From NCBI Gene: Immunodeficiency 27bDisseminated atypical mycobacterial infectionHelicobacter pylori infection, susceptibility toHepatitis b virus, susceptibility toMycobacterium tuberculosis, susceptibility toFrom UniProt: Immunodeficiency 27B (IMD27B): A form of Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease, a rare condition caused by impairment of interferon-gamma mediated immunity. It is characterized by predisposition to illness caused by moderately virulent mycobacterial species, such as Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine, environmental non-tuberculous mycobacteria, and by the more virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Other microorganisms rarely cause severe clinical disease in individuals with susceptibility to mycobacterial infections, with the exception of Salmonella which infects less than 50% of these individuals. Clinical outcome severity depends on the degree of impairment of interferon-gamma mediated immunity. Some patients die of overwhelming mycobacterial disease with lepromatous-like lesions in early childhood, whereas others develop, later in life, disseminated but curable infections with tuberculoid granulomas. IMD27B commonly presents with recurrent, moderately severe infections with environmental mycobacteria or BCG. Salmonellosis is present in about 5% of patients. [MIM:615978] Immunodeficiency 27A (IMD27A): A form of Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease, a rare condition caused by impairment of interferon-gamma mediated immunity. It is characterized by predisposition to illness caused by moderately virulent mycobacterial species, such as Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine, environmental non-tuberculous mycobacteria, and by the more virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Other microorganisms rarely cause severe clinical disease in individuals with susceptibility to mycobacterial infections, with the exception of Salmonella which infects less than 50% of these individuals. Clinical outcome severity depends on the degree of impairment of interferon-gamma mediated immunity. Some patients die of overwhelming mycobacterial disease with lepromatous-like lesions in early childhood, whereas others develop, later in life, disseminated but curable infections with tuberculoid granulomas. [MIM:209950]

     From NCBI Gene: This gene (IFNGR1) encodes the ligand-binding chain (alpha) of the gamma interferon receptor. Human interferon-gamma receptor is a heterodimer of IFNGR1 and IFNGR2. A genetic variation in IFNGR1 is associated with susceptibility to Helicobacter pylori infection. In addition, defects in IFNGR1 are a cause of mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease, also known as familial disseminated atypical mycobacterial infection. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] From UniProt: Associates with IFNGR2 to form a receptor for the cytokine interferon gamma (IFNG) (PubMed:7615558, PubMed:2971451, PubMed:7617032, PubMed:10986460). Ligand binding stimulates activation of the JAK/STAT signaling pathway (PubMed:7673114).

The following transcription factors affect gene expression:

• STAT1
• STAT1alpha
• STAT1beta
• NF-kappaB
• NF-kappaB1
• STAT3
• p53

Molecular Function:

• Interferon-Gamma Receptor Activity
• Interleukin-20 Binding

Biological Processes:

• Signal Transduction
• Response To Virus
• Interferon-Gamma-Mediated Signaling Pathway
• Regulation Of Interferon-Gamma-Mediated Signaling Pathway

Drug Bank:

• Interferon Gamma-1b