2024
Inferring B Cell Phylogenies from Paired H and L Chain BCR Sequences with Dowser.
Jensen C, Sumner J, Kleinstein S, Hoehn K. Inferring B Cell Phylogenies from Paired H and L Chain BCR Sequences with Dowser. The Journal Of Immunology 2024, 212: 1579-1588. PMID: 38557795, PMCID: PMC11073909, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2300851.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhylogenetic treeL chainsBranch lengthsBCR sequencesTree-building methodsSingle-cell sequencing dataHistory of mutationsSingle-cell sequencingPhylogenetic methodsSequence dataSequencing technologiesL chain sequencesTree accuracyEvolutionary processSingle-cellPhylogenyImmune responseSomatic hypermutationSequenceClonesMutationsB cell clonesHuman immune responseTreesBCR
2022
Phylogenetic analysis of migration, differentiation, and class switching in B cells
Hoehn KB, Pybus OG, Kleinstein SH. Phylogenetic analysis of migration, differentiation, and class switching in B cells. PLOS Computational Biology 2022, 18: e1009885. PMID: 35468128, PMCID: PMC9037912, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009885.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Multiple Transcription Factor Binding Sites Predict AID Targeting in Non-Ig Genes
Duke JL, Liu M, Yaari G, Khalil AM, Tomayko MM, Shlomchik MJ, Schatz DG, Kleinstein SH. Multiple Transcription Factor Binding Sites Predict AID Targeting in Non-Ig Genes. The Journal Of Immunology 2013, 190: 3878-3888. PMID: 23514741, PMCID: PMC3689293, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1202547.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscription Factor Binding SitesAID-induced lesionsNon-Ig genesGenome instabilityTranscription factorsAberrant targetingSequence dataCertain genesGenesAID targetingGerminal center B cellsSomatic mutationsLikely targetBinding sitesAID targetsTargetingClassification tree modelMistargetingB cellsLociMechanismTargetMutationsSites
2012
Quantifying selection in high-throughput Immunoglobulin sequencing data sets
Yaari G, Uduman M, Kleinstein SH. Quantifying selection in high-throughput Immunoglobulin sequencing data sets. Nucleic Acids Research 2012, 40: e134-e134. PMID: 22641856, PMCID: PMC3458526, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks457.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuantifying selectionDifferent selection pressuresHigh-throughput immunoglobulinSomatic hypermutationNext-generation sequencing dataDNA mutation patternsSomatic mutation patternsGroups of sequencesAntigen-driven selection processMutation patternsSequence dataSelection pressureSequencing dataB cell affinity maturationB-cell cancersNegative selection
2006
Mutation parameters from DNA sequence data using graph theoretic measures on lineage trees
Magori-Cohen R, Louzoun Y, Kleinstein SH. Mutation parameters from DNA sequence data using graph theoretic measures on lineage trees. Bioinformatics 2006, 22: e332-e340. PMID: 16873490, DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btl239.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLineage treesDNA sequencesDNA sequence dataSomatic hypermutationMaximum likelihood analysisTree shapeBioinformatics methodsSequence dataLethal mutationsMutation rateNumber of generationsLikelihood analysisMutation parametersB cellsSynthetic treeClonal expansionTreesSequenceMutationsHypermutationAffinity maturationCellsImportant linkClonesUnexpected locations