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Human IFN-γ immunity to mycobacteria is governed by both IL-12 and IL-23

Markle, Janet G. ; Martínez-Barricarte, Rubén ; Ma, Cindy S. ; Deenick, Elissa K. ; Ramírez-Alejo, Noé ; Mele, Federico ; Latorre, Daniela ; Mahdaviani, Seyed Alireza ; Aytekin, Caner ; Mansouri, Davood ; Bryant, Vanessa L. ; Jabot-Hanin, Fabienne ; Deswarte, Caroline ; Nieto-Patlán, Alejandro ; Surace, Laura ; Kerner, Gaspard ; Itan, Yuval ; Jovic, Sandra ; Avery, Danielle T. ; Wong, Natalie ; Rao, Geetha ; Patin, Etienne ; Okada, Satoshi ; Bigio, Benedetta ; Boisson, Bertrand ; Rapaport, Franck ; Seeleuthner, Yoann ; Schmidt, Monika ; Ikinciogullari, Aydan ; Dogu, Figen ; Tanir, Gonul ; Tabarsi, Payam ; Bloursaz, Mohammed Reza ; Joseph, Julia K. ; Heer, Avneet ; Kong, Xiao-Fei ; Migaud, Mélanie ; Lazarov, Tomi ; Geissmann, Frédéric ; Fleckenstein, Bernhard ; Lindestam Arlehamn, Cecilia ; Sette, Alessandro ; Puel, Anne ; Emile, Jean-François ; Vosse, Esther van de ; Quintana-Murci, Lluis ; Di Santo, James P. ; Abel, Laurent ; Boisson-Dupuis, Stéphanie ; Bustamante, Jacinta ; Tangye, Stuart G. ; Sallusto, Federica ; Casanova, Jean-Laurent

In: Science Immunology, 2018, vol. 3, no. 30, p. eaau6759

Hundreds of patients with autosomal recessive, complete IL-12p40 or IL-12Rß1 deficiency have been diagnosed over the last 20 years. They typically suffer from invasive mycobacteriosis and, occasionally, from mucocutaneous candidiasis. Susceptibility to these infections is thought to be due to impairments of IL- 12–dependent IFN-? immunity and IL-23–dependent IL-17A/IL-17F immunity,...