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Síndrome ICF
ORPHA:2268CID-10 · D84.8CID-11 · 4A01.00DOENÇA RARA

A Síndrome de Imunodeficiência, Instabilidade da Região Centromérica e Anomalias Faciais (ICF) é uma doença genética rara. Uma pessoa só a desenvolve se herdar uma cópia do gene alterado de cada um dos pais. Ela se caracteriza por uma deficiência no sistema imunológico (o sistema de defesa do corpo), mesmo que um tipo de célula de defesa importante, as células B, esteja presente. Além disso, a síndrome provoca alterações específicas na estrutura dos cromossomos 1 e 16 (e, em alguns casos, do cromossomo 9). Essas alterações acontecem numa região próxima ao "meio" desses cromossomos, que chamamos de centrômero, e também numa parte específica do DNA que fica ao redor, conhecida como heterocromatina justacentromérica.

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A Síndrome de Imunodeficiência, Instabilidade da Região Centromérica e Anomalias Faciais (ICF) é uma doença genética rara. Uma pessoa só a desenvolve se herdar uma cópia do gene alterado de cada um dos pais. Ela se caracteriza por uma deficiência no sistema imunológico (o sistema de defesa do corpo), mesmo que um tipo de célula de defesa importante, as células B, esteja presente. Além disso, a síndrome provoca alterações específicas na estrutura dos cromossomos 1 e 16 (e, em alguns casos, do cromossomo 9). Essas alterações acontecem numa região próxima ao "meio" desses cromossomos, que chamamos de centrômero, e também numa parte específica do DNA que fica ao redor, conhecida como heterocromatina justacentromérica.

Publicações científicas
205 artigos
Último publicado: 2026

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CLASSIFICAÇÃO ORPHANET · BRASIL 2024
<1 / 1 000 000
Ultra-rara
<1/50k
Muito rara
1/20k
Rara
1/10k
Pouco freq.
1/5k
Incomum
1/2k
Prevalência
0.0
Worldwide
Casos conhecidos
66
pacientes catalogados
Início
Childhood
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SUS: Sem cobertura SUSScore: 0%
CID-10: D84.8
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Sinais e sintomas

O que aparece no corpo e com que frequência cada sintoma acontece

Partes do corpo afetadas

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Face
11 sintomas
🫁
Pulmão
6 sintomas
🧠
Neurológico
5 sintomas
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Imunológico
4 sintomas
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Crescimento
3 sintomas
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Sangue
3 sintomas

+ 21 sintomas em outras categorias

Características mais comuns

90%prev.
Imunodeficiência
Muito frequente (99-80%)
90%prev.
Nível diminuído de anticorpos circulantes
Muito frequente (99-80%)
90%prev.
Micrognatia
Muito frequente (99-80%)
90%prev.
Baixa estatura
Muito frequente (99-80%)
90%prev.
Anormalidade da estabilidade cromossômica
Muito frequente (99-80%)
90%prev.
Infecções respiratórias recorrentes
Muito frequente (99-80%)
60sintomas
Muito frequente (6)
Frequente (10)
Ocasional (7)
Sem dados (37)

Os sintomas variam de pessoa para pessoa. Abaixo estão as 60 características clínicas mais associadas, ordenadas por frequência.

ImunodeficiênciaImmunodeficiency
Muito frequente (99-80%)90%
Nível diminuído de anticorpos circulantesDecreased circulating antibody level
Muito frequente (99-80%)90%
MicrognatiaMicrognathia
Muito frequente (99-80%)90%
Baixa estaturaShort stature
Muito frequente (99-80%)90%
Anormalidade da estabilidade cromossômicaAbnormality of chromosome stability
Muito frequente (99-80%)90%

Linha do tempo da pesquisa

Publicações por ano — veja quando o interesse científico cresceu
Anos de pesquisa1desde 2026
Total histórico205PubMed
Últimos 10 anos88publicações
Pico202413 papers
Linha do tempo
2026Hoje · 2026🧪 2013Primeiro ensaio clínico📈 2024Ano de pico
Publicações por ano (últimos 10 anos)

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Genética e causas

O que está alterado no DNA e como passa nas famílias

Genes associados

5 genes identificados com associação a esta condição. Padrão de herança: Autosomal recessive.

