A guide to chemokines and their receptors

CE Hughes, RJB Nibbs - The FEBS journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The chemokines (or chemotactic cytokines) are a large family of small, secreted proteins that
signal through cell surface G protein‐coupled heptahelical chemokine receptors. They are …

Gasdermins: effectors of pyroptosis

SB Kovacs, EA Miao - Trends in cell biology, 2017 - cell.com
Pyroptosis is a form of lytic programmed cell death initiated by inflammasomes, which detect
cytosolic contamination or perturbation. This drives activation of caspase-1 or caspase …

Prioritizing diversity in human genomics research

LA Hindorff, VL Bonham, LC Brody… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Recent studies have highlighted the imperatives of including diverse and under-represented
individuals in human genomics research and the striking gaps in attaining that inclusion …

Use of> 100,000 NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium whole genome sequences improves imputation quality and detection of rare …

MH Kowalski, H Qian, Z Hou, JD Rosen, AL Tapia… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Most genome-wide association and fine-mapping studies to date have been conducted in
individuals of European descent, and genetic studies of populations of Hispanic/Latino and …

Innate immune activity conditions the effect of regulatory variants upon monocyte gene expression

BP Fairfax, P Humburg, S Makino, V Naranbhai… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Introduction Many genetic variants associated with common disease susceptibility occur
close to immune-related genes in noncoding DNA, suggestive of a regulatory function. The …

Caveats for the use of operational electronic health record data in comparative effectiveness research

WR Hersh, MG Weiner, PJ Embi, JR Logan… - Medical care, 2013 - journals.lww.com
The growing amount of data in operational electronic health record systems provides
unprecedented opportunity for its reuse for many tasks, including comparative effectiveness …

Systemic immune-inflammation index and incident cardiovascular diseases among middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults: The Dongfeng-Tongji cohort study

M Xu, R Chen, L Liu, X Liu, J Hou, J Liao, P Zhang… - Atherosclerosis, 2021 - Elsevier
Background and aims Systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) has been recently
investigated as a novel inflammatory and prognostic marker. SII may be used as an indicator …

The electronic medical records and genomics (eMERGE) network: past, present, and future

O Gottesman, H Kuivaniemi, G Tromp, WA Faucett… - Genetics in …, 2013 - nature.com
Abstract The Electronic Medical Records and Genomics Network is a National Human
Genome Research Institute–funded consortium engaged in the development of methods …

Genetic diversity and association studies in US Hispanic/Latino populations: applications in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

MP Conomos, CA Laurie, AM Stilp, SM Gogarten… - The American Journal of …, 2016 - cell.com
US Hispanic/Latino individuals are diverse in genetic ancestry, culture, and environmental
exposures. Here, we characterized and controlled for this diversity in genome-wide …

Immune regulation by atypical chemokine receptors

RJB Nibbs, GJ Graham - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2013 - nature.com
Chemokines have fundamental roles in regulating immune and inflammatory responses,
primarily through their control of leukocyte migration and localization. The biological …