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Identify shared genetic drivers connecting seemingly disparate and refractory adult-onset autoinflammatory syndromes using a genotype-first approach.

October 27, 2020ViewOpen Access

Somatic Mutations in UBA1 and Severe Adult-Onset Autoinflammatory Disease

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DBDavid B. BeckNYU Langone Health MFMarcela A. FerradaUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore KSKeith A. SikoraAmgen (United States)

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Genotype-driven analysis uncovers somatic UBA1 mutations in adults with severe inflammatory disease, defining a unified disorder named VEXAS syndrome.

Key Points

Identify shared genetic drivers connecting seemingly disparate and refractory adult-onset autoinflammatory syndromes using a genotype-first approach.
Applied a genotype-driven screening strategy across individuals presenting with unexplained adult-onset inflammatory disorders to identify unifying somatic variants.
Discovered somatic mutations in the X-linked gene UBA1, which encodes ubiquitin-activating enzyme E1, among patients sharing distinct inflammatory phenotypes.
Defined a newly recognized clinical entity termed VEXAS syndrome, characterized by vacuoles, E1 enzyme disruption, X-linked mosaicism, autoinflammation, and somatic mutations.

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Beck et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d76ed5db9d5e1bf4b8a7d2 https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2026834

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October 27, 2020ViewOpen Access

Somatic Mutations in UBA1 and Severe Adult-Onset Autoinflammatory Disease

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Authors

DBDavid B. BeckNYU Langone Health MFMarcela A. FerradaUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore KSKeith A. SikoraAmgen (United States)

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Genotype-driven analysis uncovers somatic UBA1 mutations in adults with severe inflammatory disease, defining a unified disorder named VEXAS syndrome.

Key Points

Identify shared genetic drivers connecting seemingly disparate and refractory adult-onset autoinflammatory syndromes using a genotype-first approach.
Applied a genotype-driven screening strategy across individuals presenting with unexplained adult-onset inflammatory disorders to identify unifying somatic variants.
Discovered somatic mutations in the X-linked gene UBA1, which encodes ubiquitin-activating enzyme E1, among patients sharing distinct inflammatory phenotypes.
Defined a newly recognized clinical entity termed VEXAS syndrome, characterized by vacuoles, E1 enzyme disruption, X-linked mosaicism, autoinflammation, and somatic mutations.

Cite This Study

Beck et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d76ed5db9d5e1bf4b8a7d2 https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2026834

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