title: Human disease resulting from gene mutations that interfere with appropriate nuclear factor-kappaB activation.
abstract: The nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB family of transcription factors serves vital roles in a wide array of cell functions. An increasing number of human genetic lesions that result in defined disease entities are linked to inappropriate activation of NF-kappaB. The resulting aberrant NF-kappaB function can lead to cellular defects that ultimately impair normal developmental processes, host immune defenses, or both. Molecular defects that lie upstream in cell-signaling pathways and rely upon NF-kappaB activation tend to give a more specific phenotype, whereas those closer to the actual NF-kappaB proteins have broader defects. A detailed study of these diseases can provide insight into the biochemistry of NF-kappaB activation as well as the role of NF-kappaB in human health.
authors.affiliation: Division of Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Jordan S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Orange
authors.forename: Ofer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: Raif S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Geha
mesh_terms: D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000235:genetics*; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics*; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D016328:NF-kappa B