Major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC II) deficiency, also known as bare lymphocyte syndrome type II, is an autosomal recessive combined immunodeficiency caused by mutations in one of four key transcriptional regulators of MHC-II gene expression: CIITA (group A), RFXANK (group B), RFX5 (group C) or RFXAP (group D) (1–3). The gene discussed is CIITA; the disease is MHC class II deficiency.