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COVID-19 research v1.32 IL18BP Sarah Leigh changed review comment from: IL18BP was identified through an OMIM search for potential viral susceptibility genes. Initial triage by Illumina (Alison Coffey and team) was given a Tier 1 grouping (clear GDA/viral susceptibility); to: IL18BP was identified through an OMIM search for potential viral susceptibility genes. Initial triage by Illumina (Alison Coffey and team) was given a Tier 1 grouping (clear GDA/viral susceptibility). Illumina review: The IL18BP gene is located on chromosome 11 at 11q13.4 and encodes the interleukin 18 binding protein , a soluble inhibitor which mediates of the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin 18, an amplifier of natural killer (NK) cells, through a negative feedback loop (Harms et al. 2017). The IL18BP gene has been recently identified as candidate gene associated with a susceptibility to fulminant viral hepatitis (FVH), a form of acute liver failure that occurs in up to 0.5% of individuals following infection with liver-tropic viruses, most commonly hepatitis A or B. The proposed inheritance pattern is autosomal recessive with loss of function as a mechanism of disease. In 2019, Belkaya et al. describe an 11 year-old female child of Algerian ancestry who died of FVH following an acute hepatitis A infection. Through whole exome sequencing, she was found to be homozygous for an IL18BP deletion, c.508-19_528del. Her parents and one of her brothers were found to be heterozygous for the variant and a second brother did not carry the variant. Experiments using Epstein Barr virus-transformed B cells transfected with the c.508-19_528del variant and an in vitro bioassay suggest that the variant results in 3 abnormal novel transcripts which produce non-functional proteins with reduced expression. Additional experimental evidence described in the same publication include evaluation of liver tissue from the proband and a second individual with FVH, which showed elevated IL-18 staining compared to controls, functional experiments in a selection of human cell types which showed the upregulation of IL -18BP expression is in response to several inflammatory cytokines, and a cell culture model in which hepatitis A positive and negative hepatocytes were cultured with NK where stimulation with IL-18 resulted in hepatocyte death and treatment with IL-18BP resulted in a rescue. In summary, Belkaya et al. presents plausible clinical and experimental evidence suggesting that a susceptibility to FVH may be caused by a congenital absence or reduction of IL18BP. The gene disease association is currently limited as this is the first and only publication describing an association between IL18BP and FVH.
COVID-19 research v1.32 IL18BP Sarah Leigh Phenotypes for gene: IL18BP were changed from Defects in intrinsic and innate immunity; IL-18BP deficiency; inborn errors of immunity related to leukocytes to {?Hepatitis, fulminant viral, susceptibility to} 618549; Defects in intrinsic and innate immunity; IL-18BP deficiency; inborn errors of immunity related to leukocytes
COVID-19 research v1.31 IL18BP Sarah Leigh Publications for gene: IL18BP were set to 32086639; 32048120; 31213488; 32285199
COVID-19 research v1.11 IL18BP Alison Coffey reviewed gene: IL18BP: Rating: AMBER; Mode of pathogenicity: ; Publications: 31213488, 28900426; Phenotypes: ; Mode of inheritance: Unknown
COVID-19 research v1.10 IL18BP Sarah Leigh commented on gene: IL18BP
COVID-19 research v0.204 IL18 Sophie Hambleton edited their review of gene: IL18: Added comment: IL-18 is important in the pathogenesis of HLH (PMID:29326099) and the newly described autoinflammatory state IL18PAP-MAS (PMID: 31874111). Elevated IL-18 levels were detected in patients with COVID although not differentiating severe from mild/moderate disease (MedRxiv preprint https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.02.20029975). It is plausible that genetically determined differences in the activity of IL-18 might influence risk of severe COVID-19; Changed rating: AMBER
COVID-19 research v0.171 IL18BP Sophie Hambleton reviewed gene: IL18BP: Rating: GREEN; Mode of pathogenicity: None; Publications: ; Phenotypes: ; Mode of inheritance: BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
COVID-19 research v0.165 IL18BP Rebecca Foulger commented on gene: IL18BP
COVID-19 research v0.165 IL18BP Rebecca Foulger Publications for gene: IL18BP were set to 32086639; 32048120; PubMed: 31213488
COVID-19 research v0.118 IL18 Rebecca Foulger changed review comment from: PMID:25395539 (Zhang et al 2014) report that IL-18 and IL-22 administration to mice offered protection against a broad range of RV inoculation, and may offer broad antibiral therapeutic potential.; to: PMID:25395539 (Zhang et al 2014) report that IL-18 and IL-22 administration to mice offered protection against a broad range of RV inoculation, and may offer broad antiviral therapeutic potential.
COVID-19 research v0.116 IL18 Rebecca Foulger Classified gene: IL18 as Amber List (moderate evidence)
COVID-19 research v0.116 IL18 Rebecca Foulger Added comment: Comment on list classification: Updated rating from Red to Amber, based largely on PMID:31660404 who report identification of IL-18 polymorphisms that may confer a higher incidence of CMV infection (in kidney transplant patients). Additional expression assays studies in mice support a role for IL-18 in innate immunity viral response.
