Tocilizumab reduces the unmanageable inflammatory reaction of a patient with Aicardi-Goutières syndrome type 7 during treatment with ruxolitinib

• Main Authors: Wei Wang (Author), Siming Peng (Author), Sihao Gao (Author), Meiying Quan (Author), Lijuan Gou (Author), Changyan Wang (Author), Zhixing Sun (Author), Zhuo Li (Author), Dongmei Lian (Author), Hongmei Song (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Aicardi-Goutières syndrome (AGS) is a rare hereditary early-onset encephalopathy characterized by upregulation of the type I interferon pathway, poorly responsive to conventional immunosuppression. Case presentation We describe a 7-year-old Chinese boy who developed symptoms at...