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Human PI3Kγ deficiency and its microbiota-dependent mouse model reveal immunodeficiency and tissue immunopathology
Takeda AJ, Maher TJ, Zhang Y, Lanahan SM, Bucklin ML, Compton SR, Tyler PM, Comrie WA, Matsuda M, Olivier KN, Pittaluga S, McElwee JJ, Long Priel DA, Kuhns DB, Williams RL, Mustillo PJ, Wymann MP, Koneti Rao V, Lucas CL. Human PI3Kγ deficiency and its microbiota-dependent mouse model reveal immunodeficiency and tissue immunopathology. Nature Communications 2019, 10: 4364. PMID: 31554793, PMCID: PMC6761123, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12311-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cellsAppropriate adaptive immune responsePet store miceRegulatory T cellsCD4 T cellsAnti-inflammatory functionsAdaptive immune responsesLymphocytic pneumonitisPI3Kγ deficiencyTissue immunopathologyIL-23Memory CD8IL-12TLR stimulationImmune modulationImmune responseGSK3α/βMouse modelMemory BHuman patientsMiceDependent mannerP110γ catalytic subunitFunction mutationsDrug targets
2022
A multiple sclerosis–protective coding variant reveals an essential role for HDAC7 in regulatory T cells
Axisa P, Yoshida T, Lucca L, Kasler H, Lincoln M, Pham G, Del Priore D, Carpier J, Lucas C, Verdin E, Sumida T, Hafler D. A multiple sclerosis–protective coding variant reveals an essential role for HDAC7 in regulatory T cells. Science Translational Medicine 2022, 14: eabl3651. PMID: 36516268, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abl3651.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExperimental autoimmune encephalitisRegulatory T cellsHistone deacetylase 7Multiple sclerosisT cellsMouse modelFunction of Foxp3CD4 T cellsHigher suppressive capacityVivo modelingAutoimmune encephalitisEAE severityImmunosuppressive subsetAutoimmune diseasesImmunomodulatory roleSuppressive capacityImmune cellsDisease onsetDistinct molecular classesSusceptibility lociGenetic susceptibility lociSingle-cell RNA sequencingDisease riskPatient samplesProtective variants
2016
PI3Kδ and primary immunodeficiencies
Lucas CL, Chandra A, Nejentsev S, Condliffe AM, Okkenhaug K. PI3Kδ and primary immunodeficiencies. Nature Reviews Immunology 2016, 16: 702-714. PMID: 27616589, PMCID: PMC5291318, DOI: 10.1038/nri.2016.93.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell DifferentiationCellular SenescenceEnzyme ActivationGene Expression RegulationHumansImmune SystemImmunityImmunologic Deficiency SyndromesLymphocyte ActivationLymphocytesMolecular Targeted TherapyMutationPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPhosphoinositide-3 Kinase InhibitorsProtein SubunitsSignal TransductionConceptsPrimary immunodeficiencyT cellsHeterozygous mutationsAntibody replacement therapyStructural lung damageRegulatory T cellsT cell senescencePI3Kδ inhibitor idelalisibRecurrent sinopulmonary infectionsB-cell malignanciesHerpes family virusesMTOR inhibitor rapamycinPI3Kδ syndromeMost patientsLung damageLymphoma trialsReplacement therapyLymphoproliferative diseaseSinopulmonary infectionsAntibody responseP110δ catalytic subunitCell malignanciesB cellsImmune systemPatients