2020
Alignment free identification of clones in B cell receptor repertoires
Lindenbaum O, Nouri N, Kluger Y, Kleinstein SH. Alignment free identification of clones in B cell receptor repertoires. Nucleic Acids Research 2020, 49: e21-e21. PMID: 33330933, PMCID: PMC7913774, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa1160.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Identification of Subject-Specific Immunoglobulin Alleles From Expressed Repertoire Sequencing Data
Gadala-Maria D, Gidoni M, Marquez S, Heiden J, Kos JT, Watson CT, O'Connor KC, Yaari G, Kleinstein SH. Identification of Subject-Specific Immunoglobulin Alleles From Expressed Repertoire Sequencing Data. Frontiers In Immunology 2019, 10: 129. PMID: 30814994, PMCID: PMC6381938, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlgorithmsAllelesBayes TheoremGenotypeHumansImmunoglobulinsMyasthenia GravisSequence Analysis, DNA
2018
A spectral clustering-based method for identifying clones from high-throughput B cell repertoire sequencing data
Nouri N, Kleinstein SH. A spectral clustering-based method for identifying clones from high-throughput B cell repertoire sequencing data. Bioinformatics 2018, 34: i341-i349. PMID: 29949968, PMCID: PMC6022594, DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bty235.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Comment on “A Database of Human Immune Receptor Alleles Recovered from Population Sequencing Data”
Watson CT, Matsen FA, Jackson KJL, Bashir A, Smith ML, Glanville J, Breden F, Kleinstein SH, Collins AM, Busse CE. Comment on “A Database of Human Immune Receptor Alleles Recovered from Population Sequencing Data”. The Journal Of Immunology 2017, 198: 3371-3373. PMID: 28416712, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1700306.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Responsive population dynamics and wide seeding into the duodenal lamina propria of transglutaminase-2-specific plasma cells in celiac disease
Di Niro R, Snir O, Kaukinen K, Yaari G, Lundin K, Gupta N, Kleinstein S, Cols M, Cerutti A, Mäki M, Shlomchik M, Sollid L. Responsive population dynamics and wide seeding into the duodenal lamina propria of transglutaminase-2-specific plasma cells in celiac disease. Mucosal Immunology 2015, 9: 254-264. PMID: 26153762, PMCID: PMC4703456, DOI: 10.1038/mi.2015.57.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAutoantibodiesBiopsyCeliac DiseaseCell CountDiet, Gluten-FreeDuodenumGene Expression RegulationGlutensGTP-Binding ProteinsHumansImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsIntestinal MucosaLaser Capture MicrodissectionPlasma CellsProtein Glutamine gamma Glutamyltransferase 2Sequence Analysis, DNATransglutaminasesConceptsTG2-specific plasma cellsPlasma cellsCeliac diseaseLamina propriaTransglutaminase 2Antibody-mediated diseasesGluten-free dietSerum antibody levelsSerum antibody titersB cell responsesAntigen-specific antibodiesDuodenal lamina propriaGluten exposureUntreated patientsAntibody levelsAntibody titersCeliac lesionAntigen stainingSubepithelial layerAntibody productionIndividual biopsiesRepertoire analysisDiseaseGut tissueAntibodies
2014
pRESTO: a toolkit for processing high-throughput sequencing raw reads of lymphocyte receptor repertoires
Vander Heiden JA, Yaari G, Uduman M, Stern JN, O'Connor KC, Hafler DA, Vigneault F, Kleinstein SH. pRESTO: a toolkit for processing high-throughput sequencing raw reads of lymphocyte receptor repertoires. Bioinformatics 2014, 30: 1930-1932. PMID: 24618469, PMCID: PMC4071206, DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btu138.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntegrating B Cell Lineage Information into Statistical Tests for Detecting Selection in Ig Sequences
Uduman M, Shlomchik MJ, Vigneault F, Church GM, Kleinstein SH. Integrating B Cell Lineage Information into Statistical Tests for Detecting Selection in Ig Sequences. The Journal Of Immunology 2014, 192: 867-874. PMID: 24376267, PMCID: PMC4363135, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1301551.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibody AffinityAntibody DiversityB-Lymphocyte SubsetsCell LineageClonal Selection, Antigen-MediatedComputer SimulationConfounding Factors, EpidemiologicGene Rearrangement, B-LymphocyteGenes, ImmunoglobulinHumansMiceModels, ImmunologicalModels, StatisticalROC CurveSequence Analysis, DNASomatic Hypermutation, ImmunoglobulinVDJ ExonsConceptsLineage treesHigh-throughput sequencing technologyLineage tree shapesCell lineage informationIg sequencesRatio of replacementTree-shape analysisStatistical frameworkSequence-based methodsBinomial statistical analysisExperimental data setsIndicators of selectionSequencing technologiesLineage informationSequencing depthNumber of generationsData setsHybrid methodVivo selectionSilent mutationsTree shapeStatistical testsSequenceShape analysisMutations
2011
Somatic hypermutation targeting is influenced by location within the immunoglobulin V region
Cohen RM, Kleinstein SH, Louzoun Y. Somatic hypermutation targeting is influenced by location within the immunoglobulin V region. Molecular Immunology 2011, 48: 1477-1483. PMID: 21592579, PMCID: PMC3109224, DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2011.04.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObserved mutation patternSpecific DNA motifsBiased codon usageImmunoglobulin V genesMutation accumulationGene positionCodon usageMutation patternsDNA motifsPositive selectionPosition-specific effectsImmunoglobulin V regionsNegative selectionB cellsMutationsMutation frequencyV geneGenesPeripheral B cellsSubstitution typeV regionsTargetingSpecific targetingCellsSequence
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