title: Early respiratory and ocular involvement in X-linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia.
abstract: X-linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (XLHED; ectodysplasin deficiency) has been classically described as affecting hair, sweat glands, and dentition. What may be underappreciated is the effect ectodysplasin deficiency has on glands surrounding the airways and eyes and the resulting chronic health issues. In this study, 12 male children (age range 6-13 years) and 14 male adults with XLHED (18-58 years of age) were investigated by pulmonary function tests, measurement of fractional exhaled nitric oxide, and by ophthalmologic assessments. Twelve healthy individuals (six children, six adults) served as controls. Signs of airway constriction and inflammation were detected in eight children with XLHED, including the youngest subject, and in ten adult XLHED patients. Increased tear osmolarity, reduced tear film break-up time, and other ocular abnormalities were also present at an early age. Five of 12 XLHED subjects not reporting a history of asthma and 7 of the 12 patients not reporting a history of dry eye issues showed at least two abnormal test results in the respective organ system. The presence of residual sweat ducts, suggestive of partial ectodysplasin gene expression, correlated with milder disease in two XLHED subjects with mutations affecting the collagen-like domain of ectodysplasin.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The high prevalence of asthma-like symptoms in XLHED patients as young as 6 years and a similar prevalence of dry eye problems indicate that screening evaluation, regular monitoring, and consideration of therapeutic intervention should begin in early childhood.
authors.affiliation: German Competence Centre for Children with Ectodermal Dysplasias, Department of Pediatrics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Jasna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dietz
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaercher
authors.forename: Anne-Theres
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Theodor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Huttner
authors.forename: Ramsey
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Holm
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schneider
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D053360:Ectodermal Dysplasia, Hypohidrotic, Autosomal Recessive / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D053331:Ectodysplasins / Q000235:genetics; D040181:Genetic Diseases, X-Linked; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000032:analysis; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D013545:Sweat Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D013666:Tears / Q000737:chemistry*; D014985:Xerophthalmia / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D053331:Ectodysplasins; D009569:Nitric Oxide
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