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Record W4409360271 · doi:10.14785/lymphosign-2025-0002

A potential novel genetic etiology of autoimmune encephalopathy

2025· article· en· W4409360271 on OpenAlex

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affAt least one author lists a Canadian institution in the pinned OpenAlex snapshot.
venuePublished in a venue whose home country is Canada.

Bibliographic record

VenueLymphoSign Journal · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldImmunology and Microbiology
Topicinterferon and immune responses
Canadian institutionsSickKids FoundationHospital for Sick ChildrenUniversity of Toronto
Fundersnot available
KeywordsEtiologyEncephalopathyMedicineImmunologyNeuroscienceBiologyPathologyInternal medicine

Abstract

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Background: Encephalitis refers to inflammation of the brain parenchyma, which frequently leads to significant morbidity and mortality. A specific cause is identified in only half of the cases, with viral and autoimmune origins being the most common. In the remaining cases, the cause of encephalitis often remains unknown. Rare genetic conditions manifesting as encephalitis have been identified. Interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3) is a key transcription regulator involved in cellular responses, playing an essential role in innate immunity. However, IRF3 may also contribute to harmful immune responses, such as those seen in proinflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Several genetic variants or single nucleotide polymorphisms within IRF genes have been found at higher frequencies in patients with autoimmune diseases compared to healthy controls, suggesting a link to either increased risk or protection against these diseases. Methods: Our patient’s medical record was analyzed retrospectively, including his medical history, as well as results from immune laboratory tests and genetic analyses. Results: We present a 19-year-old male with autoimmune encephalopathy. Whole exome sequencing analysis revealed a novel heterozygous variant in the IRF3 gene (NM_001571.6), c.910G>A resulting in p.Gly304Arg. Conclusion: The presence of IRF3 mutations may lead to the development of autoimmune encephalopathy. Statement of Novelty: We have identified a novel variant in the IRF3 gene in a patient with autoimmune encephalopathy.

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Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesInsufficient payload (model declined to judge)
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.177
Threshold uncertainty score1.000

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.005
GPT teacher head0.230
Teacher spread0.224 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it