combined immunodeficiency, X-linked

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Also known as CIDXcombined immunodeficiency, X-linked, moderate, X-linked recessive

Summary

combined immunodeficiency, X-linked (MONDO:0010730) is a disease with 1 cohort gene.

At a glance

  • Cohort genes: 1
  • ClinVar variants: 19

Clinical features

No curated clinical features (Orphanet) for this disease.

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

FieldValue
Canonical namecombined immunodeficiency, X-linked
Mondo IDMONDO:0010730
EFOEFO:1001451
OMIM312863
GARD0024751
Is cancer (heuristic)no

Also known as: CIDX · combined immunodeficiency, X-linked · combined immunodeficiency, X-linked, moderate, X-linked recessive

Data availability: 19 ClinVar variants.

Disease family

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by etiologic mechanism › disease of genetic or genomic mechanism › hereditary diseaseimmunodeficiency diseasecombined immunodeficiencysevere combined immunodeficiencyT-B+ severe combined immunodeficiencycombined immunodeficiency, X-linked

Related subtypes (9): T-B+ severe combined immunodeficiency due to gamma chain deficiency, T-B+ severe combined immunodeficiency due to JAK3 deficiency, immunodeficiency 104, lung fibrosis-immunodeficiency-46,XX gonadal dysgenesis syndrome, severe combined immunodeficiency due to CORO1A deficiency, T-B+ severe combined immunodeficiency due to IL-7Ralpha deficiency, T-B+ severe combined immunodeficiency due to CD45 deficiency, T-B+ severe combined immunodeficiency due to CD3delta/CD3epsilon/CD3zeta, severe combined immunodeficiency due to LAT deficiency

Genetics & variants

GWAS landscape

No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.

Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers

ClinVar germline variants

19 retrieved; paginated sample, class counts are floors:

8 pathogenic, 3 uncertain significance, 3 likely pathogenic, 2 benign/likely benign, 1 conflicting classifications of pathogenicity, 1 likely benign, 1 pathogenic/likely pathogenic

ClinVarVariant (HGVS)GeneClassificationReview
10023NM_000206.3(IL2RG):c.878T>A (p.Leu293Gln)IL2RGPathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
10027NM_000206.3(IL2RG):c.664C>T (p.Arg222Cys)IL2RGPathogenicreviewed by expert panel
1028611NM_000206.3(IL2RG):c.269+1G>TIL2RGPathogenicreviewed by expert panel
225194NM_000206.3(IL2RG):c.670C>T (p.Arg224Trp)IL2RGPathogenicreviewed by expert panel
225195NM_000206.3(IL2RG):c.676C>T (p.Arg226Cys)IL2RGPathogenicreviewed by expert panel
3242265NM_000206.3(IL2RG):c.511G>T (p.Glu171Ter)IL2RGPathogenic/Likely pathogeniccriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
3598423NM_000206.3(IL2RG):c.924G>C (p.Ser308=)IL2RGPathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
379561NM_000206.3(IL2RG):c.202G>A (p.Glu68Lys)IL2RGPathogenicreviewed by expert panel
418656NM_000206.3(IL2RG):c.982C>T (p.Arg328Ter)IL2RGPathogenicreviewed by expert panel
1675093NM_000206.3(IL2RG):c.74del (p.Thr25fs)IL2RGLikely pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
3256570NM_000206.3(IL2RG):c.257C>A (p.Thr86Asn)IL2RGLikely pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
992514NM_000206.3(IL2RG):c.374A>G (p.Tyr125Cys)IL2RGLikely pathogeniccriteria provided, single submitter
1199322NM_000206.3(IL2RG):c.318A>G (p.Leu106=)IL2RGConflicting classifications of pathogenicitycriteria provided, conflicting classifications
1301872NM_000206.3(IL2RG):c.484C>G (p.Leu162Val)IL2RGUncertain significancecriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
1699362NM_000206.3(IL2RG):c.75_77del (p.Thr26del)IL2RGUncertain significancecriteria provided, single submitter
3891383NM_000206.3(IL2RG):c.517A>G (p.Asn173Asp)IL2RGUncertain significancecriteria provided, single submitter
1170712NM_000206.3(IL2RG):c.857C>T (p.Thr286Met)IL2RGBenign/Likely benigncriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
1199323NM_000206.3(IL2RG):c.1061A>G (p.His354Arg)IL2RGLikely benignreviewed by expert panel
795771NM_000206.3(IL2RG):c.201C>T (p.Val67=)IL2RGBenign/Likely benigncriteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Genes & proteins

Mendelian disease overlap and somatic drivers

GenCC: 0 · Orphanet: 2 · OMIM-shared: 0 · Dual-evidence (GWAS+Mendelian): 0

Orphanet rare-disease linkage (cohort genes)

GeneOrphanet IDRare disease
IL2RGOrphanet:276T-B+ severe combined immunodeficiency due to gamma chain deficiency
IL2RGOrphanet:39041Omenn syndrome

Cohort genes → proteins

1 cohort genes, 1 distinct canonical proteins.

Evidence partition

SubsetGenes
multi_evidence1

Cohort genes (full)

SymbolHGNCEnsemblUniProtNameEvidence
IL2RGHGNC:6010ENSG00000147168P31785Cytokine receptor common subunit gammaclinvar

Cohort function summary

Lead sentence per gene, UniProt-curated.

SymbolProtein nameFunction (lead sentence)
IL2RGCytokine receptor common subunit gammaCommon subunit for the receptors for a variety of interleukins.

Protein-family classification

Druggable: 1 · Difficult: 0 · Unknown: 0 · Druggable fraction: 1.0

Family distribution

Cohort families vs a genome-wide background (hypergeometric, BH-FDR; fold = observed/expected). Counts kept; sorted by enrichment, so the catch-all Other/Unknown bucket no longer leads.