COVID-19 research v0.116 IL18 Rebecca Foulger Gene: il18 has been classified as Amber List (Moderate Evidence).
COVID-19 research v0.115 IL18 Rebecca Foulger commented on gene: IL18: PMID:31660404. Perez-Flores examines two SNPs in the promoter region of IL-18 gene (-607C/A (rs1946518) and -137G/C (rs187238) in 498 adult kidney transplant recipients. Results suggest that the rs1946518/rs187238 haplotype is associated with a higher incidence of post-prophylaxis cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. Prior identification of these SNPs could help select alternative measures to prevent delayed-onset CMV infection in these patients.
COVID-19 research v0.115 IL18 Rebecca Foulger Publications for gene: IL18 were set to 15606801; 25395539
COVID-19 research v0.114 IL18 Rebecca Foulger Publications for gene: IL18 were set to 15606801
COVID-19 research v0.113 IL18 Rebecca Foulger commented on gene: IL18: PMID:25395539 (Zhang et al 2014) report that IL-18 and IL-22 administration to mice offered protection against a broad range of RV inoculation, and may offer broad antibiral therapeutic potential.
COVID-19 research v0.113 IL18 Rebecca Foulger changed review comment from: PMID:15606801 (Van Der Sluijs et al., 2005): IL18 is upregulated in after Influenza infection, and IL18 deficiency is associated with accelerated viral clearance.; to: PMID:15606801 (Van Der Sluijs et al., 2005): IL18 is upregulated in after Influenza infection, and IL18 deficiency is associated with accelerated viral clearance (mouse study).
COVID-19 research v0.113 IL18 Rebecca Foulger Publications for gene: IL18 were set to 15606801
COVID-19 research v0.112 IL18 Rebecca Foulger Publications for gene: IL18 were set to
COVID-19 research v0.111 IL18 Rebecca Foulger commented on gene: IL18
COVID-19 research v0.103 IL18BP Ivone Leong reviewed gene: IL18BP: Rating: GREEN; Mode of pathogenicity: ; Publications: 32086639, 32048120; Phenotypes: Defects in intrinsic and innate immunity, inborn errors of immunity related to leukocytes, IL-18BP deficiency; Mode of inheritance: MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
COVID-19 research v0.102 IL18BP Ivone Leong Source Expert Review Green was added to IL18BP.
Source IUIS Classification December 2019 was added to IL18BP.
Mode of inheritance for gene IL18BP was changed from MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
Added phenotypes Defects in intrinsic and innate immunity; IL-18BP deficiency; inborn errors of immunity related to leukocytes for gene: IL18BP
Publications for gene IL18BP were updated from PubMed: 31213488 to 32086639; 32048120; PubMed: 31213488
Rating Changed from No List (delete) to Green List (high evidence)
COVID-19 research v0.81 IL18BP Abdelazeem Elhabyan gene: IL18BP was added
gene: IL18BP was added to Viral susceptibility. Sources: Literature
Mode of inheritance for gene: IL18BP was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
Publications for gene: IL18BP were set to PubMed: 31213488
Mode of pathogenicity for gene: IL18BP was set to Loss-of-function variants (as defined in pop up message) DO NOT cause this phenotype - please provide details in the comments
Added comment: Inherited IL-18BP deficiency in human fulminant viral hepatitis

Fulminant viral hepatitis (FVH) is a devastating and unexplained condition that strikes otherwise healthy individuals during primary infection with common liver-tropic viruses. We report a child who died of FVH upon infection with hepatitis A virus (HAV) at age 11 yr and who was homozygous for a private 40-nucleotide deletion in IL18BP, which encodes the IL-18 binding protein (IL-18BP). This mutation is loss-of-function, unlike the variants found in a homozygous state in public databases. We show that human IL-18 and IL-18BP are both secreted mostly by hepatocytes and macrophages in the liver. Moreover, in the absence of IL-18BP, excessive NK cell activation by IL-18 results in the uncontrolled killing of human hepatocytes in vitro. Inherited human IL-18BP deficiency thus underlies fulminant HAV hepatitis by unleashing IL-18. These findings provide proof-of-principle that FVH can be caused by single-gene inborn errors that selectively disrupt liver-specific immunity. They also show that human IL-18 is toxic to the liver and that IL-18BP is its antidote.
Sources: Literature
COVID-19 research v0.36 IL18 Ellen McDonagh gene: IL18 was added
gene: IL18 was added to Viral susceptibility. Sources: Expert Review Red,ESID Registry 20171117
Mode of inheritance for gene: IL18 was set to Unknown
Phenotypes for gene: IL18 were set to Defects with susceptibility to mycobacterial infection (MSMD)