Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Human PI3Kγ deficiency and its microbiota-dependent mouse model reveal immunodeficiency and tissue immunopathology

  • Andrew J. Takeda,
  • Timothy J. Maher,
  • Yu Zhang,
  • Stephen M. Lanahan,
  • Molly L. Bucklin,
  • Susan R. Compton,
  • Paul M. Tyler,
  • William A. Comrie,
  • Makoto Matsuda,
  • Kenneth N. Olivier,
  • Stefania Pittaluga,
  • Joshua J. McElwee,
  • Debra A. Long Priel,
  • Douglas B. Kuhns,
  • Roger L. Williams,
  • Peter J. Mustillo,
  • Matthias P. Wymann,
  • V. Koneti Rao,
  • Carrie L. Lucas

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12311-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Causally linking a mutation to clinical phenotypes in rare hereditary diseases is both challenging and illuminating. Here the authors identify PI3Kɣ mutations in a patient with immune dysregulation, and recapitulate the phenotypes in PI3Kɣ-deficient mice by exposing them to natural microbiota from pet-shop mice.