Baylor College of Medicine Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center

项目概要/摘要：尤妮斯·肯尼迪·施莱佛智力和发育障碍 贝勒医学院研究中心（Baylor College of Medicine，简称CAIDDRC）在推进基础医学研究方面发挥了重要作用。 科学，翻译和临床努力，以改善个人的生活与智力和 发育性残疾（IDD）。除了发现之外，该中心还指导了两代以上的 从事缺碘症研究和护理及治疗的科学家和医生。使命 IDDRC的目标是尽可能多地确定IDD的病因，了解其发病机制， 开发新的诊断和治疗方法。为了实现这一使命，加快研究 我们的研究人员的活动和IDD治疗的进步发展，我们将开展以下工作 目标：1）提供核心设施和服务，推动IDD研究。建议采用六个核心， 创新、高质量和具有成本效益的研究服务，以协助研究人员进行分子研究 （分子和表达分析），细胞和组织（细胞和组织发病机制），电路（电路 分析和调节）和整个生物体（临床前和临床结果）。临床 Translational Core将为临床研究基础设施和中心提供特定服务 管理核心将协调中心的整体运营，沿着利益相关者的参与， 2）促进和加强合作努力和传播活动 全面的参与、沟通和教育计划。管理核心将促进 地方、国家和国际的互动，将实施社区伙伴关系的最佳实践 以及传播研究成果，并将加强对下一代缺碘症患者的培训 研究人员; 3）进行多学科的签名研究项目，导致临床试验 准备就绪。基于DNA的疗法的出现，加上令人兴奋的发现和临床前研究 来自IDDRC，提供了令人兴奋的治疗IDDs的机会，但事实上，许多IDDs致病基因， 对剂量敏感（太多或太少都是有害的）构成了一个严重的挑战，需要强大的生物 对个体而不是群体有意义的标记。Signature Project旨在开发 在六个基因中用于靶向接合、安全性和有效性的多维生物标志物（分子和电路） 剂量依赖性IDDs。该中心将支持75名研究人员和72个研究项目。30多年来， IDDRC对IDD产生了深远的影响，阐明了IDD的原因，确定了IDD的机制， 干预措施。它营造了一种欢迎和支持更多调查人员的环境， 强调培训。当我们进入下一个十年，中心的研究人员，他们的合作者，和学员， 准备将数十项令人兴奋的发现转化为安全的疗法，以改善生活质量， IDD患者的健康。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: The Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM IDDRC) has been instrumental in advancing basic science, translational, and clinical endeavors to improve the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disability (IDD). Beyond discoveries, the Center has mentored more than two generations of scientists and physicians engaged in research and the care and treatment of individuals with IDD. The mission of the BCM IDDRC is to identify as many causes of IDD as possible, to understand their pathogenesis, and to develop novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. To realize this mission, accelerate the research activities of our Investigators and advance development of therapeutics for IDD, we will carry out the following aims: 1) Provide Core facilities and services to advance IDD research. Six cores are proposed to provide innovative, high-quality and cost-effective research services to assist investigators in studies of molecules (Molecular and Expression Analysis), cells and tissues (Cell and Tissue Pathogenesis), circuits (Circuit Analysis and Modulation), and whole organisms (Preclinical and Clinical Outcomes). The Clinical Translational Core will provide services specific for clinical research infrastructure and the Center Administration Core will coordinate overall Center operations along with stakeholder engagement, communication and education; 2) Promote and enhance collaborative efforts and dissemination activities with a comprehensive engagement, communication, and education plan. The Admin Core will promote interactions locally, nationally, and internationally, will implement best practices for community partnerships and dissemination of research findings, and will enhance the training of next-generation IDD researchers; 3) Conduct a multidisciplinary signature research project that leads to clinical trial readiness. The emergence of DNA-based therapies, coupled with exciting discoveries and preclinical studies from the BCM IDDRC, provides exciting opportunities to treat IDDs, but the fact that many IDD-causing genes are dosage sensitive (too much or too little is detrimental) poses a serious challenge requiring robust biological markers meaningful for the individual rather than the population. The Signature Project seeks to develop multidimensional biomarkers (molecules and circuits) for target engagement, safety, and efficacy in six gene dosage dependent IDDs. The Center will support 75 investigators and 72 research projects. For 30+ years the BCM IDDRC has had a profound impact on IDD, elucidating causes, determining mechanisms, and developing interventions. It has fostered an environment that welcomes and supports additional investigators and emphasizes training. As we enter the next decade, Center investigators, their collaborators, and trainees are poised to transform dozens of exciting discoveries into safe therapeutics that will improve the quality of life and well-being of individuals with IDD.