2021
Multiscale Modeling of Germinal Center Recapitulates the Temporal Transition From Memory B Cells to Plasma Cells Differentiation as Regulated by Antigen Affinity-Based Tfh Cell Help
Tejero E, Lashgari D, García-Valiente R, Gao X, Crauste F, Robert P, Meyer-Hermann M, Martínez M, van Ham S, Guikema J, Hoefsloot H, van Kampen A. Multiscale Modeling of Germinal Center Recapitulates the Temporal Transition From Memory B Cells to Plasma Cells Differentiation as Regulated by Antigen Affinity-Based Tfh Cell Help. Frontiers In Immunology 2021, 11: 620716. PMID: 33613551, PMCID: PMC7892951, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.620716.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAsymmetric Cell DivisionB-LymphocytesCD40 AntigensCell LineageComputer SimulationGene Regulatory NetworksGerminal CenterHumansImmunologic MemoryInterferon Regulatory FactorsLymphopoiesisModels, ImmunologicalPlasma CellsPositive Regulatory Domain I-Binding Factor 1Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6Signal TransductionT Follicular Helper CellsTime FactorsConceptsB cell to plasma cell differentiationAsymmetric divisionRegulatory interactions of transcription factorsPlasma cell differentiationInteraction of transcription factorsCore gene regulatory networkGene regulatory networksCell differentiationCell-fate decisionsTemporal switchB cell receptor affinityGerminal center reactionB cellsCD40 signaling pathwayRegulatory networksRegulatory interactionsTranscription factorsEffective immune protectionCenter reactionSignaling pathwayAdaptive immune systemT follicular helper cellsPlasma cell generationMemory B cellsMolecular modules
2019
Network-based Biased Tree Ensembles (NetBiTE) for Drug Sensitivity Prediction and Drug Sensitivity Biomarker Identification in Cancer
Oskooei A, Manica M, Mathis R, Martínez M. Network-based Biased Tree Ensembles (NetBiTE) for Drug Sensitivity Prediction and Drug Sensitivity Biomarker Identification in Cancer. Scientific Reports 2019, 9: 15918. PMID: 31685861, PMCID: PMC6828742, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-52093-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMembrane receptor pathwayDrug sensitivity predictionProtein-protein interaction networkDrug sensitivityGenomics of Drug SensitivityDrug targetsGene expression dataIGFR signaling pathwaysAssignment of high weightsBiomarker identificationExpression dataInteraction networkSensitivity predictionSignaling pathwaySignaling pathway inhibitorsReceptor pathwayTree ensemblesPathway inhibitorPathwayGenomeGenesGDSCNeighborhoods of influenceIdentificationSynthetic datasets