe-mail: [email protected]
We report the updated classification of primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) compiled by theExpert Committee of the International Union of Immunological Societies. In comparison tothe previous version, more than 30 new gene defects are reported in this updated version.In addition, we have added a table of acquired defects that are phenocopies of PIDs. Foreach disorder, the key clinical and laboratory features are provided.This classification is themost up-to-date catalog of all known PIDs and acts as a current reference of the knowl-edge of these conditions and is an important aid for the molecular diagnosis of patientswith these rare diseases.
BACKGROUNDThe International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS)Expert Committee on Primary Immunodeficiency met in NewYork on 19th–21st April 2013 to update the classification of humanprimary immunodeficiencies (PIDs). This report represents themost current and complete catalog of known PIDs. It serves as areference for these conditions and provides a framework to helpin the diagnostic approach to patients suspected to have PID.
As in previous reports, we have classified the conditions intomajor groups of PIDs and these are now represented in nine dif-ferent tables. In each table, we list the condition, its genetic defectif known, and the major immunological and in some conditionsthe non-immunological abnormalities associated with the disease.The classification this year differs slightly from the previous editionin that Table 1 lists combined immunodeficiencies without non-immunologic phenotypes, whereas Table 2 refers to combined
virus; Ca++, calcium; MHC, major histocompatibility complex, RTE, recent thymic emigrants, HPV, human papillomavirus.aTen or fewer unrelated cases reported in the literature.
Infants with SCID who have maternal T cells engraftment may have T cells that do not function normally; these cells may cause autoimmune cytopenias or graft
versus host disease. Hypomorphic mutations in several of the genes that cause SCID may result in Omenn syndrome (OS), or “leaky” SCID or a less profound
CID phenotype. Both OS and leaky SCID can be associated with higher numbers of T cells and reduced rather than absent activation responses when compared
with typical SCID caused by null mutations. A spectrum of clinical findings including typical SCID, OS, leaky SCID, granulomas with T lymphopenia, autoimmunity,
and CD4+ T lymphopenia can be found with RAG gene defects. RAC2 deficiency is a disorder of leukocyte motility and is reported in Table 5; however, one patient
with RAC2 deficiency was found to have absent T cell receptor excision circles (TRECs) by newborn screening, but T cell numbers and mitogen responses were not
impaired. For additional syndromic conditions withT cell lymphopenia, such as DNA repair defects, cartilage hair hypoplasia, IKAROS deficiency, and NEMO syndrome,
see Tables 2 and 6; however, it should be noted that individuals with the most severe manifestations of these disorders could have clinical signs and symptoms of
SCID. Severe folate deficiency (such as with malabsorption due to defects in folate carrier or transporter genes SLC10A1 or PCFT) and some metabolic disorders,
such as methylmalonic aciduria, may present with reversible profound lymphopenia in addition to their characteristic presenting features.
immunodeficiencies with syndromic features, as increasing num-bers of these are being identified. The title and classification ofTables 3–8 present the same major PID groups as in the previousreport.
In this updated version, we have added a new category inTable 9 in which “Phenocopies of PID” are listed. This has resultedfrom our understanding and study of conditions that present asinherited immunodeficiencies, but which are not due to germlinemutations and instead arise from acquired mechanisms. Examplesinclude somatic mutations in specific immune cell populationsthat give rise to the phenotype of autoimmune lymphoprolifer-ative syndrome (ALPS), and also autoantibodies against specificcytokines or immunological factors, with depletion of these factorsleading to immunodeficiency. It is likely that increasing numbersof PID phenocopies will be identified in the future, and this maybe the start of a much longer table.
As with all complex diseases, any classification cannot be strictlyadhered to. Certain conditions fall into more than one category
and so appear in more than one table. For example, CD40L liganddeficiency is reported in both Tables 1 and 3 as it was initiallyidentified as a defect of B cell isotype switching but is now knownto be a defect of co-stimulatory T cell help and function. Similarly,XLP1 due to defects in SH2D1A is listed in Table 1 – combinedimmunodeficiencies, due to defects of T cell cytotoxicity, T cellhelp, and B cell maturation, but also in Table 4 – diseases ofimmune dysregulation, due to the susceptibility to hemophago-cytosis. There is a growing appreciation that there can be widephenotypic viability within a specific genotype that is a prod-uct of varied specific mutations between different patients as wellas other host and/or environmental factors. The complexities ofthese conditions in terms of clinical and immunological presen-tation and heterogeneity cannot be easily captured in the limitedspace of a table format. For this reason, the furthest left columncontains the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) ref-erence for each condition to allow access to greater detail andupdated information.
