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Relevance of epigenetic alterations of H19 locus with androgen and estrogen in patients with C1-inhibitor deficiency
  • Sujoy Khan,
  • Hilary Longhurst
Sujoy Khan
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Corresponding Author:sujoykhan@gmail.com

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Hilary Longhurst
Addenbrooke's Hospital
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Abstract

The interesting report by Karagianni P et al on the finding of increased DNA methylation of H19 locus imprinting control region in saliva samples of Sjögren’s syndrome patients correlating with low complement C4 levels, may offer insights into how C4 level may be regulated in serpinopathies such as C1-inhibitor deficiency. An undetectable or low C4 level in patients with severe angioedema is a feature of C1-inhibitor deficiency (hereditary angioedema (HAE) type I with low to absent function and antigenic levels; HAE type II with point mutations in SERPING1 gene that affect the reactive centre loop affecting protein function only). However, C4 levels do not always clinically correlate with disease activity, and up to 6% patients do not have known mutations in the SERPING1 gene.
06 Aug 2020Submitted to Clinical & Experimental Immunology
10 Aug 2020Submission Checks Completed
10 Aug 2020Assigned to Editor
12 Aug 2020Reviewer(s) Assigned
19 Aug 2020Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
19 Aug 2020Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
25 Aug 20201st Revision Received
25 Aug 2020Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
26 Aug 2020Editorial Decision: Accept