For the past 20 years, he has identified and characterized several important naturally occurring TAL effectors in the rice pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae for their disease promoting ability, and most recently he has helped harness the disease - causing TAL
effectors for targeted gene editing.
The attraction of large - scale compound screening for life science researchers lies mainly in the technical challenge of assay design and the use of small - molecule
effectors for hypothesis - driven research.
Calmodulin (CaM) is a major
effector for the intracellular actions of Ca2 + in nearly all cell types.
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effector.
These are receptors on immune cells, which control
for example
effector T - cells by dampening their activation if damage to healthy cells is imminent.
For instance, in autoimmune disease,
effector T cells are overly activated and cause damage to body.
They systematically deleted genes
for secreted
effector proteins — molecules that the parasite injects into a host cell to modulate the immune system during infection — and injected the altered parasites into mice with aggressive ovarian cancer.
Single - cell differential gene expression analysis revealed a spectrum of known transcripts, including several linked to cytotoxic and costimulatory function that are expressed at higher levels in the TEMRA (
effector memory T cells expressing CD45RA) subset, which is highly enriched
for CD4 - CTLs, compared with CD4 + T cells in the central memory (TCM) and
effector memory (TEM) subsets.
As the end products and biological
effectors of gene expression, proteins are crucial
for improving our understanding of human biology, developing new and better drugs, and advancing precision medicine.
Further insight into the basic details of CRISPR - Cas structure, functions, and biology — and characterization of new Cas
effector proteins in particular — is crucial
for optimizing and further expanding the diverse applications of CRISPR - Cas systems.
As well as innovative tools
for basic research, CRISPR - associated
effector complexes will be instrumental
for developing the next generation of antiviral prophylactics and therapeutics.
He and his colleagues believe the
effectors offer good targets
for breeding or engineering disease resistance varieties.
The phenotype of NP cells generated ex vivo (Figure S8) closely resembles that of central memory CD4 + T cells found in vivo, which persist
for years in secondary lymphoid organs and can differentiate into
effector memory CD4 + T cells [45].
She demonstrated,
for the first time, that the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes in NOD mice correlated with an enhanced pathogenicity of T
effector cells and a decreased suppressive activity of Tregs.
TNF is one of the most potent
effector cytokines in the pathogenesis of autoimmune disorders, and blockade of TNF with anti-TNF antibodies is an effective treatment
for many patients with IBD.
The findings suggest an alternate indirect
effector pathway that requires processing and presentation of the donor H - Y antigen by recipient endothelium and have implications
for both transplantation and autoimmune disease.
Removing one immune
effector element only reveals the presence of an ancillary pathway
for allograft rejection.
The team additionally identified a new
effector pathway
for alloreactive T cells.
The HZI will develop a vaccination protocol
for mucosal administration based on three novel strategies: (i) development and optimization of a vaccination protocol in which parenterally - primed T and B cells are subsequently pulled into the mucosa by the local delivery of the cognate antigen to the requested
effector site, (ii) testing the co-administration of antigens with novel mucosal adjuvants using different mucosal immunisation routes and schedules, and (iii) testing various nanoparticles co-administered with different immunomodulators
for their ability to generate both systemic and mucosal immune responses following transcutaneous / trans - follicular vaccination.
Therefore, in both mice and non-human primates, HO - 1 inducers delivered locally inhibited
effector T - cells in an antigen - specific manner, paving the way
for repositioning these drugs
for the treatment of immune - mediated diseases.
Hunt
for ceramide trafficking machinery and
effectors in cells.
Constitutive cytokine mRNAs mark natural killer (NK) and NK T cells poised
for rapid
effector function.
Six weeks postinfection, splenocytes were analyzed
for gp33 - LCMV — specific total CD8 + T cells (B) or short - lived
effector cells and memory precursor
effector cells (C).
Of special interest were ICOS, whose «role in
effector T cell responses and anti-tumor immune responses is now well established,» and CD40, which is «important
for the maturation of antigen - presenting cells and
for enabling T cell co-stimulation.»
MEKK4 is an
effector of the embryonic TRAF4
for JNK activation.
Consistent with prior reports on
effector cells (35), we observed that, among CD8 + T cells specific
for the dominant epitope of LCMV (GP33), the percentages of short - lived
effector cells (KLRG1 + CD127 −) were increased, and the percentages of memory precursor cells (KLRG1 + CD127 +) were decreased in the peripheral blood of DGKζ − / −, Cbl - b − / −, and DKO mice relative to WT mice after acute infection (Fig. 5A).
Science magazine heralded these transcription activator - like
effector nuclease proteins, known as TALENS, as a major scientific breakthrough in 2012, nicknaming them «genomic cruise missiles»
for their ability to allow researchers to target specific locations with great efficiency.
