Identification of a novel mutation in ZAP70 and prenatal diagnosis in a Turkish family with severe combined immunodeficiency disorder

Karaca E., Karakoc-Aydiner E., Bayrak O. F., Keles S., Sevli S., Barlan I. B., ...More

GENE, vol.512, no.2, pp.189-193, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 512 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.10.062
  • Journal Name: GENE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.189-193
  • Keywords: Novel mutation, ZAP70, SCID, Prenatal diagnosis, ZAP-70-DEFICIENT PATIENTS, TYROSINE KINASE, T-CELLS, ZAP-70, SYK, DEFICIENCY, SELECTION, HUMANS, CHAIN, MICE
  • Kocaeli University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) play an important role in T cell development and activation. In vitro and in vivo defects, resulting in variable deficiencies in thymic development and in T cell antigen receptor (TCR) signal transduction, in PTKs have been shown. ZAP70, one of those PTKs, is a 70-kDa tyrosine phosphoprotein and associates with the chain zeta and undergoes tyrosine phosphorylation following TCR stimulation. It is expressed in T and natural killer (NK) cells. Several mutations were shown to lead to an autosomal recessive form of severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID).