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ey0017.1-6 | Hypopituitarism: Disease Modeling and New Discoveries | ESPEYB17

1.6. Congenital pituitary hypoplasia model demonstrates hypothalamic OTX2 regulation of pituitary progenitor cells

R Matsumoto , H Suga , T Aoi , H Bando , H Fukuoka , G Iguchi , S Narumi , T Hasegawa , K Muguruma , W Ogawa , Y Takahashi

To read the full abstract: J Clin Invest. 2020 Feb 3;130(2):641–654. doi: 10.1172/JCI127378. PMID: 31845906.Congenital pituitary hypoplasia (CPH) is a multifactorial disorder, in which the pituitary has not developed correctly. The underlying mechanisms are mostly unknown, and studies are limited by the lack of appropriate disease models. This work modelled the effect of a novel OTX2</e...

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...