Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Cold-induced urticarial autoinflammatory syndrome related to factor XII activation

  • Jörg Scheffel,
  • Niklas A. Mahnke,
  • Zonne L. M. Hofman,
  • Steven de Maat,
  • Jim Wu,
  • Hanna Bonnekoh,
  • Reuben J. Pengelly,
  • Sarah Ennis,
  • John W. Holloway,
  • Marieluise Kirchner,
  • Philipp Mertins,
  • Martin K. Church,
  • Marcus Maurer,
  • Coen Maas,
  • Karoline Krause

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13984-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Systemic autoinflammatory syndromes such as cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome (CAPS) are rare and often involve genes related to the inflammasome. Here, the authors report a syndrome characterised by systemic inflammation and cold-induced urticarial rash associated with a Factor XII-activating mutation.