Table 1 Clinical and genetic features of 7 NLRP3-AID patients with ocular involvement.

From: Ocular manifestations in Chinese adult patients with NLRP3-associated autoinflammatory disease

Patients

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Gender

M

M

F

M

F

M

F

Ethnicity

Han

Han

Han

Han

Han

Han

Han

Age at onset, years old

2

2

0 (at birth)

10

2

6

6

Age at diagnosis, years old

23

31

20

22

39

32

45

Diagnosis delay, years

21

29

20

12

37

26

39

Family history

+

+

+

+

Fever

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Rash

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Oral ulcers

+

+

Arthralgia/arthritis

+

+

+

+

+

+

Hearing loss

+

+

+

+

+

+

Central nervous system involvement

+

+

+

+

+

+

Lymphadenopathy

+

+

Lower limbs edema

+

+

Myalgia

+

+

+

+

Abdominal pain

+

Fatigue

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Amyloidosis

Eye involvement

       

  Conjunctivitis

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

  Uveitis

+

+

  Glaucoma

+

  Papilledema

+

+

+

+

+

  Optic neuritis

+

+

  Optic atrophy

+

+

Acute phase reactants elevation

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

NLRP3 variants

p.V70M

p.T348M

p.D303G

p.T348M

p.T348M

p.G326E

p.A439V

Treatments*

Glucocorticoids

+++$

++

NU

++

++

NU

++

Immunosuppressants

NU

MTX, ++

MTX, ++

MTX, ++

MMF, ++

NU

AZA,++

TNFα inhibitors

NU

+++

+++

+++

NU

NU

NU

  1. MTX methotrexate, MMF mycophenolate mofetil, AZA azathioprine, NU not used.
  2. *−poor response; +mild response; ++moderate response; +++good response. $Oral treatment only during attacks.