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Primary Antibody Deficiencies

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B Cells in Immunity and Tolerance

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 1254))

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Primary antibody deficiencies (PADs) are the most common types of inherited primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs) presenting at any age, with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations including susceptibility to infections, autoimmunity and cancer. Antibodies are produced by B cells, and consequently, genetic defects affecting B cell development, activation, differentiation or antibody secretion can all lead to PADs. Whole exome and whole genome sequencing approaches have helped identify genetic defects that are involved in the pathogenesis of PADs. Here, we summarize the clinical manifestations, causal genes, disease mechanisms and clinical treatments of different types of PADs.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Luming Zhang for secretarial assistance, Fudan University Animal Facility for maintaining the mice and the members in Wang Lab for helpful suggestions. This work was supported by the Major Research Plan of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (91942302 to J.Y.W.), the National Key R & D Plan of the Ministry of Science and Technology (SQ2019YFE0100600 to J.Y.W.), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81571529 and 31870898 to J.Y.W), Projects of International Cooperation and Exchanges NSFC ( to J.Y.W.) and a grant-in-aid for scientific research (C) from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (17K08878 to J.Y.W).

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Min, Q., Meng, X., Wang, JY. (2020). Primary Antibody Deficiencies. In: Wang, JY. (eds) B Cells in Immunity and Tolerance. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1254. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3532-1_10

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