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susceptibility of mycobacterial disease.aTen or fewer unrelated cases reported in the literature.
T and B cell number and function in these disorders exhibit a wide range of abnormality; the most severely affected cases meet diagnostic criteria for SCID or leaky
SCID and require immune system restoring therapy such as allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. While not all DOCK8-deficient patients have elevated serum
IgE, most have recurrent viral infections and malignancies as a result of combined immunodeficiency. AR-HIES due toTyk2 deficiency is also listed inTable 6, because
of its association with atypical mycobacterial disease resulting in MSMD. Riddle syndrome is caused by mutations in a gene involved in DNA double-strand break
repair and is associated with hypogammaglobulinemia. Autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive forms of dyskeratosis congenita are included in this table.
IKAROS-deficiency represents a single prematurely born infant who died at the age of 87 days and who had absent B and NK cells and non-functional T cells.
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activation-induced cytidine deaminase; UNG, uracil-DNA glycosylase; ICOS, inducible costimulator; Ig(κ), immunoglobulin or κ light chain type.aTen or fewer unrelated cases reported in the literature.
Several autosomal recessive disorders that might previously have been called CVID have been added to Table 3. CD81 is normally co-expressed with CD19 on the
surface of B cells. As for CD19 mutations, mutations in CD81 result in normal numbers of peripheral blood B cells, low serum IgG, and an increased incidence of
glomerulonephritis. Single patient with a homozygous mutation in CD20 and CD21 has been reported.
Common variable immunodeficiency disorders (CVID) include several clinical and laboratory phenotypes that may be caused by distinct genetic and/or environ-
mental factors. Some patients with CVID and no known genetic defect have markedly reduced numbers of B cells as well as hypogammaglobulinemia. Alterations
in TNFRSF13B (TACI) and TNFRSF13C (BAFF-R) sequences may represent disease-modifying mutations rather than disease causing mutations. CD40L and CD40
deficiency are included in Table 1 as well as this table. A small minority of patients with XLP (Table 4), WHIM syndrome (Table 6), ICF (Table 2), VOD1 (Table 2),
thymoma with immunodeficiency (Good syndrome), or myelodysplasia are first seen by an immunologist because of recurrent infections, hypogammaglobulinemia,
and normal or reduced numbers of B cells. Patients with GATA2 mutations (Table 5) may have markedly reduced numbers of B cells, as well as decreased monocytes
and NK cells, and a predisposition to myelodysplasia but they do not usually have an antibody deficiency.
chronic cerebrospinal fluid.aTen or fewer unrelated cases reported in the literature.bSomatic mutations of TNFRSF6 cause a similar phenotype (ALPS–sFAS), see Table 9. Germinal mutation and somatic mutation of TNFRSF6 can be associated in
some ALPS–FAS patients.cAR ALPS–FAS patients have a most severe clinical phenotype.dSomatic mutations in KRAS or NRAS can give this clinical phenotype associated autoimmune leukoproliferative disease (RALD) and are now included in Table 9
entitled phenocopies of PID.eDe novo dominant TREX1 mutations have been reported.
Fourteen new disorders have been added to Table 4. Two new entries have been added in the table, including immune dysregulation with colitis and Type 1
interferonopathies. EBV-driven lymphoproliferation is also observed in MAGT1 deficiency (Table 1).
Table 5 | Congenital defects of phagocyte number, function, or both.