CDCA7Cell division cycle-associated protein 7Disease-causing germline mutation(s) inTolerante
FUNÇÃO

Participates in MYC-mediated cell transformation and apoptosis; induces anchorage-independent growth and clonogenicity in lymphoblastoid cells. Insufficient to induce tumorigenicity when overexpressed but contributes to MYC-mediated tumorigenesis (PubMed:11598121, PubMed:15994934, PubMed:23166294). Also functions as a critical cofactor for the chromatin remodeler HELLS, facilitating its recruitment to specific genomic regions to maintain DNA methylation patterns and heterochromatin integrity. Re

LOCALIZAÇÃO

NucleusCytoplasmChromosome

MECANISMO DE DOENÇA

Immunodeficiency-centromeric instability-facial anomalies syndrome 3

A rare disorder characterized by a variable immunodeficiency resulting in recurrent infections, facial anomalies, and branching of chromosomes 1, 9, and 16. Other variable symptoms include growth retardation, failure to thrive, and psychomotor retardation. Laboratory studies show limited hypomethylation of DNA in a small fraction of the genome in some, but not all, patients.

INTERAÇÕES PROTEICAS (4)
OUTRAS DOENÇAS (2)
immunodeficiency-centromeric instability-facial anomalies syndrome 3immunodeficiency-centromeric instability-facial anomalies syndrome
HGNC:14628UniProt:Q9BWT1
UHRF1E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase UHRF1Disease-causing germline mutation(s) inAltamente restrito
FUNÇÃO

E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase that acts as a key epigenetic regulator by bridging DNA methylation and chromatin modification (PubMed:10646863, PubMed:15009091, PubMed:19056828, PubMed:23022729, PubMed:24013172, PubMed:27595565, PubMed:30104358, PubMed:30392929, PubMed:30392931, PubMed:39607687). Plays a key role in DNA methylation inheritance by promoting recruitment of DNMT1 to hemimethylated DNA and ensure faithful propagation of the DNA methylation patterns through DNA replication (PubMed:23022

LOCALIZAÇÃO

NucleusChromosome

VIAS BIOLÓGICAS (2)
Chromatin modifications during the maternal to zygotic transition (MZT)DNA methylation
EXPRESSÃO TECIDUAL(Tecido-específico)
Linfócitos
24.6 TPM
Fibroblastos
14.9 TPM
Testículo
6.2 TPM
Esôfago - Mucosa
4.3 TPM
Baço
2.9 TPM
OUTRAS DOENÇAS (1)
immunodeficiency-centromeric instability-facial anomalies syndrome
HGNC:12556UniProt:Q96T88
ZBTB24Zinc finger and BTB domain-containing protein 24Disease-causing germline mutation(s) inTolerante
FUNÇÃO

May be involved in BMP2-induced transcription

LOCALIZAÇÃO

Nucleus

MECANISMO DE DOENÇA

Immunodeficiency-centromeric instability-facial anomalies syndrome 2

A rare disorder characterized by a variable immunodeficiency resulting in recurrent infections, facial anomalies, and branching of chromosomes 1, 9, and 16. Other variable symptoms include growth retardation, failure to thrive, and psychomotor retardation. Laboratory studies show limited hypomethylation of DNA in a small fraction of the genome in some, but not all, patients.

EXPRESSÃO TECIDUAL(Ubíquo)
Linfócitos
15.1 TPM
Fibroblastos
9.3 TPM
Cérebro - Hemisfério cerebelar
7.8 TPM
Nervo tibial
7.8 TPM
Skin Sun Exposed Lower leg
7.8 TPM
INTERAÇÕES PROTEICAS (3)
OUTRAS DOENÇAS (2)
immunodeficiency-centromeric instability-facial anomalies syndrome 2immunodeficiency-centromeric instability-facial anomalies syndrome
HGNC:21143UniProt:O43167
DNMT3BDNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase 3BDisease-causing germline mutation(s) inAltamente restrito
FUNÇÃO

Required for genome-wide de novo methylation and is essential for the establishment of DNA methylation patterns during development. DNA methylation is coordinated with methylation of histones. May preferentially methylates nucleosomal DNA within the nucleosome core region. May function as transcriptional co-repressor by associating with CBX4 and independently of DNA methylation. Seems to be involved in gene silencing (By similarity). In association with DNMT1 and via the recruitment of CTCFL/BOR

LOCALIZAÇÃO

Nucleus

VIAS BIOLÓGICAS (5)
Defective pyroptosisPRC2 methylates histones and DNADNA methylationNoRC negatively regulates rRNA expressionSUMOylation of DNA methylation proteins
MECANISMO DE DOENÇA

Immunodeficiency-centromeric instability-facial anomalies syndrome 1

A rare disorder characterized by a variable immunodeficiency resulting in recurrent infections, facial anomalies, and branching of chromosomes 1, 9, and 16. Other variable symptoms include growth retardation, failure to thrive, and psychomotor retardation. Laboratory studies show limited hypomethylation of DNA in a small fraction of the genome in some, but not all, patients.

