2016
Bcl6 Is Required for Somatic Hypermutation and Gene Conversion in Chicken DT40 Cells
Williams AM, Maman Y, Alinikula J, Schatz DG. Bcl6 Is Required for Somatic Hypermutation and Gene Conversion in Chicken DT40 Cells. PLOS ONE 2016, 11: e0149146. PMID: 26900682, PMCID: PMC4762950, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149146.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDT40 cellsGene conversionTarget genesClass switch recombinationGene bodiesSomatic hypermutationB cell gene expression programChicken DT40 B cellsBCL6 functionCell gene expression programChicken DT40 cellsDT40 B cellsGene expression programsRNA polymerase IIDeficient DT40 cellsTranscription start siteExpression of AIDAbsence of Bcl6High-level expressionB cellsExpression programsPolymerase IIPol IIStart siteTranscriptional features
2005
B cells and osteoblast and osteoclast development
Horowitz MC, Bothwell AL, Hesslein DG, Pflugh DL, Schatz DG. B cells and osteoblast and osteoclast development. Immunological Reviews 2005, 208: 141-153. PMID: 16313346, DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-2896.2005.00328.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnimalsB-LymphocytesCarrier ProteinsCell DifferentiationDNA-Binding ProteinsGlycoproteinsHumansInterleukin-7LymphopoiesisMembrane GlycoproteinsOsteoblastsOsteoclastsOsteogenesisOsteoprotegerinPAX5 Transcription FactorRANK LigandReceptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-kappa BReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearReceptors, Tumor Necrosis FactorTrans-ActivatorsTranscription, Genetic
2004
Pax5-Deficient Mice Exhibit Early Onset Osteopenia with Increased Osteoclast Progenitors
Horowitz MC, Xi Y, Pflugh DL, Hesslein DG, Schatz DG, Lorenzo JA, Bothwell AL. Pax5-Deficient Mice Exhibit Early Onset Osteopenia with Increased Osteoclast Progenitors. The Journal Of Immunology 2004, 173: 6583-6591. PMID: 15557148, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.11.6583.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNumber of osteoclastsSpleen cellsB cellsOsteoclast developmentB cell-deficient miceCell-deficient miceControl spleen cellsB lymphocyte lineage cellsBone marrow cellsB-cell lineagePro-B cell stageMonocyte phenotypeBone massOsteoclast precursorsMice exhibitOsteoclast progenitorsMarrow cellsGrowth factorMiceOsteoclastsLineage cellsOsteopeniaCell lineagesCellsAdherent cellsB cell–specific loss of histone 3 lysine 9 methylation in the VH locus depends on Pax5
Johnson K, Pflugh DL, Yu D, Hesslein DG, Lin KI, Bothwell AL, Thomas-Tikhonenko A, Schatz DG, Calame K. B cell–specific loss of histone 3 lysine 9 methylation in the VH locus depends on Pax5. Nature Immunology 2004, 5: 853-861. PMID: 15258579, PMCID: PMC1635547, DOI: 10.1038/ni1099.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBase SequenceB-LymphocytesCell LineageCells, CulturedDNA-Binding ProteinsFlow CytometryGene Rearrangement, B-LymphocyteHematopoietic Stem CellsHistonesImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsImmunoglobulin Variable RegionLysineMethylationMiceModels, ImmunologicalMolecular Sequence DataPAX5 Transcription FactorPrecipitin TestsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionTranscription FactorsConceptsH3-K9 methylationDJH recombinationVH locusHistone 3 lysine 9 methylationLysine 9 methylationFunction of Pax5Non-B lineage cellsB cell-specific lossB cell commitmentHistone exchangeInactive chromatinLysine 9Histone H3Transcription factorsCell commitmentCell-specific lossInhibitory modificationMethylationLineage cellsLociPAX5B cellsHeavy chain rearrangementRecombinationChain rearrangement
2003
Pax5 is required for recombination of transcribed, acetylated, 5′ IgH V gene segments
Hesslein DG, Pflugh DL, Chowdhury D, Bothwell AL, Sen R, Schatz DG. Pax5 is required for recombination of transcribed, acetylated, 5′ IgH V gene segments. Genes & Development 2003, 17: 37-42. PMID: 12514097, PMCID: PMC195966, DOI: 10.1101/gad.1031403.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcetylationAllelesAnimalsB-LymphocytesChromatinDNA NucleotidyltransferasesDNA-Binding ProteinsGene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Heavy ChainGenes, ImmunoglobulinGenes, RAG-1HistonesHomeodomain ProteinsImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsImmunoglobulin Variable RegionMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutPAX5 Transcription FactorTranscription FactorsTranscription, GeneticVDJ Recombinases