Table 1.

Summary of genetic, clinical, and biologic findings in patients with HPSII



Patient no.
Characteristic
P40*
P42*
P87
P04/05
Genetic mutation   Del390-480,L580R   390-410Del,L580R   R509XE,659X   R320X homozygote  
Age at report, y   20   25   5   2  
Clinical characteristic     
Albinism   +   +   +   +  
Nystagmus   +   +   +   +  
Facial dysmorphia   −   −   +   +  
Dysplastic acetabulae   +   +   ?   +  
Developmental delay   −   −   +   +  
Poor balance   +   +   ?   −  
Pulmonary fibrosis   +   +   +   ?  
Bleeding (moderate)   +   +   +   +  
Neutrophil count, μL   200-832   320-1160   530-1635   0-992  
Recurrent Infection   URI   URI   RSV, flu, rota, Pseudomonas Strep, Staph, Klebs, Candida 
Hepatosplenomegaly   ?   ?   +   +  
Hemophagocytosis      +  
Biologic characteristic     
PLT aggregation   ↓ ADP, Coll   ↓ ADP, Coll   ↓ ADP, Coll, Epi   ↓ ADP, Coll, Epi  
PLT-dense bodies   Absent   Absent   Absent   Reduced, enlarged  
CD63 expression   ↑ Fibroblast   ↑ Fibroblast   ↑ Fibroblast   ↑ PLT, CTL§ 
Cytolytic activity
 
?
 
?
 
?
 
↓ CTL,§ NK
 


Patient no.
Characteristic
P40*
P42*
P87
P04/05
Genetic mutation   Del390-480,L580R   390-410Del,L580R   R509XE,659X   R320X homozygote  
Age at report, y   20   25   5   2  
Clinical characteristic     
Albinism   +   +   +   +  
Nystagmus   +   +   +   +  
Facial dysmorphia   −   −   +   +  
Dysplastic acetabulae   +   +   ?   +  
Developmental delay   −   −   +   +  
Poor balance   +   +   ?   −  
Pulmonary fibrosis   +   +   +   ?  
Bleeding (moderate)   +   +   +   +  
Neutrophil count, μL   200-832   320-1160   530-1635   0-992  
Recurrent Infection   URI   URI   RSV, flu, rota, Pseudomonas Strep, Staph, Klebs, Candida 
Hepatosplenomegaly   ?   ?   +   +  
Hemophagocytosis      +  
Biologic characteristic     
PLT aggregation   ↓ ADP, Coll   ↓ ADP, Coll   ↓ ADP, Coll, Epi   ↓ ADP, Coll, Epi  
PLT-dense bodies   Absent   Absent   Absent   Reduced, enlarged  
CD63 expression   ↑ Fibroblast   ↑ Fibroblast   ↑ Fibroblast   ↑ PLT, CTL§ 
Cytolytic activity
 
?
 
?
 
?
 
↓ CTL,§ NK
 

+ indicates presence; −, absence; ?, unknown; URI, upper-respiratory infection; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; rota, rotavirus infection; strep, streptococcal infection; staph, staphylococcal infection; Klebs, Klebsiella infection; Coll, collagen; Epi, epinephrine; and Plt, platelet.

*

Data for this patient are from Dell' Angelica et al14  and Shotelersuk et al.15 

Data for this patient are from Huizing et al.16 

Data for this patient are from this study.

§

These findings were also reported in CTLs obtained from a fifth patient with HPSII, for whom no further clinical details are available (Clark et al13 ).

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