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ArticleImmunologic research2009

Revertant somatic mosaicism in the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome.

Brian R Davis, Fabio Candotti

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Article in Immunologic research, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Gene editing-based targeted integration for correction of Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome.Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2024
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  9. Recent Advances in DOCK8 Immunodeficiency Syndrome.Journal of clinical immunology · 2016
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  16. Revertant mosaicism in skin: natural gene therapy.Trends in molecular medicine · 2011
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  17. Gene defects in the soma: some get it and some don't!The Journal of clinical investigation · 2011
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Brian R DavisCentre for Stem Cell Research, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Fabio Candotti
Brown Foundation · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Gene Therapy Approaches for Primary ImmunodeficienciesZIAHG000122 · NHGRI · NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI CANDOTTI, FABIO · 2009 to 2014
$6.5M
GENE THERAPY APPROACHES FOR PRIMARY IMMUNODEFICIENCIESZ01HG000122 · NHGRI · NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI CANDOTTI, FABIO · 1998 to 2008
$3.2M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Up to 11% of patients affected with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) have presented with somatic mosaicism due to spontaneous in vivo reversion to normal of the original mutation or second-site compensatory mutations that restored production of the WAS gene product. The reasons underlying the high prevalence of this phenomenon in WAS are unclear and may include strong selective advantage of revertant cells over mutated populations, abnormally high general mutation rate and/or increased susceptibility of specific WAS gene sequences to DNA polymerase errors. Additional studies in human samples and in vitro/in vivo models of the disease will likely yield further insights into the mechanisms responsible for the occurrence of revertant mosaicism in WAS and elucidate additional biological characteristics of the WAS gene and protein.

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MosaicismCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesDNA RepairHumansMutationWiskott-Aldrich Syndrome

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PMID19129986
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