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Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Nonprofit•Melbourne, Victoria, Australia•
About: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research is a nonprofit organization based out in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Antigen & Immune system. The organization has 5012 authors who have published 10620 publications receiving 873561 citations.
Topics: Antigen, Immune system, Population, T cell, Plasmodium falciparum
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TL;DR: This chapter considers the interrelationships between radiation and the various components of the immune response from three perspectives: the effect of irradiation on normal lymphoid tissues and on isolated lymphocytes, the effect on antibody production, transplantation immunity, and other forms of cellular immunity.
Abstract: Publisher Summary This chapter illustrates several ways in which radiation may be employed to dissect several individual cellular components of the immune response. The chapter considers the interrelationships between radiation and the various components of the immune response from three perspectives: (1) the effect of irradiation on normal lymphoid tissues and on isolated lymphocytes, (2) the effect of irradiation on antibody production, transplantation immunity, and other forms of cellular immunity, and (3) the effect of irradiation upon tolerance with specific references to putative autoimmune consequences after radiation-induced alterations in normal immunological homeostasis. A wide variety of approaches are available to characterize and define distinct populations of lymphocytes. These include biophysical and functional methods and characterization of antigenic and cell surface receptor components. The mechanisms of radiation effects in biological systems, particularly in humans, have been derived from experiments utilizing cells exposed in vitro and maintained in tissue culture. Such cells can be examined for: (1) loss of viability, (2) alterations in biophysical structure, (3) loss of functional capabilities, (4) biochemical changes, and (5) evidence of injury to subcellular components.
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VU University Amsterdam1, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology2, Karolinska University Hospital3, Charité4, National University of Singapore5, National Institutes of Health6, University of Edinburgh7, ETH Zurich8, Kazan Federal University9, University Hospital Regensburg10, University of British Columbia11, Wistar Institute12, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases13, University of Queensland14, University of Melbourne15, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research16, University of Tokyo17, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research18, University of Western Australia19, Kyungpook National University20, Russian Academy of Sciences21, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology22, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology23, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory24, Ohu University25, Osaka University26, Lund University27, Norwegian University of Science and Technology28, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences29, University of Copenhagen30, Nihon University31, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center32
TL;DR: An integrated expression atlas of miRNAs and their promoters by deep-sequencing 492 short RNA libraries, with matching Cap Analysis Gene Expression (CAGE) data, is created, establishing a foundation for detailed analysis of miRNA expression patterns and transcriptional control regions.
Abstract: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short non-coding RNAs with key roles in cellular regulation. As part of the fifth edition of the Functional Annotation of Mammalian Genome (FANTOM5) project, we created an integrated expression atlas of miRNAs and their promoters by deep-sequencing 492 short RNA (sRNA) libraries, with matching Cap Analysis Gene Expression (CAGE) data, from 396 human and 47 mouse RNA samples. Promoters were identified for 1,357 human and 804 mouse miRNAs and showed strong sequence conservation between species. We also found that primary and mature miRNA expression levels were correlated, allowing us to use the primary miRNA measurements as a proxy for mature miRNA levels in a total of 1,829 human and 1,029 mouse CAGE libraries. We thus provide a broad atlas of miRNA expression and promoters in primary mammalian cells, establishing a foundation for detailed analysis of miRNA expression patterns and transcriptional control regions.
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TL;DR: An unanticipated link between a rare and a common neurological disorder is revealed and the pleiotropic effects of a mutation in the heterozygous or homozygous states are illustrated.
Abstract: We performed hypothesis-free linkage analysis and exome sequencing in a family with two siblings who had neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL). Two linkage peaks with maximum LOD scores of 3.07 and 2.97 were found on chromosomes 7 and 17, respectively. Unexpectedly, we found these siblings to be homozygous for a c.813_816del (p.Thr272Serfs∗10) mutation in the progranulin gene (GRN, granulin precursor) in the latter peak. Heterozygous mutations in GRN are a major cause of frontotemporal lobar degeneration with TDP-43 inclusions (FTLD-TDP), the second most common early-onset dementia. Reexamination of progranulin-deficient mice revealed rectilinear profiles typical of NCL. The age-at-onset and neuropathology of FTLD-TDP and NCL are markedly different. Our findings reveal an unanticipated link between a rare and a common neurological disorder and illustrate pleiotropic effects of a mutation in the heterozygous or homozygous states.
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TL;DR: NKX2-5 eGFP+ cells are used to identify VCAM1 and SIRPA as cell-surface markers expressed in cardiac lineages and facilitate quantification of cardiac differentiation, purification of hESC-derived committed cardiac progenitor cells and cardiomyocytes and the standardization of differentiation protocols.
Abstract: NKX2-5 is expressed in the heart throughout life. We targeted eGFP sequences to the NKX2-5 locus of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs); NKX2-5(eGFP/w) hESCs facilitate quantification of cardiac differentiation, purification of hESC-derived committed cardiac progenitor cells (hESC-CPCs) and cardiomyocytes (hESC-CMs) and the standardization of differentiation protocols. We used NKX2-5 eGFP(+) cells to identify VCAM1 and SIRPA as cell-surface markers expressed in cardiac lineages.
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TL;DR: Slug functions downstream of p53 in developing blood cells as a critical switch that prevents their apoptosis by antagonizing the trans-activation of puma by p53.
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Martin White | 196 | 2038 | 232387 |
Stuart H. Orkin | 186 | 715 | 112182 |
Tien Yin Wong | 160 | 1880 | 131830 |
Mark J. Smyth | 153 | 713 | 88783 |
Anne B. Newman | 150 | 902 | 99255 |
James P. Allison | 137 | 483 | 83336 |
Scott W. Lowe | 134 | 396 | 89376 |
Rajkumar Buyya | 133 | 1066 | 95164 |
Peter Hall | 132 | 1640 | 85019 |
Ralph L. Brinster | 131 | 382 | 56455 |
Nico van Rooijen | 130 | 513 | 62623 |
David A. Hafler | 128 | 558 | 64314 |
Andreas Strasser | 128 | 509 | 66903 |
Marc Feldmann | 125 | 663 | 64916 |
Herman Waldmann | 118 | 586 | 49942 |