Recombination centres and the orchestration of V (D) J recombination

DG Schatz, Y Ji - Nature reviews immunology, 2011‏ - nature.com
The initiation of V (D) J recombination by the recombination activating gene 1 (RAG1) and
RAG2 proteins is carefully orchestrated to ensure that antigen receptor gene assembly …

V (D) J recombination: mechanisms of initiation

DG Schatz, PC Swanson - Annual review of genetics, 2011‏ - annualreviews.org
V (D) J recombination assembles immunoglobulin and T cell receptor genes during
lymphocyte development through a series of carefully orchestrated DNA breakage and …

Global changes in the nuclear positioning of genes and intra-and interdomain genomic interactions that orchestrate B cell fate

YC Lin, C Benner, R Mansson, S Heinz, K Miyazaki… - Nature …, 2012‏ - nature.com
The genome is folded into domains located in compartments that are either transcriptionally
inert or transcriptionally permissive. Here we used genome-wide strategies to characterize …

Epigenetic regulation and T-cell responses in endometriosis–something other than autoimmunity

D Szukiewicz - Frontiers in immunology, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Endometriosis is defined as the presence of endometrial-like glands and stroma located
outside the uterine cavity. This common, estrogen dependent, inflammatory condition affects …

Pax5: a master regulator of B cell development and leukemogenesis

J Medvedovic, A Ebert, H Tagoh, M Busslinger - Advances in immunology, 2011‏ - Elsevier
The B cell lineage of the hematopoietic system is responsible for the generation of high-
affinity antibodies, which provide humoral immunity for protection against foreign pathogens …

CTCF-binding elements mediate control of V (D) J recombination

C Guo, HS Yoon, A Franklin, S Jain, A Ebert, HL Cheng… - Nature, 2011‏ - nature.com
Immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) variable region exons are assembled from VH, D and JH
gene segments in develo** B lymphocytes. Within the 2.7-megabase mouse Igh locus, V …

A role for cohesin in T-cell-receptor rearrangement and thymocyte differentiation

VC Seitan, B Hao, K Tachibana-Konwalski… - Nature, 2011‏ - nature.com
Cohesin enables post-replicative DNA repair and chromosome segregation by holding
sister chromatids together from the time of DNA replication in S phase until mitosis. There is …

Chromatin insulators: linking genome organization to cellular function

JE Phillips-Cremins, VG Corces - Molecular cell, 2013‏ - cell.com
A growing body of evidence suggests that insulators have a primary role in orchestrating the
topological arrangement of higher-order chromatin architecture. Insulator-mediated long …

Epigenetics of haematopoietic cell development

H Cedar, Y Bergman - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2011‏ - nature.com
Cells of the immune system are generated through a developmental cascade that begins in
haematopoietic stem cells. During this process, gene expression patterns are programmed …

Epigenetic control of immunity

M Busslinger, A Tarakhovsky - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2014‏ - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Immunity relies on the heterogeneity of immune cells and their ability to respond to pathogen
challenges. In the adaptive immune system, lymphocytes display a highly diverse antigen …