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<Articles JournalTitle="Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>1735-1502</Issn>
      <Volume>24</Volume>
      <Issue>6</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2025</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>29</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Diverse Phenotypic Expressions of ADA2 Deficiency: Two Case Studies</title>
    <FirstPage>860</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>866</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Anahita</FirstName>
        <LastName>Razaghian</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Hakim Children's Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Zahra</FirstName>
        <LastName>Alizadeh</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Immunology, Asthma and Allergy Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AND Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Isabelle</FirstName>
        <LastName>Meyts</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, BE AND Laboratory for Inborn Errors of Immunity, KU Leuven, BE</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Arash</FirstName>
        <LastName>Kalantari</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Pediatrics, Valiasr Hospital, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University  of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Sahar</FirstName>
        <LastName>Rostami Hir</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Immunology, Asthma and Allergy Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AND Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Marjon</FirstName>
        <LastName>Wouters</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, BE AND Laboratory for Inborn Errors of Immunity, KU Leuven, BE</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mohammad Reza</FirstName>
        <LastName>Fazlollahi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Immunology, Asthma and Allergy Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AND Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2024</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>24</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2025</Year>
        <Month>04</Month>
        <Day>27</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Adenosine deaminase 2 (ADA2) deficiency is an autosomal recessive disease with varying degrees of clinical phenotypes and disease severity. The phenotypic spectrum of the disorder has expanded from vasculitis with stroke to include pure red cell aplasia, bone marrow failure, autoimmune cytopenia, lymphoproliferation, and variable degrees of immunodeficiency.
Here, we describe two cases of ADA2 deficiency: one presented with an early-onset stroke that resembled an early-onset polyarteritis nodosa (PAN), and the other as an adult-onset vasculitis that progressed to severe neutropenia with recurrent infection and lymphoproliferation. Patient 1, a 10-year-old male, had a reported pathogenic ADA2 homozygote variant; c.139G&#x2C3;C (p.Gly47Arg), and patient 2, a 34-year-old male, had a reported likely pathogenic homozygous ADA2 variant; c.578C&gt;T (p.Pro193Lys).
Our second patient was the first DADA2 patient who showed that DADA2 is not a static disease and can progress from vasculitis to bone marrow failure in the course of the disease. Therefore, the previous recommendation introducing anti&#x2013;TNF-&#x3B1; as a preferred treatment for vasculitis manifestations and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation as the preferred treatment for bone marrow failure can no longer apply. We should consider HSCT for DADA2 patients from the very beginning.
The Physician has to be aware of this monogenic disorder's varied presentation and multi-organ involvement. Early recognition and proper treatment are crucial for this potentially fatal disease.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://ijaai.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijaai/article/view/4229</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://ijaai.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijaai/article/download/4229/2252</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
