2020
Disease-associated CTNNBL1 mutation impairs somatic hypermutation by decreasing nuclear AID
Kuhny M, Forbes LR, Çakan E, Vega-Loza A, Kostiuk V, Dinesh RK, Glauzy S, Stray-Pedersen A, Pezzi AE, Hanson IC, Vargas-Hernandez A, Xu ML, Akdemir Z, Jhangiani SN, Muzny DM, Gibbs RA, Lupski JR, Chinn IK, Schatz DG, Orange JS, Meffre E. Disease-associated CTNNBL1 mutation impairs somatic hypermutation by decreasing nuclear AID. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2020, 130: 4411-4422. PMID: 32484799, PMCID: PMC7410074, DOI: 10.1172/jci131297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsB cellsActivation-induced cytidine deaminaseHealthy donor counterpartsIsotype-switched B cellsCommon variable immunodeficiencyMemory B cellsSomatic hypermutationAutoimmune cytopeniasDecreased incidenceVariable immunodeficiencyB cell linesUnderlying molecular defectsNuclear AIDPatient's EBVRamos B cellsPatientsProtein 1Cell linesMolecular defectsCellsCytidine deaminaseMutations
2009
Leaky severe combined immunodeficiency and aberrant DNA rearrangements due to a hypomorphic RAG1 mutation
Giblin W, Chatterji M, Westfield G, Masud T, Theisen B, Cheng HL, DeVido J, Alt FW, Ferguson DO, Schatz DG, Sekiguchi J. Leaky severe combined immunodeficiency and aberrant DNA rearrangements due to a hypomorphic RAG1 mutation. Blood 2009, 113: 2965-2975. PMID: 19126872, PMCID: PMC2662642, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2008-07-165167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDouble-strand breaksHypomorphic RAG1 mutationsImmune system dysfunctionDNA rearrangementsKnockin mouse modelP53 mutant backgroundAberrant DNA rearrangementsDNA double-strand breaksPremature immunosenescenceDNA end processingSystem dysfunctionRecombination signal sequencesMouse modelRAG1 mutationsImmune systemMice exhibitAntigen receptor genesThymic lymphomasTumor developmentVivo evidenceMutant backgroundLymphocyte developmentSignal sequenceReceptor geneHypomorphic mutations