Combined Immunodeficiency
Gene: MYB
PMID:27577878 (2016) reported a cohort of patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases from 278 families from 22 countries investigated using whole-exome sequencing, of which one patient (8 year-old female) with immunodeficiency, progressive bone marrow failure, short stature and dysmorphic facial features were identified with a heterozygous 3.4Mb deletion on chromosome 6 including Myb gene.
PMID:36168523 (2022) reported two patients presenting with a combined deficiency phenotype ((B-cell lymphocytopenia, hypogammaglobulinemia) that progressed into severe bone marrow dysfunction. Patient 1 (a 22-year old male of Dutch descent) additionally showed telomere shortening and Case 2 ( of French-Canadian descent) developed autoimmune-like features (polyarthritis, granulomatous dermatitis). They both were identified with de novo heterozygous variants in DNA-binding domain of MYB gene using trio exome sequnecing (patient 1: c.545A>G/ p.Lys182Arg; patient 2: c.383A>G/ p.Lys128Arg). Functional evidence is available for patient 1 (T-cell phenotyping, RT-PCR, flow cytometry) showing altered Zeb2/c-Myb/Tcf7 expression, particularly in CD8+ T cells.
There is also evidence available from mice models - Homozygous null variants of MYB in mice were shown to be lethal. But, heterozygous, temporal and local null models of the DNA-binding domain exon in mice and human cell lines have shown that its product, the c-Myb transcription factor, is crucial for pro- and pre-B cell differentiation by controlling the expression of interleukin-7 receptor-α, and recombinase activating gene (Rag) and the initiation of survival signals (PMIDs: 20130238 (2010) & 29654210 (2019)).
In summary, there are two unrelated patients with heterozygous SNVs in Myb gene and functional evidence including mouse models available from literature in support of the association of Myb with combined immunodeficiency. Hence, this gene can be promoted to green rating.
Sources: LiteratureCreated: 31 Jul 2026, 2:06 a.m.
Mode of inheritance
MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted
Phenotypes
combined immunodeficiency, MONDO:0015131
Publications
Gene: myb has been classified as Green List (High Evidence).
gene: MYB was added gene: MYB was added to Combined Immunodeficiency. Sources: Expert Review Green,Literature Mode of inheritance for gene: MYB was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, NOT imprinted Publications for gene: MYB were set to 20130238; 27577878; 29654210; 36168523 Phenotypes for gene: MYB were set to combined immunodeficiency, MONDO:0015131