Disease Genetic defect/
presumed pathogenesis
Inheritance Affected
cells
Affected
function
Associated features OMIM
number
1. Defects of neutrophil function
(a) Severe congenital
neutropenia 1 (ELANE
deficiency)
Mutation in ELANE : misfolded
protein response, increased
apoptosis
AD N Myeloid
differentiation
Susceptibility to MDS/leukemia 202700
(b) SCN2a (GFI 1
deficiency)
Mutation in GFI1: loss of
repression of ELANE
AD N Myeloid
differentiation
B/T lymphopenia 613107
(Continued)
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killer cells; ROBLD3: roadblock domain containing 3; SBDS, Shwachman–Bodian–Diamond syndrome; STAT, signal transducer and activator of transcription.aTen or fewer unrelated cases reported in the literature.
Table 5 includes seven newly described genetic defects of phagocyte number and/or function including Barth syndrome, Cohen syndrome, and poikiloderma with
neutropenia. In these three clinically well-known diseases, the genetic defects have been elucidated, although their molecular pathogenesis remains ill-defined. A
new cause of autosomal recessive chronic granulomatous disease, namely a deficiency of the cytosolic activating protein p40 phox, has now been found in two
CGD patients and is included under defects of respiratory burst. Under the heading of Mendelian susceptibility of mycobacterial disease (MSMD), two new entities
were added: (a) a subgroup of X-linked gp91 phox deficiency with isolated susceptibility to mycobacteria and a defect of the respiratory burst in macrophages only;
(b) an autosomal dominant form of IRF8-deficiency, resulting from a lack of CD1c+ myeloid dendritic cells that would normally secrete IL-12. The clinical phenotype
of MSMD may vary, depending on the nature of the genetic defect. Finally, GATA2 deficiency was recently identified as the cause of the Mono MAC syndrome,
with multilineage cytopenias (of monocytes, peripheral dendritic cells, NK- and B-lymphocytes) resulting in opportunistic infections (including mycobacteria), alveolar
IFN, interferon; HVP, human papilloma virus; TLR, Toll-like receptor; IL, interleukin.aTen or fewer unrelated cases reported in the literature.
Eight new disorders have been added to Table 6. Three new entries have been added in the table. One is a new PID with the association of recurrent bacterial
infections, autoinflammation, and amylopectinosis caused by AR HOIL1 mutations found in two kindreds.The second is severe viral infection, for which three genetic
etiologies have been discovered. AR-STAT2 deficiency and AR-CD16 deficiency have been found in one kindred each. AR MCM4 deficiency has been found in several
Irish kindreds. The third is isolated congenital asplenia identified in 18 patients from 8 kindreds.
XR-EDA-ID is highly heterogeneous clinically, both in terms of developmental features (some patients display osteopetrosis and lymphedema, in addition to EDA,
while others do not display any developmental features) and infectious diseases (some display multiple infections, viral, fungal, and bacterial, while others display a
single type of infection). The various OMIM entries correspond to these distinct clinical diseases.
Table 7 | Autoinflammatory disorders.
Disease Genetic defect/
presumed pathogenesis
Inheritance Affected
cells
Functional
defects
Associated
features
OMIM
number
1. Defects effecting the inflammasome
(a) Familial
Mediterranean fever
Mutations of MEFV (lead
to gain of pyrin function,
resulting in inappropriate
IL-1β release)
AR Mature
granulocytes,
cytokine-activated
monocytes
Decreased production
of pyrin permits
ASC-induced IL-1
processing and
inflammation following
subclinical serosal
injury; macrophage
apoptosis decreased
Recurrent fever,
serositis, and
inflammation
responsive to
colchicine. Predisposes
to vasculitis and
inflammatory bowel
disease
249100
(b) Mevalonate kinase
deficiency (hyper IgD
syndrome)
Mutations of MVK (lead to
a block in the mevalonate
pathway). Interleukin-1beta
mediates the inflammatory
phenotype
AR Affecting cholesterol
synthesis;
pathogenesis of
disease is unclear
Periodic fever and
leukocytosis with high
IgD levels
260920
(c) Muckle–Wells
syndrome
Mutations of CIAS1 (also
called PYPAF1 or NALP3)
