Background: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects 3.9% of the general population. While massed cognitive processing therapy (CPT) has demonstrated efficacy in treating chronic PTSD, a substantial proportion of patients still continue to meet PTSD criteria after treatment, highlighting the need for novel therapeutic approaches.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe GM2 gangliosidoses, Tay-Sachs disease and Sandhoff disease, are devastating neurodegenerative disorders caused by β-hexosaminidase A (HexA) deficiency. In the Sandhoff disease mouse model, rescue potential was severely reduced when HexA was introduced after disease onset. Here, we assess the effect of recombinant HexA and HexD3, a newly engineered mimetic of HexA optimized for the treatment of Tay-Sachs disease and Sandhoff disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe cytosolic capping protein, Arp2/3 and myosin-I linker protein 2 or CARMIL2 plays an important role in T/B/NK cell function. Biallelic disease causing variants in CARMIL2 are known to cause immunodeficiency 58. We report a 13-year-old girl with recurrent infections, dermatitis and nephrotic syndrome since childhood.
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