EXPRESSÃO TECIDUAL(Ubíquo)
Testículo
12.8 TPM
Cerebelo
5.4 TPM
Cérebro - Hemisfério cerebelar
5.3 TPM
Skin Sun Exposed Lower leg
5.1 TPM
Skin Not Sun Exposed Suprapubic
4.9 TPM
OUTRAS DOENÇAS (4)
facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy 4, digenicimmunodeficiency-centromeric instability-facial anomalies syndrome 1immunodeficiency-centromeric instability-facial anomalies syndromefacioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
HGNC:2979UniProt:Q9UBC3
HELLSLymphoid-specific helicaseDisease-causing germline mutation(s) inAltamente restrito
FUNÇÃO

ATP-dependent chromatin remodeler that regulates chromatin accessibility, DNA methylation, and histone modifications. It facilitates de novo DNA methylation at repetitive sequences and promotes transcriptional silencing via recruitment of DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) and histone deacetylases (HDACs), contributing to heterochromatin formation and repression of transposable elements (PubMed:30307408). Also involved in DNA repair by recruiting DNA damage response mediators to double-strand breaks

LOCALIZAÇÃO

NucleusChromosome

VIAS BIOLÓGICAS (1)
TGFBR3 expression
MECANISMO DE DOENÇA

Immunodeficiency-centromeric instability-facial anomalies syndrome 4

A rare disorder characterized by a variable immunodeficiency resulting in recurrent infections, facial anomalies, and branching of chromosomes 1, 9, and 16. Other variable symptoms include growth retardation, failure to thrive, and psychomotor retardation. Laboratory studies show limited hypomethylation of DNA in a small fraction of the genome in some, but not all, patients.

VIAS REACTOME (1)
EXPRESSÃO TECIDUAL(Tecido-específico)
Linfócitos
30.7 TPM
Testículo
10.5 TPM
Cérebro - Hemisfério cerebelar
7.8 TPM
Fibroblastos
5.9 TPM
Cerebelo
5.4 TPM
OUTRAS DOENÇAS (2)
immunodeficiency-centromeric instability-facial anomalies syndrome 4immunodeficiency-centromeric instability-facial anomalies syndrome
HGNC:4861UniProt:Q9NRZ9

Variantes genéticas (ClinVar)

128 variantes patogênicas registradas no ClinVar.

🧬 CDCA7: GRCh37/hg19 2q31.1-32.2(chr2:171436894-189531954)x1 ()
🧬 CDCA7: NM_031942.5(CDCA7):c.1036-1G>T ()
🧬 CDCA7: NM_031942.5(CDCA7):c.1036-28G>T ()
🧬 CDCA7: NC_000002.11:g.(?_173420879)_(174232392_?)del ()
🧬 CDCA7: GRCh37/hg19 2q24.2-31.1(chr2:162692199-174452488)x1 ()
Ver todas no ClinVar

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Publicações mais relevantes

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Timeline de publicações
89 papers (10 anos)
#1

Missense substitutions in the BTB domain of ZBTB24 can lead to protein instability and cause ICF2 syndrome.

