2024
CpG island turnover events predict evolutionary changes in enhancer activity
Kocher A, Dutrow E, Uebbing S, Yim K, Rosales Larios M, Baumgartner M, Nottoli T, Noonan J. CpG island turnover events predict evolutionary changes in enhancer activity. Genome Biology 2024, 25: 156. PMID: 38872220, PMCID: PMC11170920, DOI: 10.1186/s13059-024-03300-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman-gained enhancersCpG islandsFunction of transcriptional enhancersEvolution of biological diversityHuman CpG islandsGene regulatory changesInfluence enhancer activityCpG island contentHistone modification levelsEnhanced activitySpecies-specific activityTrait evolutionNucleotide substitutionsHistone modificationsTranscriptional enhancersMouse orthologEvolutionary changesTurnover eventsModification levelsMammalian speciesMultiple tissuesEmbryonic developmentMouse diencephalonHuman embryonic developmentSpecies
2008
Orthologs of macrophage migration inhibitory factor from parasitic nematodes
Vermeire JJ, Cho Y, Lolis E, Bucala R, Cappello M. Orthologs of macrophage migration inhibitory factor from parasitic nematodes. Trends In Parasitology 2008, 24: 355-363. PMID: 18603473, PMCID: PMC3615561, DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2008.04.007.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsMacrophage migration inhibitory factorParasitic nematodesMigration inhibitory factorHost-parasite interfaceSpecies-specific activityDevelopmental biologyThree-dimensional structureMammalian hostsInhibitory factorHost cellular immune responseParasite survivalChronic helminth infectionsVaccine-based strategiesCellular immune responsesOrthologsMIF moleculeParasite moleculesNematodesHost cytokinesImmune responseHelminth infectionsDisease controlIdeal targetRecent progressMolecules
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