人間におけるCTP合成酵素1欠乏症は,リンパ球増殖におけるその中心的な役割を明らかにしています

Emmanuel Martin1, Noé Palmic1, Sylvia Sanquer2

  • 11] Laboratoire Activation Lymphocytaire et Susceptibilité à l'EBV, INSERM UMR 1163, Hôpital Necker Enfants-Malades, Paris 75015, France [2] Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Imagine, Paris 75015, France.

Nature
|May 30, 2014
PubMed
まとめ

CTPS1酵素の変異はリンパ球の増殖を阻害し,重度の免疫不全を引き起こす. CTPS1を復元したり,シチジンを加えたりすると,T細胞の分裂を回復し,CTPS1を突出します.

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