Human molecular genetics2026 Feb 09

ZBTB24 is a member of a protein family containing a Broad-Complex, Tramtrack, and Bric a Brac (BTB) domain, which functions in protein-protein interactions. ZBTB24, a transcription factor, binds its DNA targets through its C-terminal zinc finger (ZF) domain. Biallelic ZBTB24 pathogenic variants lead to the rare autosomal recessive Immunodeficiency, Centromeric instability and Facial anomalies type 2 (ICF2) syndrome. The majority of ICF2 patients carry biallelic loss-of-function variants in ZBTB24. The remaining patients harbor missense variants in the ZF domain that compromise the ability of ZBTB24 to transcriptionally activate CDCA7, the gene responsible for ICF subtype 3 syndrome. Although an ICF2 patient with compound heterozygous pathogenic variants, including a missense variant (p.Ser59Gly) in the BTB domain, has been reported, no ICF2 patients with biallelic missense variants in any ZBTB24 domains other than the zinc finger domain have been described. Similar to all subtypes of ICF syndrome, ZBTB24 pathogenic variants lead to significant DNA hypomethylation throughout the genome. Here we describe a patient with severe infections initiating during her first year of life, significant developmental delay and an abnormal facial shape, who carries a homozygous p.Val43Leu substitution in the BTB domain of ZBTB24. The patient's peripheral blood cells demonstrate whole genome DNA hypomethylation with patterns identical to those found in verified ICF2 patients. Both the p.Val43Leu and p.Ser59Gly variants cause significant ZBTB24 protein instability. Thus, we demonstrate that pathogenic missense variants in the BTB domain of ZBTB24 can functionally act as loss-of-function variants that result in ICF2 syndrome.

#2

Case Report: a 28-year-old female patient presented with recurrent fevers and episodes of shock due to ZBTB24 pathogenic variant.

Frontiers in immunology2026

Immunodeficiency, Centromeric Instability, and Facial Anomalies Syndrome, commonly known as ICF syndrome, is a rare multisystem autosomal recessive disorder. ICF syndrome is primarily classified into five subtypes: ICF1, ICF2, ICF3, ICF4, and ICFX. Among these, the ICF2 subtype is mainly caused by pathogenic variant in the ZBTB24. A 28-year-old female patient was admitted to our hospital presenting with fever and shock. Despite aggressive antimicrobial therapy, the patient continued to experience repeated episodes of infectious shock following admission for sepsis. This abnormality drew the doctors' attention and sparked in-depth discussion and analysis. With the discovery of abnormalities in the patient's immune cells, we became even more convinced that the underlying cause might be a genetic pathogenic variant in the patient. Ultimately, after conducting whole exome sequencing, we identified a homozygous pathogenic variant in the ZBTB24 (chr6:109476256 G>A, NM_014797.3: c.1123C>T, p.Gln375*) in the patient. Based on literature review, we implemented a treatment regimen of gamma globulin (10 g/day) combined with antibiotics for the patient. Our efforts ultimately proved successful: the patient recovered fully and was discharged from the hospital. During the one-year follow-up, the patient remained in good condition. The therapeutic regimen of gamma globulin combined with antibiotics has demonstrated beneficial effects in the treatment of our reported patient.

#3

CDCA7 facilitates MET1-mediated CG DNA methylation maintenance in centromeric heterochromatin via linker histone H1.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025 Dec 16

DNA methylation is a conserved epigenetic modification essential for maintaining genome stability. However, how methyltransferases maintain CG methylation within compact chromatin, including centromeres, remains unclear. In humans, CDCA7 is necessary for the inheritance of DNA methylation at juxta-centromeres. Mutations that impair its ability to bind chromatin result in Immunodeficiency, Centromeric Instability, and Facial Anomalies (ICF) syndrome, characterized by centromeric instability. To investigate whether CDCA7 function is conserved, we identified two Arabidopsis thaliana orthologs, CDCA7α and CDCA7β. The loss of both copies results in CG hypomethylation at pericentromeric regions and centromeric satellite repeat arrays. Machine learning analysis suggested that heterochromatic nucleosomes, with enrichment of H1, H2A.W, and H3K9me2, depend heavily on CDCA7 proteins for CG methylation maintenance of the associated DNA. Loss of H1 restores heterochromatic DNA methylation in cdca7α cdca7β mutants, indicating that CDCA7α and CDCA7β mainly remodel H1-containing nucleosomes for methyltransferases to access DNA. Notably, in h1.1 h1.2 mutants, CG methylation shows a significant increase in centromeres, which reveals a new inhibitory role of H1 in DNA methylation maintenance within satellite repeat arrays. Centromeric DNA hypermethylation is lost in h1.1 h1.2 cdca7α cdca7β quadruple mutants, demonstrating that CDCA7α and CDCA7β can act independently of H1 to enhance MET1 activity at nucleosomes. Overall, these findings establish CDCA7α and CDCA7β as conserved regulators of DNA methylation within heterochromatin and centromeric satellite repeat arrays.

