Innate and adaptive immune memory: an evolutionary continuum in the host's response to pathogens

MG Netea, A Schlitzer, K Placek, LAB Joosten… - Cell host & …, 2019 - cell.com
Immunological memory is an important evolutionary trait that improves host survival upon
reinfection. Memory is a characteristic recognized within both the innate and adaptive arms …

Functional long non-coding RNAs evolve from junk transcripts

AF Palazzo, EV Koonin - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Transcriptome studies reveal pervasive transcription of complex genomes, such as those of
mammals. Despite popular arguments for functionality of most, if not all, of these transcripts …

Innate immune memory in the brain shapes neurological disease hallmarks

AC Wendeln, K Degenhardt, L Kaurani, M Gertig… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Innate immune memory is a vital mechanism of myeloid cell plasticity that occurs in
response to environmental stimuli and alters subsequent immune responses. Two types of …

Enhancer RNAs are an important regulatory layer of the epigenome

V Sartorelli, SM Lauberth - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2020 - nature.com
Noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) direct a remarkable number of diverse functions in development
and disease through their regulation of transcription, RNA processing and translation …

[HTML][HTML] The energetics and physiological impact of cohesin extrusion

L Vian, A Pękowska, SSP Rao, KR Kieffer-Kwon… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Cohesin extrusion is thought to play a central role in establishing the architecture of
mammalian genomes. However, extrusion has not been visualized in vivo, and thus, its …

The multidimensional mechanisms of long noncoding RNA function

FP Marchese, I Raimondi, M Huarte - Genome biology, 2017 - Springer
A major shift in our understanding of genome regulation has emerged recently. It is now
apparent that the majority of cellular transcripts do not code for proteins, and many of them …

An environment-dependent transcriptional network specifies human microglia identity

D Gosselin, D Skola, NG Coufal, IR Holtman… - Science, 2017 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Microglia play essential roles in central nervous system homeostasis and
influence diverse aspects of neuronal function, including refinement of synaptic networks …

Trained immunity: a program of innate immune memory in health and disease

MG Netea, LAB Joosten, E Latz, KHG Mills, G Natoli… - Science, 2016 - science.org
BACKGROUND Host immune responses are classically divided into innate immune
responses, which react rapidly and nonspecifically upon encountering a pathogen, and …

The interplay of epigenetic marks during stem cell differentiation and development

Y Atlasi, HG Stunnenberg - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2017 - nature.com
Chromatin, the template for epigenetic regulation, is a highly dynamic entity that is constantly
reshaped during early development and differentiation. Epigenetic modification of chromatin …

Epigenetic regulation of macrophages: from homeostasis maintenance to host defense

S Chen, J Yang, Y Wei, X Wei - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Macrophages are crucial members of the innate immune response and important regulators.
The differentiation and activation of macrophages require the timely regulation of gene …