title: The spread of the J Project.
abstract: The J Project physician education and clinical research collaboration program was launched in 2004 in Eastern and Central Europe (ECE). In less than 10 years, it has achieved remarkable success. This project aims to increase knowledge in the field of primary immunodeficiency disorders (PID), and to improve the diagnosis and treatment of patients worldwide, particularly in countries with limited economic resources, which currently report fewer such patients than expected. In most ECE countries, gene sequencing, which can provide a definitive diagnosis of PID, still remains unavailable. By contrast, such technology is used elsewhere to detect the more than 200 PID-causing genes that have been discovered in the last three decades. Thus, PID awareness programs like the J Project remain critically important, to improve diagnostic facilities and treatment and to promote clinical research collaboration. This paper highlights the achievements of the J Project and the spread of its concepts and spirit to the countries of Western Asia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious and Pediatric Immunology, University of Debrecen, Medical and Health Science Center, Debrecen, Hungary.
authors.forename: Zsuzsa
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Horváth
authors.forename: Nima
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rezaei
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Reisli
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tuzankina
authors.forename: Nurzhan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Otarbayev
authors.forename: Panteley
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Popandopulo
authors.forename: László
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maródi
mesh_terms: D001211:Asia, Western; D035843:Biomedical Research; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000453:epidemiology*; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards