Yajie Yin

Nov 8, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Oliver Takacsi-Nagy |Austin Hartman |Andy Chen |Yajie Yin

AbstractProtein-coding genes in the human genome evolved via modular rearrangement of domains from ancestral genes. Here, we develop a scalable, evolutionarily guided method to assemble novel protein-coding genes from constituent domains within a protein family, termed DESynR (Domain Engineered via Synthesis and Recombination) genes.

Nov 8, 2023 | nature.com | Caleb A Lareau |Yajie Yin |Katie Maurer |Katalin Sandor |Bence Daniel |Jose Sanz Peña | +20 more

AbstractCell therapies have yielded durable clinical benefits for patients with cancer, but the risks associated with the development of therapies from manipulated human cells are understudied. For example, we lack a comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms of toxicities observed in patients receiving T cell therapies, including recent reports of encephalitis caused by reactivation of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6)1.