Encyclopedia of Immunology || Bruton's Agammaglobulinemia
β Scribed by Conley, Mary Ellen
- Book ID
- 118145952
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Year
- 1998
- Weight
- 82 KB
- Edition
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISBN
- 0122267656
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Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) is involved in B-cell development. Mutation of BTK results in X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA). BTK is expressed in most haemopoietic lineages except mature T cells and plasma cells. We identified six novel and two known mutations of BTK in 11 Chinese XLA patients fro
X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) is a primary immunodeficiency of the B-cell compartment caused by a defective gene encoding for the tyrosine kinase (btk) essential for B cell differentiation. Affected males undergo recurrent pyogenic infections and deficient immunoglobulin production. Peripheral b