The clinical syndrome is rare and is due to impaired immunity against mycobacteria. Parental cosanguinity and familial forms are frequent and the syndrome is often described as Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial infection. In most cases the inheritance is autosomal recessive, but also autosomal dominant and X-linked inheritence have been found. A child with disseminated Mycobacterium fortuitum and M. avium complex infections and absent IFNγ signaling was found to due to a mutation in the extracellular domain of IFNγ2-receptor.
Alternative names
IFNGR2D
IFGR2
IL12/IL23-IFN-gama axis deficiencies
Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial infection
Interferon, gamma, transducer 1; IFNGT1
Interferon, gamma, accessory factor for receptor
Classification
- Defects of innate immune system, receptors and signaling components
- Interferon-γ (IFNγ) receptor deficiency
Inheritance
Autosomal recessive
Cross references
Phenotypically related immunodeficiencies
IDR factfile for IFNγ1-receptor deficiency
IDR factfile for Interleukin-12 p40 deficiency
Incidence
Incidence is not known.