EROS (Essential for Reactive Oxygen Species) protein (CYBC1) is indispensable for expression of the gp91phox-p22phox heterodimer of the phagocyte NADPH oxidase. EROS deficiency in humans is a novel cause of chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) but its mechanism of action remains unclear. Our work des...
X-CGD (X-linked chronic granulomatous disease) patient derived CD34+ cells were reprogrammed into two X-CGD iPSC clones (7 and 25) and subsequently corrected using ZFN (clone 7) and TALEN (clone 25) by integrating a therapeutic gp91phox expression cassette into the AAVS1 "safe harbor" locu...
The response of AM transcription to exposure to conidia is expected to provide information about the mechanism by which these cells prevent conidial germination and therefore invasive aspergillosis. Experiment Overall Design: Conidia from A. fumigatus or polystyrene beads were instilled into lungs o...