#4

ZBTB24 is a conserved multifaceted transcription factor at genes and centromeres that governs the DNA methylation state and expression of satellite repeats.

Human molecular genetics2025 Jan 29

Since its discovery as a causative gene of the Immunodeficiency with Centromeric instability and Facial anomalies syndrome, ZBTB24 has emerged as a key player in DNA methylation, immunity and development. By extensively analyzing ZBTB24 genomic functions in ICF-relevant mouse and human cellular models, we document here its multiple facets as a transcription factor, with key roles in immune response-related genes expression and also in early embryonic development. Using a constitutive Zbtb24 ICF-like mutant and an auxin-inducible degron system in mouse embryonic stem cells, we showed that ZBTB24 is recruited to centromeric satellite DNA where it is required to establish and maintain the correct DNA methylation patterns through the recruitment of DNMT3B. The ability of ZBTB24 to occupy centromeric satellite DNA is conserved in human cells. Together, our results unveiled an essential and underappreciated role for ZBTB24 at mouse and human centromeric satellite repeat arrays by controlling their DNA methylation and transcription status.

#5

Structure of human lymphoid-specific helicase HELLS in its autoinhibitory state.

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025 Dec 06

Helicase, Lymphoid Specific (HELLS), also known as Lymphoid-Specific Helicase (LSH), is a member of the SNF2 chromatin-remodeling family that regulates DNA methylation and heterochromatin organization. Unlike most chromatin remodelers, HELLS is catalytically inactive in its apo form and requires the DNA-binding protein CDCA7 for activation, though the underlying mechanism has remained unclear. Here, we combine biochemical, biophysical and cryo-electron microscopy analyses to define the structural basis of HELLS autoinhibition. HELLS alone assembles into a hexameric (trimer of dimers) architecture stabilized by interactions between its N-terminal coiled-coil (CC) domain and ATPase Lobe-1, while ATPase Lobe-2 remains flexible and disengaged. The CC domain functions both as an oligomerization scaffold and as an autoinhibitory module that restricts catalytic activity. Binding of CDCA7 and DNA promotes formation of an active HELLS-CDCA7-DNA ternary complex. CDCA7 recognizes hemimethylated CpG dinucleotides in both B-form and non-B-form DNA and stimulates HELLS ATPase activity. Together, these findings reveal the mechanism of HELLS autoinhibition and its activation by CDCA7 and DNA, providing new insight into how the HELLS-CDCA7-DNA ternary complex maintains DNA methylation and heterochromatin integrity.

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2026

Case Report: a 28-year-old female patient presented with recurrent fevers and episodes of shock due to ZBTB24 pathogenic variant.

Frontiers in immunology
2025

Structure of human lymphoid-specific helicase HELLS in its autoinhibitory state.

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
2025

Epigenetic disruption meets immune deficiency: a case report of ICF syndrome linked to DNMT3B mutation.

Frontiers in immunology
2025

CDCA7 facilitates MET1-mediated CG DNA methylation maintenance in centromeric heterochromatin via linker histone H1.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2026

Missense substitutions in the BTB domain of ZBTB24 can lead to protein instability and cause ICF2 syndrome.

Human molecular genetics
2025

Immunodeficiency, centromeric instability, and facial anomalies (ICF) syndrome identified by whole-exome sequencing (WES): a case report from a developing country.

Oxford medical case reports
2025

Congenital diseases with defects in DNA methylation maintenance: focusing on ICF syndrome and multilocus imprinting disturbance.

Genes &amp; genetic systems
2025

The ZBTB24-CDCA7-HELLS axis suppresses the totipotent 2C-like reprogramming by maintaining Dux methylation and repression.

Nucleic acids research
2025

In-depth immune profiling of a patient with immunodeficiency, centromeric instability, and facial anomalies syndrome type 2 caused by a novel mutation in ZBTB24.

Clinical and experimental immunology
2025

Case report: Novel multi-exon homozygous deletion of ZBTB24 causes immunodeficiency, centromeric instability, and facial anomalies syndrome 2.

Frontiers in immunology
2025

Fatal CAEBV-Associated Vasculitis in ICF Syndrome Type 2.

Journal of investigational allergology &amp; clinical immunology
2025

ZBTB24 is a conserved multifaceted transcription factor at genes and centromeres that governs the DNA methylation state and expression of satellite repeats.

Human molecular genetics
2024

The epigenetic modification of DNA methylation in neurological diseases.

Frontiers in immunology
2024

Investigation of Transcription Factor and Cytokine Gene Expression Levels in Helper T Cell Subsets Among Turkish Patients Diagnosed with ICF2 (Novel ZBTB24 gene Variant) and ICF3 (CDCA7 Variant) Syndrome.

Journal of clinical immunology
2024

Telomeres and immunodeficiencies.

Human immunology
2024

Molecular mechanisms for DNA methylation defects induced by ICF syndrome-linked mutations in DNMT3B.

Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society
2024

The ICF syndrome protein CDCA7 harbors a unique DNA binding domain that recognizes a CpG dyad in the context of a non-B DNA.

Science advances
2024

Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Immunodeficiency-Centromeric Instability-Facial Dysmorphism (ICF) Syndrome: an EBMT/ESID Inborn Errors Working Party Study.

Journal of clinical immunology
2024

The C-terminal 4CXXC-type zinc finger domain of CDCA7 recognizes hemimethylated DNA and modulates activities of chromatin remodeling enzyme HELLS.

Nucleic acids research
2024

A novel iPSC-based model of ICF syndrome subtype 2 recapitulates the molecular phenotype of ZBTB24 deficiency.

Frontiers in immunology
2024

Corrigendum: Exploring the intersection of epigenetics, DNA repair, and immunology from studies of ICF syndrome, an inborn error of immunity.

Frontiers in immunology
2024

Exploring the intersection of epigenetics, DNA repair, and immunology from studies of ICF syndrome, an inborn error of immunity.

Frontiers in immunology
2024

DNMT3B PWWP mutations cause hypermethylation of heterochromatin.

EMBO reports
2023

CDCA7 is a hemimethylated DNA adaptor for the nucleosome remodeler HELLS.

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
2023

The ICF syndrome protein CDCA7 harbors a unique DNA-binding domain that recognizes a CpG dyad in the context of a non-B DNA.

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
2023

ICF1-Syndrome-Associated DNMT3B Mutations Prevent De Novo Methylation at a Subset of Imprinted Loci during iPSC Reprogramming.

Biomolecules
2023

Evaluation of Clinical and Immunological Alterations Associated with ICF Syndrome.

Journal of clinical immunology
2024

Author Correction: Enhanced CD19 activity in B cells contributes to immunodeficiency in mice deficient in the ICF syndrome gene Zbtb24.

Cellular &amp; molecular immunology
2023

Enhanced CD19 activity in B cells contributes to immunodeficiency in mice deficient in the ICF syndrome gene Zbtb24.

Cellular &amp; molecular immunology
2023

Coevolution of the CDCA7-HELLS ICF-related nucleosome remodeling complex and DNA methyltransferases.

eLife
2023

A novel mutation in DNMT3B gene causing ICF1 syndrome in an infant with refractory thrombocytopenia.

Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.)
2024

Dimerization choice and alternative functions of ZBTB transcription factors.

The FEBS journal
2023

Immunophenotype, Karyotype and Molecular Findings in a Case of ICF Syndrome.

Indian journal of hematology &amp; blood transfusion : an official journal of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion
2023

Characterization of a mouse model of ICF syndrome reveals enhanced CD19 activation in inducing hypogammaglobulinemia.

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
2022

Fragile sites, chromosomal lesions, tandem repeats, and disease.

Frontiers in genetics
2023

Novel compound heterozygous mutations in UHRF1 are associated with atypical immunodeficiency, centromeric instability and facial anomalies syndrome with distinctive genome-wide DNA hypomethylation.

Human molecular genetics
2023

Novel DNMT3B Mutation in a Patient with Immunodeficiency, Centromeric Instability, and Facial Anomalies (ICF) Syndrome and a Bronchopulmonary Collateral Artery.

Endocrine, metabolic &amp; immune disorders drug targets
2022

Structure of DNMT3B homo-oligomer reveals vulnerability to impairment by ICF mutations.

Nature communications
2022

Risks and rewards of big-data in epigenomics research: an interview with Melanie Ehrlich.

Epigenomics
2022

Lymphoid-specific helicase in epigenetics, DNA repair and cancer.

British journal of cancer
2021

Centromeres Transcription and Transcripts for Better and for Worse.

Progress in molecular and subcellular biology
2021

Losing DNA methylation at repetitive elements and breaking bad.

