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ArticleLeukemia2025

Characterization of E1 enzyme dependencies in mutant-UBA1 human cells reveals UBA6 as a novel therapeutic target in VEXAS syndrome.

Courtnee A Clough, Claire Cunningham, Sophia Y Philbrook, Kathleen M Hueneman, Avery M Sampson, Kwangmin Choi, Kenneth D Greis, Daniel Starczynowski

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Article in Leukemia, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Cell autonomous inflammation in VEXAS is mediated by cGAS-STING.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
    Article
  2. VEXAS syndrome.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2026
    Review
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Courtnee A CloughDivision of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7859-7252
Claire CunninghamDivision of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Sophia Y PhilbrookDivision of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-6973-902X
Kathleen M HuenemanDivision of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Avery M SampsonDivision of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7241-8770
Kwangmin ChoiDivision of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4671-962X
Kenneth D GreisDepartment of Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5316-3351
Daniel StarczynowskiDivision of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA. daniel.starczynowski@cchmc.org.ORCID 0000-0002-5771-7462

Funding

Xenotransplant and Genome Editing CoreU54DK126108 · NIDDK · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI Daniel Starczynowski, YI ZHENG · 2021 to 2026
$5.0M
Decoding innate immune signaling in normal and myelodysplastic hematopoiesisR35HL166430 · NHLBI · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI Daniel Starczynowski · 2023 to 2026
$4.3M
Dissecting innate immune signaling in pre-leukemia evolutionR01CA271455 · NCI · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI Iannis Aifantis, Daniel Starczynowski · 2022 to 2026
$3.2M
Therapeutic targeting of IRAK4 in MDSR01CA275007 · NCI · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Daniel Starczynowski, Amit K. Verma · 2022 to 2026
$2.6M
Post-Graduate Hematology/Oncology Translational (PG-HOT) Training ProgramT32CA236764 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI QI, XIAOYANG, SCAGLIONI, PIER PAOLO · 2019 to 2023
$2.1M
An Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry System for the University of Cincinnati Proteomics LaboratoryS10OD026717 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI GREIS, KENNETH DONALD · 2019 to 2019
$816k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA271455NCI NIH HHS R01 CA275007NCI NIH HHS T32 CA236764NHLBI NIH HHS R35 HL166430NIDDK NIH HHS U54 DK126108NIH HHS S10 OD026717
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

VEXAS syndrome is a clonal hematopoietic disorder characterized by hyperinflammation, bone marrow failure, and high mortality. The molecular hallmark of VEXAS is somatic mutations at methionine 41 (M41) in the E1 ubiquitin enzyme, UBA1. These mutations induce a protein isoform switch, but the mechanisms underlying disease pathogenesis remain unclear. Here, we developed a human cell model of VEXAS syndrome by engineering the male monocytic THP1 cell line to express the common UBA1

Indexed as

MutationUbiquitin-Activating EnzymesHumansMyelodysplastic SyndromesSkin Diseases, GeneticUbiquitinationUBA1 protein, humanUBA6 protein, humanUbiquitin-Activating Enzymes

Identifiers

PMID40588566
PMCPMC12310546

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