Review Article

Biological Treatments: New Weapons in the Management of Monogenic Autoinflammatory Disorders

Table 1

Basic genetic and clinical keys of the monogenic autoinflammatory disorders discussed in the review.

DiseaseGene
(Locus)
ProteinInheritanceProminent clinical features or potential complications

FMFMEFV
(16p13.3)
Pyrin ARRecurrent fever, serositis (abdominal and chest pain), arthralgias or arthritides, erysipelas-like skin eruption on the legs, good response to colchicine, and amyloidosis in untreated, resistant, and noncompliant patients
TRAPSTNFRSF1A
(12p13)
Tumor necrosis factor receptor 1ADRecurrent fever, migrating muscle and joint involvement, abdominal pain, serosal inflammatory involvement, steroid responsiveness of febrile attacks, conjunctivitis, periorbital edema, and amyloidosis
FCASRecurrent fever, and cold-induced urticaria-like rash, conjunctivitis, arthralgias
MWSNLRP3
(1q44)
CryopyrinADRecurrent fever, urticaria-like rash, conjunctivitis, arthralgias, sensorineuroal deafness, and amyloidosis
NOMIDSubcontinuous fever, chronic urticaria-like rash, uveitis, papilledema, deforming arthritides involving large joints (knees), aseptic chronic meningopathy, sensorineuroal deafness, and amyloidosis
MKDMVK
 (12q24)
Mevalonate kinaseARRecurrent fever, polymorphous rash, arthralgias, abdominal pain, diarrhea, lymph node enlargement, headache, splenomegaly, oral and genital aphthosis, and high rate of self-resolution during adulthood
NLRP12ADNLRP12
(19q13)
Monarch-1ADRecurrent fever after cold exposure, arthralgias, and cold-induced urticaria-like rash
BSNOD2
(CARD15)
(16q12.1–13)
NOD2ADIntermittent fever, granulomatous dermatitis with ichthyosis-like changes, granulomatous polyarthritis, recurrent panuveitis, and onset before 5 years
MSLPIN2
(18p11.31)
Lipin 2ARRecurrent multifocal osteomyelitis, dyserythropoietic anemia, and chronic dermatosis
PAPAsPSTPIP1
(15q24–q25.1)
CD2 antigen-binding protein 1ADPyoderma gangrenosum, cystic acne, and sterile pyogenic oligoarthritis
DIRAIL1RN 
(2q14)
Interleukin-1 receptor antagonistARNeonatal onset-multifocal osteomyelitis, periostitis, neonatal onset-pustular rash, and dramatic response to anakinra

FMF: familial Mediterranean fever; TRAPS: tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome; FCAS: familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome; MWS: Muckle-Wells syndrome; NOMID: neonatal onset multisystem inflammatory disease; MKD: mevalonate kinase deficiency syndrome; NLRP12AD: NLRP12-associated autoinflammatory disorder; BS: Blau syndrome; MS: Majeed syndrome; PAPAs: pyogenic arthritis, pyoderma gangrenosum, acne syndrome; DIRA: deficiency of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist; AR: autosomal recessive; AD: autosomal dominant.