Epigenetics &amp; chromatin
2021

Chromatin remodeling in replication-uncoupled maintenance DNA methylation and chromosome stability: Insights from ICF syndrome studies.

Genes to cells : devoted to molecular &amp; cellular mechanisms
2021

Immunodeficiency, Centromeric Region Instability, and Facial Anomalies Syndrome (ICF) in a Boy with Variable Clinical and Immunological Presentations.

Iranian journal of allergy, asthma, and immunology
2020

CDCA7 and HELLS suppress DNA:RNA hybrid-associated DNA damage at pericentromeric repeats.

Scientific reports
2020

Loss of ZBTB24 impairs nonhomologous end-joining and class-switch recombination in patients with ICF syndrome.

The Journal of experimental medicine
2020

Lsh/HELLS is required for B lymphocyte development and immunoglobulin class switch recombination.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2020

Comprehensive structure-function characterization of DNMT3B and DNMT3A reveals distinctive de novo DNA methylation mechanisms.

Nature communications
2021

Clinical, Immunologic and Molecular Spectrum of Patients with Immunodeficiency, Centromeric Instability, and Facial Anomalies (ICF) Syndrome: A Systematic Review.

Endocrine, metabolic &amp; immune disorders drug targets
2020

DNMT3B deficiency presenting as severe combined immune deficiency: A case report.

Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.)
2020

Does DNA Methylation Matter in FSHD?

Genes
2020

Human subtelomeric DNA methylation: regulation and roles in telomere function.

Current opinion in genetics &amp; development
2020

A young girl with hypogammaglobulinemia and granulomatous hepatitis caused by a novel mutation in ZBTB24 gene: A case based analysis.

Immunobiology
2020

The human HELLS chromatin remodelling protein promotes end resection to facilitate homologous recombination and contributes to DSB repair within heterochromatin.

Nucleic acids research
2019

Persistent epigenetic memory impedes rescue of the telomeric phenotype in human ICF iPSCs following DNMT3B correction.

eLife
2019

DNA methylation in disease: Immunodeficiency, Centromeric instability, Facial anomalies syndrome.

Essays in biochemistry
2019

Identification of ZBTB24 protein domains and motifs for heterochromatin localization and transcriptional activation.

Genes to cells : devoted to molecular &amp; cellular mechanisms
2020

Immunodeficiency, centromeric instability, and facial anomalies (ICF) syndrome with NK dysfunction and EBV-driven malignancy treated with stem cell transplantation.

The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice
2019

An acquired high-risk chromosome instability phenotype in multiple myeloma: Jumping 1q Syndrome.

Blood cancer journal
2019

Structural basis of specific DNA binding by the transcription factor ZBTB24.

Nucleic acids research
2019

A functional assay to classify ZBTB24 missense variants of unknown significance.

Human mutation
2019

Progressive Immunodeficiency with Gradual Depletion of B and CD4⁺ T Cells in Immunodeficiency, Centromeric Instability and Facial Anomalies Syndrome 2 (ICF2).

Diseases (Basel, Switzerland)
2019

[Clinical and genetic manifestations of immunodeficiency, centromeric instability, and facial anomalies syndrome: a case report and literature review].

Zhonghua er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of pediatrics
2018

Repetitive Fragile Sites: Centromere Satellite DNA As a Source of Genome Instability in Human Diseases.

Genes
2018

Three Types of Immunodeficiency, Centromeric Instability, and Facial Anomalies (ICF) Syndrome Identified by Whole-Exome Sequencing in Saudi Hypogammaglobulinemia Patients: Clinical, Molecular, and Cytogenetic Features.

Journal of clinical immunology
2018

Pericentromeric hypomethylation elicits an interferon response in an animal model of ICF syndrome.

eLife
2018

DNMT3B Functions: Novel Insights From Human Disease.

Frontiers in cell and developmental biology
2018

Clinical and Immunological Characterization of ICF Syndrome in Japan.

Journal of clinical immunology
2019

CDCA7 and HELLS mutations undermine nonhomologous end joining in centromeric instability syndrome.

The Journal of clinical investigation
2018

ZBTB24 is a transcriptional regulator that coordinates with DNMT3B to control DNA methylation.

Nucleic acids research
2018

Subtelomeric methylation distinguishes between subtypes of Immunodeficiency, Centromeric instability and Facial anomalies syndrome.

