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Lead
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
With
This protocol utilizes a cross-sectional study design. Over a 5-year period, the investigators will enroll patients who have clinical and lab features characteristic of a PID disorder or PCD, but do not have a confirmed genetic diagnosis. Innovative, standardized methods (SOPs) will be utilized, including ciliary ultrastructural analyses by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), as pertinent. Measures of nasal nitric oxide (nNO) will be performed in all subjects to allow comparisons of nNO values in PID vs. PCD. Patients with high likelihood of a PID disorder or a high likelihood of PCD will initially undergo research genetic testing on a commercial approved panel for PID disorders or a panel of at least 37 PCD genes. All subjects who do not have a genetic diagnosis from the test panels will undergo whole exome sequencing (WES) to search for novel genetic etiologies for PID or PCD.
Age
5–45
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
