2014
Targeting Of Somatic Hypermutation By immunoglobulin Enhancer And Enhancer-Like Sequences
Buerstedde JM, Alinikula J, Arakawa H, McDonald JJ, Schatz DG. Targeting Of Somatic Hypermutation By immunoglobulin Enhancer And Enhancer-Like Sequences. PLOS Biology 2014, 12: e1001831. PMID: 24691034, PMCID: PMC3972084, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001831.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibodiesBinding SitesB-LymphocytesCell LineChickensCytidine DeaminaseE-Box ElementsEnhancer Elements, GeneticGene Knockout TechniquesGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHumansImmunoglobulin kappa-ChainsImmunoglobulin lambda-ChainsLymphocyte ActivationMEF2 Transcription FactorsMiceMutationNF-kappa BSequence AlignmentSomatic Hypermutation, ImmunoglobulinTranscription, GeneticUracil-DNA GlycosidaseConceptsSomatic hypermutationIg enhancersNovel regulatory functionStimulation of transcriptionEnhancer-like elementCytidine deaminase proteinEnhancer-like sequenceActivation-induced cytidine deaminase proteinGene specificityTranscriptional roleHeavy chain intron enhancerTranscription unitGenetic diversityEts familyE-boxChicken cellsRegulatory functionsIntron enhancerFull activationImmunoglobulin genesTarget sequenceImmunoglobulin enhancerPoint mutationsEnhancerTranscription
2012
Dendritic cell–mediated activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID)–dependent induction of genomic instability in human myeloma
Koduru S, Wong E, Strowig T, Sundaram R, Zhang L, Strout MP, Flavell RA, Schatz DG, Dhodapkar KM, Dhodapkar MV. Dendritic cell–mediated activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID)–dependent induction of genomic instability in human myeloma. Blood 2012, 119: 2302-2309. PMID: 22234692, PMCID: PMC3311257, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-08-376236.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBlotting, WesternCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalCells, CulturedCoculture TechniquesCytidine DeaminaseDendritic CellsDNA Breaks, Double-StrandedFemaleGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenomic InstabilityHumansInterleukin Receptor Common gamma SubunitMiceMice, Inbred NODMice, KnockoutMice, SCIDMultiple MyelomaNF-kappa BRANK LigandReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionTransplantation, HeterologousTumor Cells, CulturedConceptsInduction of AIDMultiple myelomaTumor microenvironmentTumor cellsReceptor activatorActivation-induced cytidine deaminaseDendritic cell infiltrationCapacity of DCPrimary MM cellsNF-κB/receptor activatorGenetics of tumorsGrowth of tumorsGenomic damageMyeloma cell linesRANKL inhibitionPlasmacytoid DCsIndolent behaviorCell infiltrationMM cellsHuman myelomaCytidine deaminaseMyelomaDNA double-strand breaksGenomic instabilityCell lines