lead to constitutive
activation of the NLRP3
inflammasome
AD PMNs monocytes Defect in cryopyrin,
involved in leukocyte
apoptosis and NF-κB
signaling and IL-1
processing
Urticaria, SNHL,
amyloidosis
191900
(d) Familial cold
autoinflammatory
syndrome
Mutations of CIAS1 (see
above)
Mutations of NLRP12
AD PMNs,
monocytes
Same as above Non-pruritic urticaria,
arthritis, chills, fever,
and leukocytosis after
cold exposure
120100
(Continued)
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13. SLC29A3 mutation Mutation in SLC29A3 (?) AR Leukocyte, bone
cells
Macrophage activation? Hyperpigmentation
hypertrichosis
602782
14. CAMPS (CARD14
mediated psoriasis)
Mutation in CARD14 (see
functional defect)
AD Mainly in
keratinocyte
Mutations in CARD14
activate the NF-κB
pathway and production
of IL-8
Psoriasis 173200
15. Cherubism Mutation in SH3BP2 (see
functional defect)
AD Stroma cells,
bone cells
Hyperactivated
macrophage and
increased NF-κB
Bone degeneration in
jaws
11840
16. CANDLE (chronic
atypical neutrophilic
dermatitis with
lipodystrophy)
Mutation in PSMB8 (see
functional defect)
AD Keratinocyte, B
cell adipose cells
Mutations cause
increase IL-6 production
Dystrophy, panniculitis 256040
17. HOIL1 deficiency Mutation in HOIL1 (see
functional defect)
AR PMNs, fibroblast Mutation in HOIL1
leads to IL-1β
dysfunction
Immunodeficiency
autoinflammation
amylopectinosis
610924
18. PLAID (PLCγ2
associated antibody
deficiency and immune
dysregulation)
Mutation in PLCG2 (see
functional defect)
AD B cells, NK, mast
cells
Mutations cause
activation of IL-1
pathways
Cold urticaria hypogam-
maglobulinemia
614878
AR, autosomal recessive inheritance; AD, autosomal dominant inheritance; PMN, polymorphonuclear cells; ASC, apoptosis-associated speck-like protein with a cas-
pase recruitment domain; CARD, caspase recruitment domain; CD2BP1, CD2 binding protein 1; PSTPIP1, proline/serine/threonine phosphatase-interacting protein
1; SNHL, sensorineural hearing loss; CIAS1, cold-induced autoinflammatory syndrome 1.aTen or fewer unrelated cases reported in the literature.
Autoinflammatory diseases are clinical disorders marked by abnormally increased inflammation, mediated predominantly by the cells and molecules of the innate
immune system, with a significant host predisposition. While the genetic defect of one of the most common autoinflammatory conditions, PFAPA, is not known,
recent studies suggest that it is associated with activation of IL-1 pathway and response to IL-1beta antagonists.
Muckle–Wells syndrome, familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome and neonatal onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID), which is also called chronic
infantile neurologic cutaneous and articular syndrome (CINCA) are caused by similar mutations in CIAS1 mutations. The disease phenotype in any individual appears
to depend on modifying effects of other genes and environmental factors.
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erythematosus; MBP, mannose-binding protein; MASP2, MBP-associated serine protease 2.aTen or fewer unrelated cases reported in the literature.
New entities added toTable 8 demonstrate the important role of complement regulators in a group of well-described inflammatory disorders. In particular, we have
added mutations in membrane bound as well as surface attached soluble complement regulatory proteins recognized in hemolytic–uremic syndrome, age-related
macular degeneration, and preeclampsia. The connecting theme of these otherwise unrelated clinical events is excessive activation or insufficient regulation of C3;
these events lead to recruitment of leukocytes and permit secretion of inflammatory and anti-angiogenic mediators that disrupt the vascular bed of the target organ.
Alterations in the genes for Factor B (CFB), Factor I (CFI), Factor H (CFH), and CD46 act as susceptibility genes rather than disease causing mutations. Population
studies reveal no detectable increase in infections in MBP (also known at mannose-binding lectin – MBL) deficient adults. The 3MC syndrome, a developmental
syndrome, has been variously called Carnevale, Mingarelli, Malpuech, and Michels syndrome.
Table 9 | Phenocopies of PID.
