2008
Skint1, the prototype of a newly identified immunoglobulin superfamily gene cluster, positively selects epidermal γδ T cells
Boyden LM, Lewis JM, Barbee SD, Bas A, Girardi M, Hayday AC, Tigelaar RE, Lifton RP. Skint1, the prototype of a newly identified immunoglobulin superfamily gene cluster, positively selects epidermal γδ T cells. Nature Genetics 2008, 40: 656-662. PMID: 18408721, PMCID: PMC4167720, DOI: 10.1038/ng.108.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2007
Promotion of Hras-induced squamous carcinomas by a polymorphic variant of the Patched gene in FVB mice
Wakabayashi Y, Mao JH, Brown K, Girardi M, Balmain A. Promotion of Hras-induced squamous carcinomas by a polymorphic variant of the Patched gene in FVB mice. Nature 2007, 445: 761-765. PMID: 17230190, DOI: 10.1038/nature05489.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsApoptosisCarcinoma, Squamous CellCell LineCell Transformation, NeoplasticCrosses, GeneticFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenes, rasHSP40 Heat-Shock ProteinsHumansKruppel-Like Transcription FactorsMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicMolecular Sequence DataPatched ReceptorsPatched-1 ReceptorPolymorphism, GeneticRas ProteinsReceptors, Cell SurfaceZinc Finger Protein Gli2ConceptsSquamous carcinomaTumor suppressor geneFVB/N miceSonic hedgehogSuppressor geneFVB/N strainBasal cell carcinomaPTCH geneSame target cellsCell lineage commitmentPatched geneHuman patched geneHost genetic backgroundClassical tumor suppressor geneCell carcinomaPtch alleleFVB miceN miceCarcinogen exposureC57BL/6 strainTumor typesLineage commitmentMouse homologueHybrid miceGenetic basis
2001
Regulation of Cutaneous Malignancy by γδ T Cells
Girardi M, Oppenheim D, Steele C, Lewis J, Glusac E, Filler R, Hobby P, Sutton B, Tigelaar R, Hayday A. Regulation of Cutaneous Malignancy by γδ T Cells. Science 2001, 294: 605-609. PMID: 11567106, DOI: 10.1126/science.1063916.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCarcinogensCell LineCytotoxicity, ImmunologicDimerizationEpidermisEpithelial CellsHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHumansImmunologic SurveillanceLigandsMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMinor Histocompatibility AntigensMolecular Sequence DataNK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily KProtein ConformationProtein FoldingReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-betaReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-deltaReceptors, ImmunologicReceptors, Natural Killer CellRecombinant Fusion ProteinsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSkin NeoplasmsT-Lymphocyte SubsetsConceptsT cellsGammadelta cellsLocal T cellsNatural killer cellsΓδ T cellsGammadelta T cellsCytolytic T cellsSkin carcinoma cellsNKG2D engagementMultiple regimensKiller cellsCutaneous malignanciesCutaneous carcinogenesisEpithelial malignanciesRAE-1Human MICAMalignancyCarcinoma cellsSkin cellsCellsNKG2DRegimensMiceEpitheliumCarcinogenesis
1995
α β and γ δ T cells can share a late common precursor
Dudley E, Girardi M, Owen M, Hayday A. α β and γ δ T cells can share a late common precursor. Current Biology 1995, 5: 659-669. PMID: 7552177, DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(95)00131-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBase SequenceCell DifferentiationDendritic CellsDNA NucleotidyltransferasesGene Rearrangement, T-LymphocyteHematopoiesisHematopoietic Stem CellsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMolecular Sequence DataPolymerase Chain ReactionPolymorphism, Restriction Fragment LengthReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-betaReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-deltaStochastic ProcessesT-Lymphocyte SubsetsVDJ RecombinasesConceptsDelta geneSuccessful rearrangementLineage-determining factorsT cell receptorGene rearrangement processTCR-alpha gene rearrangementsAlpha gene rearrangementsTCR beta locusVertebrate developmentTCR delta geneAlpha betaSeparate lineagesTCR delta locusProductive rearrangementsDelta gene segmentsDelta locusBeta locusPolypeptide chainIndividual thymocytesGenesGamma geneT cell differentiationGene segmentsFragment length polymorphism techniqueCommon precursor