Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Dissection and function of autoimmunity-associated TNFAIP3 (A20) gene enhancers in humanized mouse models

  • Upneet K. Sokhi,
  • Mark P. Liber,
  • Laura Frye,
  • Sungho Park,
  • Kyuho Kang,
  • Tania Pannellini,
  • Baohong Zhao,
  • Rada Norinsky,
  • Lionel B. Ivashkiv,
  • Shiaoching Gong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03081-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The human TNFAIP3 gene, which encodes for A20, is associated with autoimmune diseases. Here, the authors use BAC transgenics combined with CRISPR- and recombineering-mediated genome editing to dissect in vivo and in primary immune cells, the role of enhancers regulating TNFAIP3.