Table 2.

Additional inborn errors of IL-6 family cytokines/receptors

Genetic defectIL6STIL11RALIFROSMOSMRaIL31RAaIL27RA
Inheritance AR complete AR AR AR AD AD AR 
Core syndrome SWS Craniosynostosis/dental abnormalities SWS Severe bone marrow failure FPLCA FPLCA EBV susceptibility 
Main clinical lesson IL-6ST/gp130 is essential for skeletal/autonomic development IL-11 controls craniofacial/dental development LIFR is essential for skeletal/autonomic development OSM supports hematopoiesis/bone marrow niche OSMRβ skin axis implicated in pruritic amyloidosis IL-31RA skin axis implicated in pruritic amyloidosis IL-27 is nonredundant in anti-EBV immunity 
Skin and pulmonary infections Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported Not prominent 
Atopic dermatitis/eczema +/− Not reported Not reported Not reported ± association reported Not reported Not reported 
Extrahematopoietic/developmental abnormalities Skeletal dysplasia/neonatal lung dysfunction Craniosynostosis, dental abnormalities Skeletal dysplasia, pulmonary dysfunction, dysautonomia, urinary tract malformation Not reported Skin-limited amyloidosis; eosinophilic material in the skin Skin-limited amyloidosis Not reported 
Hyper-IgE Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported 
Eosinophilia Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported 
Low memory B cells Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported 
Low Th17 cells Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported − 
Impaired acute-phase/inflammatory responses Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported 
Impaired IL-6 signaling − ND ND ND ND − 
Impaired IL-11 signaling ND ND ND ND ND 
Impaired LIF signaling − ND ND ND ND 
Impaired OSM signaling − ND + (ligand absent) +/− ND/not expected ND 
Impaired IL-31 signaling ND ND ND ND +/− ND/possibly affected in skin ND 
Impaired IL-27 signaling − ND ND ND ND 
Predominant compartment Skeletal/mesenchymal Craniofacial/mesenchymal Skeletal/autonomic/mesenchymal Hematopoietic niche Skin/epithelial-stromal Skin/epithelial-stromal T cell anti-EBV immunity 
Key references (23) (6, 20, 21) (22) (25) (26, 27, 28) (27) (24) 

AD, autosomal dominant; AR, autosomal recessive;  SWS, Stüve–Wiedemann syndrome; FPLCA, familial primary localized cutaneous amyloidosis; EBV, Epstein-Barr virus; ND, not determined.

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OSMR and IL31RA variants have been reported in the heterozygous state in patients with FPLCA, their functional consequences appear context- and variant-dependent and remain incompletely defined.

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