Treatment of Relapsing HPV Diseases by Restored Function of Natural Killer Cells.
Andrea LiscoAmy P HsuDimana DimitrovaDiana M ProctorEmily M MacePeiying YeMegan V AndersonStephanie N HicksChristopher GrivasDima A HammoudMaura ManionGabriel J StarrettAlvin FarrelKerry DobbsIsaac BrownellChristopher BuckLuigi D NotarangeloJordan S OrangeWarren J LeonardMichael I OrestesAnju T PetersJennifer A KanakryJulie A SegreHeidi H KongIrini SeretiPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2021)
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections underlie a wide spectrum of both benign and malignant epithelial diseases. In this report, we describe the case of a young man who had encephalitis caused by herpes simplex virus during adolescence and currently presented with multiple recurrent skin and mucosal lesions caused by HPV. The patient was found to have a pathogenic germline mutation in the X-linked interleukin-2 receptor subunit gamma gene (IL2RG), which was somatically reverted in T cells but not in natural killer (NK) cells. Allogeneic hematopoietic-cell transplantation led to restoration of NK cytotoxicity, with normalization of the skin microbiome and persistent remission of all HPV-related diseases. NK cytotoxicity appears to play a role in containing HPV colonization and the ensuing HPV-related hyperplastic or dysplastic lesions. (Funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center Flow Cytometry Shared Resources.).
Keyphrases
- high grade
- nk cells
- flow cytometry
- cervical cancer screening
- healthcare
- multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus
- public health
- stem cell transplantation
- squamous cell carcinoma
- mental health
- rheumatoid arthritis
- low dose
- dna repair
- oxidative stress
- quality improvement
- dna damage
- wound healing
- smoking cessation
- squamous cell