Modifications and functional genomics of human transfer RNA

T Pan - Cell research, 2018 - nature.com
Transfer RNA (tRNA) is present at tens of millions of transcripts in a human cell and is the
most abundant RNA in moles among all cellular RNAs. tRNA is also the most extensively …

Autoimmune subepidermal bullous diseases of the skin and mucosae: clinical features, diagnosis, and management

KT Amber, DF Murrell, E Schmidt, P Joly… - Clinical reviews in allergy …, 2018 - Springer
Autoimmune subepidermal blistering diseases of the skin and mucosae constitute a large
group of sometimes devastating diseases, encompassing bullous pemphigoid, gestational …

A genomic perspective on HLA evolution

D Meyer, VR C. Aguiar, BD Bitarello, DY C. Brandt… - Immunogenetics, 2018 - Springer
Several decades of research have convincingly shown that classical human leukocyte
antigen (HLA) loci bear signatures of natural selection. Despite this conclusion, many …

Deep whole-genome sequencing reveals recent selection signatures linked to evolution and disease risk of Japanese

Y Okada, Y Momozawa, S Sakaue, M Kanai… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Understanding natural selection is crucial to unveiling evolution of modern humans. Here,
we report natural selection signatures in the Japanese population using 2234 high-depth …

Unfinished business: evolution of the MHC and the adaptive immune system of jawed vertebrates

J Kaufman - Annual review of immunology, 2018 - annualreviews.org
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a large genetic region with many genes,
including the highly polymorphic classical class I and II genes that play crucial roles in …

Transcriptomic responses to heat stress in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss head kidney

J Huang, Y Li, Z Liu, Y Kang, J Wang - Fish & shellfish immunology, 2018 - Elsevier
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) are widely cultured throughout the word for
commercial aquaculture. However, as a cold-water species, rainbow trout are highly …

Subepidermal autoimmune bullous diseases: overview, epidemiology, and associations

K Kridin - Immunologic research, 2018 - Springer
Subepidermal autoimmune bullous diseases of the skin and mucosae comprise a large
group of chronic diseases, including bullous pemphigoid, pemphigoid gestationis, mucous …

The genetic architecture of type 1 diabetes mellitus

DM Nyaga, MH Vickers, C Jefferies, JK Perry… - Molecular and cellular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) is a complex autoimmune disorder characterised by loss of
the insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells in genetically predisposed individuals, ultimately …

Human leukocyte antigen-class I alleles and the autoreactive T cell response in psoriasis pathogenesis

JC Prinz - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Psoriasis is a complex immune-mediated inflammatory skin disease characterized by T-cell-
driven epidermal hyperplasia. It occurs on a strong genetic predisposition. The human …

Repertoires of tRNAs: the couplers of genomics and proteomics

R Rak, O Dahan, Y Pilpel - Annual review of cell and …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
The pool of transfer RNA (tRNA) molecules in cells allows the ribosome to decode genetic
information. This repertoire of molecular decoders is positioned in the crossroad of the …