Human molecular genetics
2018

Comparative methylome analysis of ICF patients identifies heterochromatin loci that require ZBTB24, CDCA7 and HELLS for their methylated state.

Human molecular genetics
2018

DNA:RNA hybrids at telomeres - when it is better to be out of the (R) loop.

The FEBS journal
2018

HELLS and CDCA7 comprise a bipartite nucleosome remodeling complex defective in ICF syndrome.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2017

Non-random length distribution of individual telomeres in immunodeficiency, centromeric instability and facial anomalies syndrome, type I.

Human molecular genetics
2017

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in an Infant with Immunodeficiency, Centromeric Instability, and Facial Anomaly Syndrome.

Frontiers in immunology
2017

Lsh/HELLS regulates self-renewal/proliferation of neural stem/progenitor cells.

Scientific reports
2017

Expanding the mutation spectrum in ICF syndrome: Evidence for a gender bias in ICF2.

Clinical genetics
2017

Telomeres in ICF syndrome cells are vulnerable to DNA damage due to elevated DNA:RNA hybrids.

Nature communications
2016

A Novel Mutation in a Critical Region for the Methyl Donor Binding in DNMT3B Causes Immunodeficiency, Centromeric Instability, and Facial Anomalies Syndrome (ICF).

Journal of clinical immunology
2016

Vesicourethral reflux-induced renal failure in a patient with ICF syndrome due to a novel DNMT3B mutation.

American journal of medical genetics. Part A
2016

Converging disease genes in ICF syndrome: ZBTB24 controls expression of CDCA7 in mammals.

Human molecular genetics
2016

Mutations in DNMT3B Modify Epigenetic Repression of the D4Z4 Repeat and the Penetrance of Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy.

American journal of human genetics
2016

Genetic, Cellular and Clinical Features of ICF Syndrome: a French National Survey.

Journal of clinical immunology
2015

Mutations in CDCA7 and HELLS cause immunodeficiency-centromeric instability-facial anomalies syndrome.

Nature communications
2015

Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Analysis Identifies Novel Hypomethylated Non-Pericentromeric Genes with Potential Clinical Implications in ICF Syndrome.

PloS one
2015

Genetic alterations of DNA methylation machinery in human diseases.

Epigenomics
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Publicações científicas

Artigos indexados no PubMed ligados a esta doença no grafo RarasNet — título, periódico e PMID direto da fonte, sem intermediação de IA.

  1. Missense substitutions in the BTB domain of ZBTB24 can lead to protein instability and cause ICF2 syndrome.
    Human molecular genetics· 2026· PMID 41359419mais citado
  2. Case Report: a 28-year-old female patient presented with recurrent fevers and episodes of shock due to ZBTB24 pathogenic variant.
    Frontiers in immunology· 2026· PMID 41859080mais citado
  3. CDCA7 facilitates MET1-mediated CG DNA methylation maintenance in centromeric heterochromatin via linker histone H1.
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America· 2025· PMID 41370347mais citado
  4. ZBTB24 is a conserved multifaceted transcription factor at genes and centromeres that governs the DNA methylation state and expression of satellite repeats.
    Human molecular genetics· 2025· PMID 39562305mais citado
  5. Structure of human lymphoid-specific helicase HELLS in its autoinhibitory state.
    bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology· 2025· PMID 41669160mais citado
  6. Clinical immunology in chromatinopathies: a scoping review.
    Front Immunol· 2026· PMID 41972176recente
  7. Epigenetic disruption meets immune deficiency: a case report of ICF syndrome linked to DNMT3B mutation.
    Front Immunol· 2025· PMID 41646978recente

Bases de dados e fontes oficiais

Identificadores e referências canônicas usadas para montar este verbete.

  1. ORPHA:2268(Orphanet)
  2. MONDO:0000133(MONDO)
  3. GARD:2945(GARD (NIH))
  4. Variantes catalogadas(ClinVar)
  5. Busca completa no PubMed(PubMed)
  6. Q1869923(Wikidata)

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Síndrome ICF

ORPHA:2268 · MONDO:0000133
Prevalência
<1 / 1 000 000
Casos
66 casos conhecidos
Herança
Autosomal recessive
CID-10
D84.8 · Outras imunodeficiências especificadas
CID-11
Início
Childhood
Prevalência
0.0 (Worldwide)
MedGen
UMLS
C0398788
EuropePMC
Wikidata
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