PW02-028 - Association of novel NLRP3 mutations with CAPS phenotype in Turkish patients

Introduction Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes (CAPS) are a group of rare, inherited, autoinflammatory diseases involved of Familial Cold Autoinflammatory Syndrome (FCAS), Muckle-Wells Syndrome (MWS) and Neonatal Onset Multisystem Inflammatory Disease (NOMID) (also called Chronic Infantile Neurologic Cutaneous Articular, or CINCA, Syndrome. The responsible gene NLRP3 (nucleotide-binding domain, leucine-rich family [NLR], pyrin domain containing, produces cryopyrin protein which participates in inflammasome complexes leading to production of interleukin-1b (IL-1b) and autoinflammation.