James Russ-Silsby
@jamesr-s.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Exeter studying the genetics of neonatal diabetes.
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I’m excited to share the 2 newest Neonatal diabetes genes: RNU4ATAC and RNU6ATAC. These genes encode snRNA components of the minor spliceosome and biallelic variants in them cause monogenic autoimmune diabetes. If you are at #EASD, come to Matt Johnson’s talk Tuesday @4pm in Milan hall to hear more.
The minor spliceosome is a master immune regulator
Pathogenic variants in non-coding genes are emerging as critical contributors to human rare diseases. We identified 19 individuals with early-onset diabetes (diagnosed <5 years) and additional clinica...
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danieljdrucker.bsky.social
Homozygous loss-of-function variants in PAX4 are a novel genetic cause of transient neonatal #diabetes www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
jamesr-s.bsky.social
Really proud of this Exeter–Stanford collaboration identifying bi-allelic variants in PAX4 as a novel cause of transient neonatal diabetes—the first new genetic cause of this subtype described in over a decade. This work expands our understanding of beta cell development.
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Complete Loss of PAX4 causes Transient Neonatal Diabetes in Humans
Gene discovery studies in individuals with diabetes diagnosed within 6 months of life (neonatal diabetes, NDM) can provide unique insights into the de…
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luke-sharp.bsky.social
MODY is prevalent in later onset diabetes. Really proud to announce the release of a preprint of our paper assessing MODY in people diagnosed with diabetes later in life!!
#MonogenicDiabetes
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MODY is prevalent in later-onset diabetes, has potential for targeted therapy but is challenging to identify https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.17.25329143v1
jamesr-s.bsky.social
On the way back to Exeter after a brilliant few days at the @gensocuk.bsky.social Communicating Your Science Workshop. I can't recommend this course enough to any early-career researchers looking to elevate their science communication skills and improve their confidence in public speaking #CYS25
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There are fewer than 10 documented genetic causes of Transient Neonatal Diabetes (TNDM) and now PAX4 is one of them! Really proud of this collaborative work done between the Neonatal Diabetes Research Team at Exeter and the Translational Genomics of Diabetes Lab in Stanford.
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Complete Loss of PAX4 causes Transient Neonatal Diabetes in Humans https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.01.25324926v1