ORAI1 and Immunodeficiency: While patients and mouse models with loss of function (LoF) mutations in Orai1 present with severe immunodeficiency due to impaired T cell function, the development of most immune cell populations is largely unaltered, suggesting SOCE is dispensable for initial immune cell selection and development (Gwack et al., 2008; Lacruz and Feske, 2015; McCarl et al., 2010).