Deficiency in class III PI3-kinase confers postnatal lethality with IBD-like features in zebrafish

The functions of the class III PI3-kinase (PIK3C3) in gut homeostasis and innate immunity are poorly understood. Here the authors show that PIK3C3-deficient zebrafishes develop intestinal injury and inflammation due to mislocalization of cell junction proteins.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shaoyang Zhao, Jianhong Xia, Xiuhua Wu, Leilei Zhang, Pengtao Wang, Haiyun Wang, Heying Li, Xiaoshan Wang, Yan Chen, Jean Agnetti, Yinxiong Li, Duanqing Pei, Xiaodong Shu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05105-8