Asthma Allergy Immunology

Asthma Allergy Immunology

2018, Vol 16, Num, 2     (Pages: 104-108)

Long-Term Follow-Up of a Case with Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome

Serap GENÇ YÜZÜAK 1, Bahar GÖKTÜRK 2, Esra HAZAR SAYAR 3, Mahmut Selman YILDIRIM 4, İsmail REISLI 3,

1 Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Bölümü, İstanbul, Türkiye
2 Başkent Üniversitesi Konya Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi, Çocuk Allerji ve İmmünoloji Bölümü, Konya, Türkiye
3 Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi Meram Tıp Fakültesi, Pediatri Anabilim Dalı, Çocuk Allerji ve İmmünoloji Bilim Dalı, Konya, Türkiye
4 Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi Meram Tıp Fakültesi, Genetik Anabilim Dalı, Konya, Türkiye

DOI: 10.21911/aai.10
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The Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome (NBS) is a rare chromosomal instability disorder clinically characterized by microcephaly, typical facial appearance, growth and mental retardation, immunodeficiency and a significant predisposition to lymphoid malignancy. The gene mutated in NBS, NBS1, has been mapped to the 8q21 chromosome. The product of this gene is a protein with a molecular weight of 95 kDa named nibrin. One of the common features of NBS is dysregulation of both cellular and humoral arms of the immune system, resulting in recurrent bacterial and viral infections, mainly of the respiratory tract. NBS is a rare syndrome. It should be considered that NBS may be associated with immunodeficiency.

Keywords : Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome, immunodeficiency