Table 3.

Primary immunodeficiency diseases associated with autoimmunity

Main defect in immunityImmunodeficiency diseasesAutoimmune phenomena
Neutrophil defects CGD Fibrosing granulomatous inflammation in lung, liver, and gut; SLE 
 LAD Leukocytoclastic vasculitis  
Complement defects Complement deficiencies SLE  
B-cell defects XLA None  
NK-cell defects CHS, Griscelli syndrome, XLP, FHL Virus-associated HLH  
T-cell, T-cell–associated defects Omenn syndrome Graft-versus-host–like disease 
 APECED Organ-specific autoimmune disease (parathyroid, adrenal, gonads pancreas, skin, etc)  
 ALPS Autoimmune cytopenias (anemia, thrombocytopenia, neutropenia)  
 CD40L deficiency Sclerosing cholangitis  
 MHC II deficiency Sclerosing cholangitis, autoimmune cytopenias 
 WAS Anemia, vasculitis, arthritis, nephritis 
 CVID Granulomatous disease, autoimmune cytopenias, arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease  
Cytokine overactivity Familial Mediterranean fever Polyserositis, arthritis, HSP, PAN  
 Hyper-IgD syndrome with periodic fever  
 TNF-receptor–associated periodic fever (familial Hibernian fever)  
Main defect in immunityImmunodeficiency diseasesAutoimmune phenomena
Neutrophil defects CGD Fibrosing granulomatous inflammation in lung, liver, and gut; SLE 
 LAD Leukocytoclastic vasculitis  
Complement defects Complement deficiencies SLE  
B-cell defects XLA None  
NK-cell defects CHS, Griscelli syndrome, XLP, FHL Virus-associated HLH  
T-cell, T-cell–associated defects Omenn syndrome Graft-versus-host–like disease 
 APECED Organ-specific autoimmune disease (parathyroid, adrenal, gonads pancreas, skin, etc)  
 ALPS Autoimmune cytopenias (anemia, thrombocytopenia, neutropenia)  
 CD40L deficiency Sclerosing cholangitis  
 MHC II deficiency Sclerosing cholangitis, autoimmune cytopenias 
 WAS Anemia, vasculitis, arthritis, nephritis 
 CVID Granulomatous disease, autoimmune cytopenias, arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease  
Cytokine overactivity Familial Mediterranean fever Polyserositis, arthritis, HSP, PAN  
 Hyper-IgD syndrome with periodic fever  
 TNF-receptor–associated periodic fever (familial Hibernian fever)  

XLA indicates X-linked agammaglobulinemia; CVID, common variable immunodeficiency; HSP, Henoch-Schönlein purpura; and PAN, polyarteritis nodosa. For explanation of other abbreviations, see Tables 1 and 2.

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