Peer-reviewedCC BYJournal of human immunity
DOCK2 deficiency due to a novel cryptic splice site mutation.
- 1Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University , Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
- 2Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital NHS Foundation Trust , Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
- 3Children's Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Great North Children's Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital NHS Foundation Trust , Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Abstract
Autosomal recessive dedicator of cytokinesis 2 (DOCK2) deficiency causes severe, early-onset bacterial and viral infections. We report three siblings with DOCK2 deficiency due to a novel homozygous synonymous variant that results in cryptic mRNA splicing and absence of wild-type protein.
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BibTeX
@article{ahuja2026dock2,
title = {{DOCK2 deficiency due to a novel cryptic splice site mutation.}},
author = {Manisha Ahuja and Ina C D Schim van der Loeff and Helen Griffin and Angela Grainger and Joseph D P Willet and Mary Slatter and Zohreh Nademi and Andrew R Gennery and Andrew J Cant and Su Han Lum and Sophie Hambleton and Karin R Engelhardt},
journal = {Journal of human immunity},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.70962/jhi.20260146},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42929757},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - DOCK2 deficiency due to a novel cryptic splice site mutation.
AU - Manisha Ahuja
AU - Ina C D Schim van der Loeff
AU - Helen Griffin
AU - Angela Grainger
AU - Joseph D P Willet
AU - Mary Slatter
AU - Zohreh Nademi
AU - Andrew R Gennery
AU - Andrew J Cant
AU - Su Han Lum
AU - Sophie Hambleton
AU - Karin R Engelhardt
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/26
JO - Journal of human immunity
DO - 10.70962/jhi.20260146
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42929757
AB - Autosomal recessive dedicator of cytokinesis 2 (DOCK2) deficiency causes severe, early-onset bacterial and viral infections. We report three siblings with DOCK2 deficiency due to a novel homozygous synonymous variant that results in cryptic mRNA splicing and absence of wild-type protein.
SN - 3065-8993
ER -