«Inhibition of mTOR, or its downstream
effectors, may represent a novel chemopreventive strategy
for this type of aggressive HCC,» she said.
As mRNA isolation is simple and since DNA microarrays are a proven genomics reagent
for monitoring differential gene expression, a genome - wide expression analysis may be the fastest and most efficient method
for identifying additional candidate
effectors of colony queen number.
They will also prepare a list of the genetic codes of the fungus — the so - called
effectors — that are responsible
for the ability of the fungus to adapt to new wheat varieties.
In addition to being MHC II negative, MSC do not appear to express the co-stimulatory molecules CD40, CD40L, CD80 or CD86 required
for effector T cell induction 104, 105.
In order to find these elusive
effector proteins, Klemke and Wang are using a technique that Klemke has developed over the last decade
for looking specifically at the leading edge of a migratory cell.
The variety of new tools available
for genetic manipulation now include lentiviral - based gene delivery, and gene editing using CRISPR / Cas9, zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs) or transcription activator - like
effector nucleases (TALENs).
Yang Y, Lu Y, Espejo A, Wu J, Xu W, Liang S, Bedford MT (2010) TDRD3 is an
effector molecule
for arginine - methylated histone marks.
This protocol describes a system
for efficient genome editing in hPSCs using engineered transcription activator - like
effector nucleases (TALENs) or clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) technology.
She is registred to the National Order of Biologists in the province of Palermo; collaboration in research project from 2012 to 2015 at the Department of Biopathology and Biotechnology, University of Palermo, focusing the study on the identification of molecules capable to modulate intracellular metabolic pathways
for the prevention and treatment of infectious, tumor and degenerative disease, in collaboration with Prof. Angela Santoni, University of Rome; collaboration in research project in 2011 at the hospital «Villa Sofia Cervello» of Palermo to study methods can cure the genetic defect that causes thalassemia through genetic engineering; she studies different mechanisms of the differentiation and the activation of human gammadelta T cells as
effector cells of the immune response against cancer and infectious diseases; she investigates about the identification and development of biomarkers of resistance and susceptibility to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection; Valentina Orlando has published 13 papers in peer reviewed journals and 3 comunications at national and international congress.
Effector and suppressor roles
for LFA - 1 during the development of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.
Identifying any Hymenoptera - specific immune pathways or
effectors that may exist is also of key importance
for understanding the biology of host - pathogen interactions that may be relevant
for such challenges as colony collapse disorder [42]--[44].
Scatterplot (with jitter of overlapping points) showing fold - change
for AMPs, other
effectors, recognition, signaling, proteases, and non-immune genes.
Because of their ability to differentiate into various
effector T subsets, Th1, Th2, Th17, and Tregs, CD4 + T cells are particularly important in the initiation of GVHD in mice and have been considered potential targets
for the treatment and prevention of GVHD in the clinic.
Helicobacter pylori
effector protein CagA activates the signal transduction and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) signaling pathway: a potential mechanism
for gastric cancer development.
This correspondence makes it possible to rapidly identify TAL
effector targets, to engineer novel TAL
effectors with custom assortments of repeats to bind DNA sequences of choice, and even to customize genes
for TAL
effector activation (or prevent it!).
Major areas of activity in our lab include 1) identification and characterization of Sgenes, 2) genomic analyses to identify the diversity of TAL
effectors in pathogen populations and understand their evolution, and 3) structural and biochemical studies to better harness the unique properties of these proteins
for applications such as targeted gene regulation and genome editing.
To examine the functional role of Smad1 and Smad5 in GDF5 - induced neurite length, primary cultures were transfected by microporation with siRNAs targeting the co-Smad4 (required
for nuclear translocation of Smad1 / 5 transcriptional complex [33]-RRB- or the Smad1 and Smad5
effectors proteins, which are known targets of miR - 181a (Table 2).
We are currently investigating the details of the signaling cascades involved in these phenomena, as well as attempting to identify cytoplasmic binding partners
for NG2 which may serve as
effector molecules
for activation of downstream signaling events.
Whereas when an
effector is detected inside the plant cell, the plant knows
for sure it is being attacked and it activates ETI, a very strong immune response,» said co-author Greg Martin, the Boyce Schulze Downey Professor at BTI.
For the candidate gene in the region, RSPO3, we demonstrated expression in key liver - resident
effector cells, such as human and murine cholangiocytes and human hepatic stellate cells.
Background: Many pathogens secrete
effector molecules to subvert host immune responses, to acquire nutrients, and / or to prepare host cells
for invasion.
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effector genes
for kidney function in diverse populations.
Both
effector strategies can also be used
for an inducible targeting strategy.