Imunodeficiência primária por défice de ZAP-70.

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  • L T Barata Serviço de Medicina, Hospital Pediátrico, Coimbra.
  • R Henriques
  • C Hivroz
  • E Jouanguy
  • A Paiva
  • A M Freitas
  • H B Coimbra
  • A Fischer
  • H C da Mota

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https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.1861

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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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Barata LT, Henriques R, Hivroz C, Jouanguy E, Paiva A, Freitas AM, Coimbra HB, Fischer A, da Mota HC. Imunodeficiência primária por défice de ZAP-70. Acta Med Port [Internet]. 31 de Agosto de 2001 [citado 23 de Novembro de 2024];14(4):413-7. Disponível em: https://actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/1861

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