Chromatin accessibility profiling by ATAC-seq

FC Grandi, H Modi, L Kampman, MR Corces - Nature protocols, 2022‏ - nature.com
The assay for transposase-accessible chromatin using sequencing (ATAC-seq) provides a
simple and scalable way to detect the unique chromatin landscape associated with a cell …

Epigenetic regulation of T cell exhaustion

JA Belk, B Daniel, AT Satpathy - Nature immunology, 2022‏ - nature.com
Chronic antigen stimulation during viral infections and cancer can lead to T cell exhaustion,
which is characterized by reduced effector function and proliferation, and the expression of …

Safety, efficacy and determinants of response of allogeneic CD19-specific CAR-NK cells in CD19+ B cell tumors: a phase 1/2 trial

D Marin, Y Li, R Basar, H Rafei, M Daher, J Dou… - Nature medicine, 2024‏ - nature.com
There is a pressing need for allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-immune cell
therapies that are safe, effective and affordable. We conducted a phase 1/2 trial of cord …

Myelin dysfunction drives amyloid-β deposition in models of Alzheimer's disease

C Depp, T Sun, AO Sasmita, L Spieth, SA Berghoff… - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
The incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD), the leading cause of dementia, increases rapidly
with age, but why age constitutes the main risk factor is still poorly understood. Brain ageing …

Senescence atlas reveals an aged-like inflamed niche that blunts muscle regeneration

V Moiseeva, A Cisneros, V Sica, O Deryagin, Y Lai… - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
Tissue regeneration requires coordination between resident stem cells and local niche
cells,. Here we identify that senescent cells are integral components of the skeletal muscle …

Deterministic reprogramming of neutrophils within tumors

MSF Ng, I Kwok, L Tan, C Shi, D Cerezo-Wallis, Y Tan… - Science, 2024‏ - science.org
Neutrophils are increasingly recognized as key players in the tumor immune response and
are associated with poor clinical outcomes. Despite recent advances characterizing the …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial profiling of chromatin accessibility in mouse and human tissues

Y Deng, M Bartosovic, S Ma, D Zhang, P Kukanja… - Nature, 2022‏ - nature.com
Cellular function in tissue is dependent on the local environment, requiring new methods for
spatial map** of biomolecules and cells in the tissue context. The emergence of spatial …

An allosteric pan-TEAD inhibitor blocks oncogenic YAP/TAZ signaling and overcomes KRAS G12C inhibitor resistance

TJ Hagenbeek, JR Zbieg, M Hafner, R Mroue… - Nature Cancer, 2023‏ - nature.com
The Hippo pathway is a key growth control pathway that is conserved across species. The
downstream effectors of the Hippo pathway, YAP (Yes-associated protein) and TAZ …

Evidence that direct inhibition of transcription factor binding is the prevailing mode of gene and repeat repression by DNA methylation

S Kaluscha, S Domcke, C Wirbelauer, MB Stadler… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Cytosine methylation efficiently silences CpG-rich regulatory regions of genes and repeats
in mammalian genomes. To what extent this entails direct inhibition of transcription factor …

Autism genes converge on asynchronous development of shared neuron classes

B Paulsen, S Velasco, AJ Kedaigle, M Pigoni… - Nature, 2022‏ - nature.com
Genetic risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with hundreds of genes
spanning a wide range of biological functions,,,,–. The alterations in the human brain …