{"id":53828,"date":"2026-01-17T09:55:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T08:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inmuno.es\/index.php\/2026\/01\/17\/fam83h-regulates-postnatal-t-cell-development-through-thymic-stroma-organization-valuebetul-melike-ogan-veronika-forstlova-laura-jane-dowling-michaela-simova-kristina-vicikova-ven\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T09:55:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T08:55:03","slug":"fam83h-regulates-postnatal-t-cell-development-through-thymic-stroma-organization-valuebetul-melike-ogan-veronika-forstlova-laura-jane-dowling-michaela-simova-kristina-vicikova-ven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inmuno.es\/index.php\/2026\/01\/17\/fam83h-regulates-postnatal-t-cell-development-through-thymic-stroma-organization-valuebetul-melike-ogan-veronika-forstlova-laura-jane-dowling-michaela-simova-kristina-vicikova-ven\/","title":{"rendered":"FAM83H Regulates Postnatal T Cell Development Through Thymic Stroma Organization. [[{&#8220;value&#8221;:&#8221;Betul Melike Ogan, \nVeronika Forstlova, \nLaura Jane Dowling, \nMichaela Simova, \nKristina Vicikova, \nVendula Novosadova, \nFrantisek Spoutil, \nSylvie Cervenkova, \nMichaela Proch\u00e1zkov\u00e1, \nJolana Tureckova, \nOlha Fedosieieva, \nJuraj Labaj, \nPetr Nickl, \nKamila Krizova, \nJan Prochazka, \nJana Balounova, \nRadislav Sedlacek&#8221;}]]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/cms\/asset\/135876f0-53b0-4f2d-ba94-25b7674c49c1\/eji70126-gra-0001-m.png\" alt=\"FAM83H Regulates Postnatal T Cell Development Through Thymic Stroma Organization\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Loss of the casein kinase 1 scaffolding protein FAM83H compromises bone marrow lymphopoiesis, reduces <i>Foxn1<\/i> expression in cortical thymic epithelial cells (TEC), disrupts thymic architecture and TEC identity, and ultimately impairs double-negative thymocyte proliferation and T-cell production.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>ABSTRACT<\/h2>\n<p>Family of Sequence Similarity 83H (FAM83H\/SACK1H) is primarily expressed in epithelial cells, where it interacts with casein kinase 1 (CK1) and keratins to regulate cytoskeletal organization, cell proliferation, and vesicular trafficking. Mutations in <i>FAM83H<\/i> are known to cause amelogenesis imperfecta, highlighting its critical role in enamel formation. We generated <i>Fam83h<\/i>-deficient mice (<i>Fam83h<sup>em2(IMPC)Ccpcz<\/sup>, Fam83h<sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/sup><br \/>\n<\/i>) and mice lacking a part of the N-terminal CK1-binding domain (<i>Fam83h<sup>\u220687\/\u220687<\/sup><br \/>\n<\/i>). Consistent with other <i>Fam83h<\/i>-deficient models, these mice are subviable, smaller in size, and exhibit a sparse, scruffy coat, scaly skin, general weakness, and hypoactivity. Notably, both strains show impaired lymphoid cell development in early postnatal life. In the thymus, <i>Fam83h<\/i> expression is confined to thymic epithelial cells (TECs), and its deficiency in stromal cells results in disrupted thymic architecture and a severe block in the expansion of double-negative stage 3 (DN3) T cells, ultimately leading to insufficient T cell production. Single-cell transcriptomic analysis reveals that <i>Fam83h<sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/sup><br \/>\n<\/i> cortical TECs (cTECs) express reduced levels of the TEC master regulator <i>Foxn1<\/i>, and its multiple downstream target genes, suggesting a critical role for FAM83H, likely in coordination with CK1, in cTEC maturation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loss of the casein kinase 1 scaffolding protein FAM83H compromises bone marrow lymphopoiesis, reduces Foxn1 expression in cortical thymic epithelial cells (TEC), disrupts thymic architecture and TEC identity, and ultimately impairs double-negative thymocyte proliferation and T-cell production. ABSTRACT Family of Sequence Similarity 83H (FAM83H\/SACK1H) is primarily expressed in epithelial cells, where it interacts with casein &#8230; <a title=\"FAM83H Regulates Postnatal T Cell Development Through Thymic Stroma Organization. [[{&#8220;value&#8221;:&#8221;Betul Melike Ogan, \nVeronika Forstlova, \nLaura Jane Dowling, \nMichaela Simova, \nKristina Vicikova, \nVendula Novosadova, \nFrantisek Spoutil, \nSylvie Cervenkova, \nMichaela Proch\u00e1zkov\u00e1, \nJolana Tureckova, \nOlha Fedosieieva, \nJuraj Labaj, \nPetr Nickl, \nKamila Krizova, \nJan Prochazka, \nJana Balounova, \nRadislav Sedlacek&#8221;}]]\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/inmuno.es\/index.php\/2026\/01\/17\/fam83h-regulates-postnatal-t-cell-development-through-thymic-stroma-organization-valuebetul-melike-ogan-veronika-forstlova-laura-jane-dowling-michaela-simova-kristina-vicikova-ven\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about FAM83H Regulates Postnatal T Cell Development Through Thymic Stroma Organization. [[{&#8220;value&#8221;:&#8221;Betul Melike Ogan, \nVeronika Forstlova, \nLaura Jane Dowling, \nMichaela Simova, \nKristina Vicikova, \nVendula Novosadova, \nFrantisek Spoutil, \nSylvie Cervenkova, \nMichaela Proch\u00e1zkov\u00e1, \nJolana Tureckova, \nOlha Fedosieieva, \nJuraj Labaj, \nPetr Nickl, \nKamila Krizova, \nJan Prochazka, \nJana Balounova, \nRadislav Sedlacek&#8221;}]]\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-european-journal-of-immunology","category-publicaciones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmuno.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmuno.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmuno.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inmuno.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inmuno.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inmuno.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmuno.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inmuno.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inmuno.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}