Human T follicular helper clones seed the germinal center–resident regulatory pool

C Le Coz, DA Oldridge, RS Herati, N De Luna… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The mechanisms by which FOXP3+ T follicular regulatory (Tfr) cells simultaneously steer
antibody formation toward microbe or vaccine recognition and away from self-reactivity …

Common variable immunodeficiency, cross currents, and prevailing winds

N Romberg, C Le Coz - Immunological Reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is a heterogenous disease category created to
distinguish late‐onset antibody deficiencies from early‐onset diseases like …

[HTML][HTML] Participation of Single-Nucleotide Variants in IFNAR1 and IFNAR2 in the Immune Response against SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Systematic Review

MF López-Bielma, R Falfán-Valencia, E Abarca-Rojano… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Host genetic factors significantly influence susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection and
COVID-19 severity. Among these genetic factors are single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) …

Integrative genomic analyses identify lncRNA regulatory networks across pediatric leukemias and solid tumors

A Modi, G Lopez, KL Conkrite, C Su, TC Leung… - Cancer research, 2023 - AACR
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNA) play an important role in gene regulation and contribute to
tumorigenesis. While pan-cancer studies of lncRNA expression have been performed for …

PI3Kγ in B cells promotes antibody responses and generation of antibody-secreting cells

SM Lanahan, L Yang, KM Jones, Z Qi, EC Cabrera… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The differentiation of naive and memory B cells into antibody-secreting cells (ASCs) is a key
feature of adaptive immunity. The requirement for phosphoinositide 3-kinase-delta (PI3Kδ) …

[HTML][HTML] Variant to gene mapping for carpal tunnel syndrome risk loci implicates skeletal muscle regulatory elements

MC Pahl, L Liu, JA Pippin, Y Wagley, K Boehm… - Ebiomedicine, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common disorder caused by compression of
the median nerve in the wrist, resulting in pain and numbness throughout the hand and …

[HTML][HTML] 3D genomic features across> 50 diverse cell types reveal insights into the genomic architecture of childhood obesity

KB Trang, MC Pahl, JA Pippin, C Su, SH Littleton… - medRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The prevalence of childhood obesity is increasing worldwide, along with the associated
common comorbidities of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in later life. Motivated …

[HTML][HTML] Paxbp1 is indispensable for the survival of CD4 and CD8 double-positive thymocytes

W Li, Y Yang, S Liu, D Zhang, X Ren, M Tang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The lifespan of double-positive (DP) thymocytes is critical for intrathymic development and
shaping the peripheral T cell repertoire. However, the molecular mechanisms that control …

Exploring the protective association between COVID-19 infection and laryngeal cancer: insights from a Mendelian randomization study

H Wang, N Fang, P Mozumder, R Jiang… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Viral infections have been implicated as a risk factor for laryngeal cancer. Given
the possible effects of Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the laryngeal tissue, we …

[HTML][HTML] Variant-to-function analysis of the childhood obesity chr12q13 locus implicates rs7132908 as a causal variant within the 3′ UTR of FAIM2

SH Littleton, KB Trang, CM Volpe, K Cook, N DeBruyne… - Cell Genomics, 2024 - cell.com
The ch12q13 locus is among the most significant childhood obesity loci identified in genome-
wide association studies. This locus resides in a non-coding region within FAIM2; thus, the …