Three-dimensional genome organization in immune cell fate and function

S Cuartero, G Stik, R Stadhouders - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
Immune cell development and activation demand the precise and coordinated control of
transcriptional programmes. Three-dimensional (3D) organization of the genome has …

Transcriptional and metabolic control of memory B cells and plasma cells

TJ Ripperger, D Bhattacharya - Annual Review of Immunology, 2021 - annualreviews.org
For many infections and almost all vaccines, neutralizing-antibody-mediated immunity is the
primary basis and best functional correlate of immunological protection. Durable long-term …

The gene regulatory network controlling plasma cell function

S Trezise, SL Nutt - Immunological Reviews, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Antibodies are an essential element of the immune response to infection, and in long‐term
protection upon re‐exposure to the same micro‐organism. Antibodies are produced by …

EBF1 nuclear repositioning instructs chromatin refolding to promote therapy resistance in T leukemic cells

Y Zhou, J Petrovic, J Zhao, W Zhang, A Bigdeli… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Chromatin misfolding has been implicated in cancer pathogenesis; yet, its role in therapy
resistance remains unclear. Here, we systematically integrated sequencing and imaging …

Spatial organization of chromatin: Transcriptional control of adaptive immune cell development

JMR Pongubala, C Murre - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Higher-order spatial organization of the genome into chromatin compartments (permissive
and repressive), self-associating domains (TADs), and regulatory loops provides structural …

Pre-mitotic genome re-organisation bookends the B cell differentiation process

WF Chan, HD Coughlan, JHS Zhou… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
During cellular differentiation chromosome conformation is intricately remodelled to support
the lineage-specific transcriptional programs required for initiating and maintaining lineage …

Single cell multi-omic reference atlases of non-human primate immune tissues reveals CD102 as a biomarker for long-lived plasma cells

RP Staupe, KE Lodge, N Thambi, D Toole… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
In response to infection or immunization, antibodies are produced that provide protection
against re-exposure with the same pathogen. These antibodies can persist at high titers for …

Three-dimensional chromatin reorganization regulates B cell development during ageing

F Ma, Y Cao, H Du, FZ Braikia, L Zong… - Nature Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
The contribution of three-dimensional genome organization to physiological ageing is not
well known. Here we show that large-scale chromatin reorganization distinguishes young …

Exploring novel functions of BACH2 in the acquisition of antigen-specific antibodies

K Ochiai, K Igarashi - International Immunology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract BACH2 [BTB (broad-complex, tramtrak and bric à brac) and CNC (cap 'n'collar)
homolog 2] is known as a transcriptional repressor and broadly functions in regulating …

Epigenetic gene regulation in plasma cells

DG Patterson, AK Kania, Z Zuo… - Immunological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Humoral immunity provides protection from pathogenic infection and is mediated by
antibodies following the differentiation of naive B cells (nBs) to antibody‐secreting cells …