FamilyGenesFoldFDR
Antibody/Immunoglobulin129.2×0.034

Per-gene assignment

SymbolFamilyDruggable?ECInterPro (top 3)
IL2RGAntibody/ImmunoglobulinyesHempt_rcpt_S_F1_CS, FN3_dom, Ig-like_fold

Expression context

Cohort genes with no expression data: 0.

1 cohort gene are a single-cell marker in ≥1 SCXA experiment.

Breadth distribution (Bgee present_calls)

BucketGenes
narrow (1-5 tissues)0
moderate (6-20)0
broad (>20)1
unknown0

Top tissues across cohort

TissueCohort genes
granulocyte1
lymph node1
vermiform appendix1

Per-gene tissue summary (top 30)

SymbolBgee breadthFANTOM5 breadthSCXATop tissues
IL2RG213broadmarkergranulocyte, lymph node, vermiform appendix

Protein interactions among cohort

Intra-cohort edges: 0.

Hub genes (top 10 by interactor count)

SymbolInteractor count
IL2RG2,470

Structural data

PDB: 1 · AlphaFold-only: 0 · No structure: 0

Cohort genes with PDB structures (top 30)

SymbolUniProtPDB entries
IL2RGP3178514

Function

Pathway analysis

Distinct Reactome pathways touched by cohort: 9. Enrichment computed across 1 evidence-associated genes (1 with Reactome annotation).

Pathways by enrichment

Over-representation of cohort genes vs the genome-wide background (hypergeometric test, Benjamini-Hochberg FDR; fold = observed/expected over 1 annotated cohort genes). Counts and members are kept as ground-truth; sorted by enrichment.

PathwayCohort genesFoldFDRSample cohort genes
Interleukin-9 signaling11268.9×0.002IL2RG
Interleukin-21 signaling11142.0×0.002IL2RG
STAT3 nuclear events downstream of ALK signaling11038.2×0.002IL2RG
Interleukin-2 signaling1951.7×0.002IL2RG
Interleukin-15 signaling1761.3×0.002IL2RG
Interleukin receptor SHC signaling1407.9×0.004IL2RG
Interleukin-7 signaling1317.2×0.004IL2RG
Interleukin-4 and Interleukin-13 signaling1102.9×0.011IL2RG
RAF/MAP kinase cascade161.1×0.016IL2RG

GO biological processes by enrichment

Over-representation of cohort genes vs the genome-wide background (hypergeometric test, Benjamini-Hochberg FDR; fold = observed/expected over 1 annotated cohort genes). Counts and members are kept as ground-truth; sorted by enrichment.

GO termCohort genesFoldFDRSample cohort genes
mature B cell differentiation116852.0×0.001IL2RG
CD4-positive, CD25-positive, alpha-beta regulatory T cell differentiation15617.3×0.001IL2RG
positive regulation of CD4-positive, CD25-positive, alpha-beta regulatory T cell differentiation13370.4×0.001IL2RG
lymphocyte differentiation12808.7×0.001IL2RG
interleukin-4-mediated signaling pathway12407.4×0.001IL2RG
interleukin-2-mediated signaling pathway12106.5×0.001IL2RG
interleukin-7-mediated signaling pathway12106.5×0.001IL2RG
interleukin-9-mediated signaling pathway12106.5×0.001IL2RG
interleukin-15-mediated signaling pathway11685.2×0.001IL2RG
positive regulation of T cell differentiation in thymus11532.0×0.001IL2RG
positive regulation of B cell differentiation11123.5×0.002IL2RG
cellular homeostasis1802.5×0.002IL2RG
positive regulation of immunoglobulin production1481.5×0.003IL2RG
T cell differentiation in thymus1411.0×0.003IL2RG
positive regulation of phagocytosis1318.0×0.004IL2RG
cytokine-mediated signaling pathway1130.6×0.009IL2RG
gene expression179.9×0.014IL2RG
immune response147.1×0.022IL2RG
signal transduction116.1×0.062IL2RG

Therapeutics

Drug target analysis

Approved (phase 4): 0 · Phase ≥3: 0 · Phased (≥1): 0 · Undrugged: 1

Druggability breadth: 1 of 1 evidence-associated genes (100%) have a ChEMBL target (buckets above are over the deeply-mined display cohort).

Top cohort targets by molecule count

SymbolMoleculesMax phase
IL2RG00

Bioactivity and enzyme data

Enzyme cohort genes (≥1 EC): 0.

Pharmacogenomics

Cohort genes with a PharmGKB record: 1; with CPIC/DPWG dosing guidelines: 0.

No cohort gene has a CPIC/DPWG genotype-guided dosing guideline (PharmGKB).

Chemical tractability of cohort targets

0 approved/phased compounds have measured bioactivity against a cohort gene (and aren’t yet in disease-level trials). This is a research / tractability signal, NOT a therapeutic recommendation — a bioactivity row often reflects off-target or screening binding (e.g. promiscuous kinase inhibitors against a cohort kinase), implying no disease mechanism.

Druggability pyramid

Cohort genes binned by druggability tier (high → low):

TierDefinitionGenesSymbols
AApproved (phase 4 drug)0
BPhased (≥1) drug, not yet approved0
CDruggable family + PDB, no drug1IL2RG
DDruggable family + AlphaFold only, no drug0
EDifficult family or no structure, no drug0

Undrugged target profiles

1 cohort genes are undrugged. Ranked by ‘starting-point quality’ (assay depth + drugged-partner adjacency).

SymbolChEMBL assaysDrugged partners (top 3)
IL2RG0

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 0.