title: Autoantibodies against cytokines: back to human genetics.
abstract: In this issue of Blood, Chi et al have discovered that the occurrence of autoantibodies against IFN-γ, which trigger mycobacterial diseases and mimic inborn errors of IFN-γ immunity, is genetically determined.(1)
authors: INSERM U980, University Paris Descartes, France.
authors: Anne
authors: A
authors: Puel
authors: Jean-Laurent
authors: JL
authors: Casanova
mesh_terms: D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D059866:HLA-DQ beta-Chains / Q000276:immunology*; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains / Q000276:immunology*; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D059866:HLA-DQ beta-Chains; C069051:HLA-DQB1 antigen; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; D007371:Interferon-gamma