Congenital
Immunodeficiencies
•Bruton=s agammaglobulinemia
•mutated gene on
X chromosome
•blocked B cell
maturation
•defect in Ig
isotype switching
•blocked B cell differentiation
•Common variable immunodeficiency
•B cell
differentiation to plasma
cells abnormal
•defect in T cell
maturation
•abnormal T &
B cell development
•IL-2 receptor
gene mutation
•abnormal T cell
growth & development
•Chronic
granulomatous disease
•intracellular H2O2 not produced