2017
STAT4 and T-bet control follicular helper T cell development in viral infections
Weinstein JS, Laidlaw BJ, Lu Y, Wang JK, Schulz VP, Li N, Herman EI, Kaech SM, Gallagher PG, Craft J. STAT4 and T-bet control follicular helper T cell development in viral infections. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2017, 215: 337-355. PMID: 29212666, PMCID: PMC5748849, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20170457.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIL-21Tfh cellsT-betViral infectionFollicular helper T cellsHelper T cell developmentAcute viral infectionIFN-γ productionHelper T cellsGerminal center B cell survivalB cell survivalT cell developmentIL-4Viral challengeIL-9T cellsImmunoglobulin isotypesIFNSoluble factorsGC responseInfectionGC reactionSTAT4BCL6Cell survivalMolecular basis of tactile specialization in the duck bill
Schneider ER, Anderson EO, Mastrotto M, Matson JD, Schulz VP, Gallagher PG, LaMotte RH, Gracheva EO, Bagriantsev SN. Molecular basis of tactile specialization in the duck bill. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2017, 114: 13036-13041. PMID: 29109250, PMCID: PMC5724259, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1708793114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsAvian ProteinsBeakChickensCloning, MolecularDucksEmbryo, NonmammalianGene ExpressionGenetic VectorsHEK293 CellsHumansIon ChannelsKineticsMechanoreceptorsMechanotransduction, CellularMicePatch-Clamp TechniquesRecombinant ProteinsRNA, Small InterferingSequence Homology, Amino AcidSpecies SpecificityTouchTouch PerceptionTrigeminal GanglionConceptsMolecular basisHeterologous expression systemSpecialist birdsMouse orthologPiezo2 ion channelsTactile specializationExpression systemDuck billMolecular characterizationIon channelsFeeding behaviorEdible matterPiezo2BirdsElectrophysiological characterizationSlow inactivation kineticsOrthologsVertebratesMechanoMechanotransductionKnockdownInactivation kineticsMurky watersHigh densityNeuronsNovel mechanisms of PIEZO1 dysfunction in hereditary xerocytosis
Glogowska E, Schneider ER, Maksimova Y, Schulz VP, Lezon-Geyda K, Wu J, Radhakrishnan K, Keel SB, Mahoney D, Freidmann AM, Altura RA, Gracheva EO, Bagriantsev SN, Kalfa TA, Gallagher PG. Novel mechanisms of PIEZO1 dysfunction in hereditary xerocytosis. Blood 2017, 130: 1845-1856. PMID: 28716860, PMCID: PMC5649553, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2017-05-786004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHereditary xerocytosisMembrane protein traffickingNext-generation sequencing-based techniquesSequencing-based techniquesMembrane protein expressionProtein traffickingFunction phenotypesCell biologyOsmotic stressWild typePIEZO1 variantsFunctional assaysNovel mechanismGenetic heterogeneityMutationsProtein expressionErythrocyte hydrationXerocytosisVivo systemTraffickingPartial gainPhenotypeChannel inactivationCation permeabilityCongenital hemolytic anemia
2012
Altered subcellular localization of transcription factor TEAD4 regulates first mammalian cell lineage commitment
Home P, Saha B, Ray S, Dutta D, Gunewardena S, Yoo B, Pal A, Vivian JL, Larson M, Petroff M, Gallagher PG, Schulz VP, White KL, Golos TG, Behr B, Paul S. Altered subcellular localization of transcription factor TEAD4 regulates first mammalian cell lineage commitment. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2012, 109: 7362-7367. PMID: 22529382, PMCID: PMC3358889, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1201595109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBlastocystBlastocyst Inner Cell MassBlastomeresBlotting, WesternCattleCDX2 Transcription FactorCell LineageCell NucleusCells, CulturedDNA-Binding ProteinsEmbryonic Stem CellsGATA3 Transcription FactorGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHEK293 CellsHomeodomain ProteinsHumansMacaca mulattaMiceMice, TransgenicMuscle ProteinsRatsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA InterferenceTEA Domain Transcription FactorsTranscription FactorsConceptsInner cell massTranscriptional programsICM lineagesSubcellular localizationNuclear localizationInner blastomeresCell fate specificationSpecific transcriptional programsCell lineage commitmentAltered subcellular localizationTranscription factor TEAD4Preimplantation mouse embryosFate specificationLineage commitmentTarget genesMouse embryosCell lineagesTEAD4LineagesBlastomeresBlastocyst formationCell massDifferential functionGenesLocalization