Publication Date:
2015-11-06
Description:
Article Jmjd6 is a dioxygenase that catalyses lysyl hydroxylation of splicing regulatory proteins. Here the authors show that Jmjd6 directs splicing of a central tolerance regulator Aire in medullary thymic epithelial cells, and that Jmjd6 deficiency leads to loss of Aire and multi-organ autoimmunity in mice. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms9820 Authors: Toyoshi Yanagihara, Fumiyuki Sanematsu, Tetsuya Sato, Takehito Uruno, Xuefeng Duan, Takahiro Tomino, Yosuke Harada, Mayuki Watanabe, Yuqing Wang, Yoshihiko Tanaka, Yoichi Nakanishi, Mikita Suyama, Fukui Yoshinori
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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