ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0016.14-4 | (1) | ESPEYB16

14.4. A reprogramming human T cell function and specificity with non-viral genome targeting

TL Roth , C Puig-Saus , R Yu , E Shifrut , J Carnevale , PJ Li , Hiatt , J Saco , P Krystofinski , H Li , V Tobin , DN Nguyen , MR Lee , AL Putnam , AL Ferris , JW Chen , JN Schickel , L Pellerin , D Carmody , G Alkorta-Aranburu , D Del Gaudio , H Matsumoto , M Morell , Y Mao , M Cho , RM Quadros , CB Gurumurthy , B Smith , M Haugwitz , SH Hughes , JS Weissman , K Schumann , JH Esensten , AP May , A Ashworth , GM Kupfer , SAW Greeley , R Bacchetta , E Meffre , MG Roncarolo , N Romberg , KC Herold , A Ribas , MD Leonetti , A Marson

To read the full abstract: Nature. 2018 Jul;559(7714):405–409This article decries a CRISPR-Cas9 genome-targeting system that does not require viral vectors, allowing rapid and efficient insertion of large DNA sequences at specific sites in the genomes of primary human T cells, while preserving cell viability and function.The common approach to genetically...

ey0015.8-4 | New Mechanisms | ESPEYB15

8.4 Dynamic responses of the adrenal steroidogenic regulatory network

F Spiga , E Zavala , JJ Walker , Z Zhao , JR Terry , SL Lightman

To read the full abstract: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017; 114(31): E6466-E6474Cortisol production is tightly regulated in a dynamic way within the hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal system, which seems further embedded in a wider steroidogenic regulatory network (SRN). Normally, the connection from ACTH to cortisol production is in line with the HPA axis, but there are stressful events, in which t...