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ey0015.2-11 | FOXP3 mutations lead to early onset diabetes mellitus with no other clinical manifestations | ESPEYB15

FOXP3 mutations can lead to early onset diabetes mellitus with no other clinical manifestations

JL Hwang , SY Park , H Ye , M Sanyoura , AN Pastore , D Carmody , D Del Gaudio , JF Wilson , CL Hanis , X Liu , G Atzmon , B Glaser , LH Philipson , SAW Greeley , Consortium T2D-Genes

To read the full abstract: Pediatr Diabetes. 2018 May;19(3):388-392Mutations in FOXP3 are associated with a severe, early-onset, autoimmunity syndrome known in males known as IPEX (immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, X-linked; OMIM [Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man] 304930). The gene maps to chromosome Xp11.23 and encodes a 431–amino acid protein, also named &#8216...

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...