Vinuesa et al. identify patients with systemic autoimmunity and a TNIP1 variant that result in dysregulated B cell function. Mice with the orthologous Tnip1 mutation develop spontaneous autoimmunity associated with impaired mitophagy and autophagic silencing of proteins downstream of Toll-like receptor 7 signaling.
- Arti Medhavy
- Vicki Athanasopoulos
- Carola G. Vinuesa