Disease Genetic defect/
presumed pathogenesis
CirculatingT cells Circulating B cells Serum Ig Associated features/
CirculatingT cells Circulating B cells Serum Ig Associated features/
similar PID
(c) RAS-associated
autoimmune
leukoproliferative
disease (RALD)
Somatic mutation in NRAS
(gain-of-function)
Increased CD4− CD8−
double negative (DN) T
alpha/beta cells
Lymphocytosis Splenomegaly,
lymphadenopathy,
autoantibodies/ALPS-like
Associated with
autoantibodies
(a) Chronic
mucocutaneous
candidiasis (isolated or
with APECED
syndrome)
Germline mutation in AIRE
AutoAb to IL-17 and/or IL-22
Normal Normal Normal Endocrinopathy, chronic
mucocutaneous
candidiasis/CMC
(b) Adult-onset
immunodeficiency
AutoAb to IFN gamma Decreased naive T cells Normal Normal Mycobacterial, fungal,
Salmonella VZV
infections/MSMD, or CID
(c) Recurrent skin
infection
AutoAb to IL-6 Normal Normal Normal Staphylococcal
infections/STAT3
deficiency
(d) Pulmonary alveolar
proteinosis
AutoAb to GM-CSF Normal Normal Normal Pulmonary alveolar
proteinosis, cryptococcal
meningitis/CSF2RA
deficiency
(e) Acquired
angioedema
AutoAb to CI inhibitor Normal Normal Normal Angioedema/C1 INH
deficiency (hereditary
angioedema)
The rapid advances in gene identification technology, includingthe widespread use of whole exome and whole genome sequenc-ing, has meant that the ability to identify gene defects in affectedfamilies and even single individuals with inherited diseases hasgrown enormously. In this report, over 30 new gene defects havebeen added that were identified since the previous classification inNovember, 2011. These defects can be found in all major groupsof PIDs included in this report. In many cases, the mutations arenot necessarily in genes formally implicated in immune cell func-tion but are genes involved in essential cell processes. The moredetailed analysis and functional consequences of such defects asillustrated by these PIDs will increase our understanding of theinterplay between different cellular processes in the developmentand function of the immune system.
Among the newly identified, gene defects are many that are todate particular to a single pedigree or individual; such defects mayprove exceedingly rare, or indeed may not necessarily be foundto recur in other individuals. We have marked conditions forwhich there are 10 or fewer reported individuals with an aster-isk, although historically, following the description of the firstfew cases, additional individuals with a similar PID phenotypeand genotype have often been recognized. It is likely that we willuncover many more “personal” or very rare gene defects over time
and that the spectrum of PIDs will become increasingly diverse andcomplex, due to contributions of both environmental exposuresand genetic modifiers to each affected individual. The value of thisreport therefore to capture and catalog the full spectrum at anyone time point becomes increasingly important.
The goal of the IUIS Expert Committee on PIDs is to increaseawareness, facilitate recognition, and promote optimal treatmentfor patients with PIDs. In addition to the current report and pre-vious “classification table” publications, the committee has alsoproduced a “Phenotypic Approach for IUIS PID Classificationand Diagnosis: Guidelines for Clinicians at the Bedside,” whichaims to lead physicians to particular groups of PIDs starting fromclinical features and combining routine immunological investiga-tions. Together, these contributions will hopefully allow a practicalclinical framework for PID diagnosis. The committee also aims toestablish a classification of PIDs based on other aspects and willwork on publishing further guidelines in due course.
Conflict of Interest Statement: The authors declare that the research was conductedin the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construedas a potential conflict of interest.
Received: 16 December 2013; accepted: 27 March 2014; published online: 22 April 2014.
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Citation: Al-Herz W, Bousfiha A, Casanova J-L, Chatila T, Conley ME, Cunningham-Rundles C, Etzioni A, Franco JL, Gaspar HB, Holland SM, Klein C, Nonoyama S,Ochs HD, Oksenhendler E, Picard C, Puck JM, Sullivan K and Tang MLK (2014) Pri-mary immunodeficiency diseases: an update on the classification from the InternationalUnion of Immunological Societies Expert Committee for Primary Immunodeficiency.Front. Immunol. 5:162. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00162This article was submitted to Primary Immunodeficiencies, a section of the journalFrontiers in Immunology.