DOI: 10.70962/jhi.20260157 ISSN: 3065-8993

NFKB1 truncation–associated recurrent, sterile inflammation effectively treated with IL-1β blockade

Kevin S. Ackerman, Isabel F. Armendi, Jay J. Mehta, Neil Romberg

Recurrent, sterile inflammatory responses to surgery and trauma in a patient with a heterozygous, truncating NFKB1 variant are described. This case illustrates the autoinflammatory phenotype of truncating NFKB1 variants and highlights the prospect of a targeted, personalized immunomodulatory therapy.

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