Table 3

Genetic aberrations reported to be associated with iMCD and iMCD-like diseases

CitationGeneKey findings
Nakamura et al 199327  IL-6 (presumed by authors) Somatic translocation [46,XY,t(7;14)(p22;q22)] at the IL-6 gene locus (7p21-22) in lymph node cells in 1 case report 
Gleason et al 200849  ALK Somatic ALK-mutated tumors secrete cytokines and cause MCD-like features 
Kone-Paut et al 200973  MEFV Heterozygous for a germ-line MEFV gene mutation in one CD case 
Stone et al 201337  IL-6 receptor SNP present in 49% of 58 iMCD cases vs 33% of 50 controls (P = .0175) 
CitationGeneKey findings
Nakamura et al 199327  IL-6 (presumed by authors) Somatic translocation [46,XY,t(7;14)(p22;q22)] at the IL-6 gene locus (7p21-22) in lymph node cells in 1 case report 
Gleason et al 200849  ALK Somatic ALK-mutated tumors secrete cytokines and cause MCD-like features 
Kone-Paut et al 200973  MEFV Heterozygous for a germ-line MEFV gene mutation in one CD case 
Stone et al 201337  IL-6 receptor SNP present in 49% of 58 iMCD cases vs 33% of 50 controls (P = .0175) 
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