Genetic variation in the immunoglobulin heavy chain locus shapes the human antibody repertoire

OL Rodriguez, Y Safonova, CA Silver, K Shields… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Variation in the antibody response has been linked to differential outcomes in disease, and
suboptimal vaccine and therapeutic responsiveness, the determinants of which have not …

Evolutionary patterns and functional effects of 3D chromatin structures in butterflies with extensive genome rearrangements

B Zhou, P Hu, G Liu, Z Chang, Z Dong, Z Li… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Chromosome rearrangements may distort 3D chromatin architectures and thus change gene
regulation, yet how 3D chromatin structures evolve in insects is largely unknown. Here, we …

Locus architecture and RAG scanning determine antibody diversity

AL Kenter, S Priyadarshi, EB Drake - Trends in immunology, 2023 - cell.com
Diverse mammalian antibody repertoires are produced via distant genomic contacts
involving immunoglobulin Igh variable (V), diversity (D), and joining (J) gene segments and …

Locus folding mechanisms determine modes of antigen receptor gene assembly

BM Allyn, KE Hayer, C Oyeniran, V Nganga… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - rupress.org
The dynamic folding of genomes regulates numerous biological processes, including
antigen receptor (AgR) gene assembly. We show that, unlike other AgR loci, homotypic …

Addressing technical pitfalls in pursuit of molecular factors that mediate immunoglobulin gene regulation

E Engelbrecht, OL Rodriguez… - The Journal of …, 2024 - journals.aai.org
The expressed Ab repertoire is a critical determinant of immune-related phenotypes. Ab-
encoding transcripts are distinct from other expressed genes because they are transcribed …
C Bassing, E Oltz, B Allyn, K Hayer, C Oyeniran… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Cohesin-mediated chromosome loo** regulates diverse processes, including antigen
receptor (AgR) gene assembly by V (D) J recombination. To understand mechanisms that …

Alternative DNA structures in hematopoiesis and adaptive immunity.

H Kligfeld, I Han, A Abraham, V Shukla - Advances in Immunology, 2024 - europepmc.org
Besides the canonical B-form, DNA also adopts alternative non-B form conformations which
are highly conserved in all domains of life. While extensive research over decades has …