Epithelial glycosylation in gut homeostasis and inflammation

Y Goto, S Uematsu, H Kiyono - Nature immunology, 2016 - nature.com
Intestinal epithelial cells apically express glycans, especially α1, 2-fucosyl linkages, which
work as a biological interface for the host–microbe interaction. Emerging studies have …

Molecular and pathogenic effects of endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidases ERAP1 and ERAP2 in MHC-I-associated inflammatory disorders: towards a unifying view

JAL de Castro, C Alvarez-Navarro, A Brito, P Guasp… - Molecular …, 2016 - Elsevier
The inflammatory diseases that are most strongly associated with major histocompatibility
Complex class I (MHC-I) alleles are also influenced by endoplasmic reticulum …

Deep sequencing of the MHC region in the Chinese population contributes to studies of complex disease

F Zhou, H Cao, X Zuo, T Zhang, X Zhang, X Liu, R Xu… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) region has been shown to be
associated with numerous diseases. However, it remains a challenge to pinpoint the causal …

[HTML][HTML] Regulatory polymorphisms modulate the expression of HLA class II molecules and promote autoimmunity

P Raj, E Rai, R Song, S Khan, BE Wakeland… - elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
Targeted sequencing of sixteen SLE risk loci among 1349 Caucasian cases and controls
produced a comprehensive dataset of the variations causing susceptibility to systemic lupus …

A missense variant in FGD6 confers increased risk of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy

L Huang, H Zhang, CY Cheng, F Wen, POS Tam… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV), a subtype of'wet'age-related macular
degeneration (AMD), constitutes up to 55% of cases of wet AMD in Asian patients. In …

[HTML][HTML] One SNP at a time: moving beyond GWAS in psoriasis

H Ray-Jones, S Eyre, A Barton, RB Warren - Journal of Investigative …, 2016 - Elsevier
Although genome-wide association studies have revealed important insights into the global
genetic basis of psoriasis, the findings require further investigation. At present, the known …

[PDF][PDF] Иммунный патогенез псориаза

ВР Хайрутдинов, ИЭ Белоусова… - Вестник дерматологии и …, 2016 - core.ac.uk
Представлены современные сведения об иммунных механизмах развития псориаза.
Воспаление в коже больных псориазом рассматривается как аутоиммунный процесс, в …

A genome-wide association meta-analysis of diarrhoeal disease in young children identifies FUT2 locus and provides plausible biological pathways

M Bustamante, M Standl, Q Bassat… - Human molecular …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
More than a million childhood diarrhoeal episodes occur worldwide each year, and in
developed countries a considerable part of them are caused by viral infections. In this study …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenome-wide association data implicates DNA methylation-mediated genetic risk in psoriasis

F Zhou, C Shen, J Xu, J Gao, X Zheng, R Ko, J Dou… - Clinical …, 2016 - Springer
Background Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by epidermal
hyperproliferation and altered keratinocyte differentiation and inflammation and is caused by …

[HTML][HTML] MALT1 protease activity controls the expression of inflammatory genes in keratinocytes upon zymosan stimulation

A Schmitt, P Grondona, T Maier, M Brändle… - Journal of Investigative …, 2016 - Elsevier
The protease activity of the paracaspase mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma
translocation gene 1 (MALT1) plays an important role in antigen receptor-mediated …