Overview
The investigators want to study the JAK-inhibitors and their impact on the immune system and evaluate the potential of a gene-therapeutic strategy
Description
The investigators want to study ex vivo the effect of JAK-inhibitors on the transcriptional profile and immune cell landscape in patients with inborn errors of the JAK-STAT pathway and the ex vivo evaluation of the feasibility of a gene therapeutic approach for STAT1 GOF. Following aspects will be compared:
- To study pSTAT, transcriptional profile and cytokine production on bulk and sorted peripheral blood cell populations following stimulation in the presence or absence of different jakinibs
- To evaluate to what extent jakinibs can normalize the transcriptional in different cell types (or not and identify blind spots of this treatment strategy)
- To evaluate ex vivo the impact of a gene therapeutic approach for STAT1 GOF.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Cases (A): adult patients presenting with a genetically confirmed or highly suspected disorder leading to an exagerated JAK-STAT pathway.
- Controls (B): participants eligible for inclusion in this study must fall in one of the following categories:
- Healthy controls (without immune-mediated disease)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Children (\< 18 years at time of recruitment)
- Persons unable or unwilling to give informed consent