IL-12 and IL-23 cytokines: from discovery to targeted therapies for immune-mediated inflammatory diseases

MWL Teng, EP Bowman, JJ McElwee, MJ Smyth… - Nature medicine, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract The cytokine interleukin-12 (IL-12) was thought to have a central role in T cell–
mediated responses in inflammation for more than a decade after it was first identified …

The γc family of cytokines: basic biology to therapeutic ramifications

WJ Leonard, JX Lin, JJ O'Shea - Immunity, 2019 - cell.com
The common cytokine receptor γ chain, γ c, is a component of the receptors for interleukin-2
(IL-2), IL-4, IL-7, IL-9, IL-15, and IL-21. Mutation of the gene encoding γ c results in X-linked …

Fine-mapping inflammatory bowel disease loci to single-variant resolution

H Huang, M Fang, L Jostins, M Umićević Mirkov… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Inflammatory bowel diseases are chronic gastrointestinal inflammatory disorders that affect
millions of people worldwide. Genome-wide association studies have identified 200 …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association study identifies 27 loci influencing concentrations of circulating cytokines and growth factors

AV Ahola-Olli, P Würtz, AS Havulinna, K Aalto… - The American Journal of …, 2017 - cell.com
Circulating cytokines and growth factors are regulators of inflammation and have been
implicated in autoimmune and metabolic diseases. In this genome-wide association study …

Fine-mapping, trans-ancestral and genomic analyses identify causal variants, cells, genes and drug targets for type 1 diabetes

CC Robertson, JRJ Inshaw, S Onengut-Gumuscu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
We report the largest and most diverse genetic study of type 1 diabetes (T1D) to date
(61,427 participants), yielding 78 genome-wide-significant (P< 5× 10− 8) regions, including …

Discovery of stimulation-responsive immune enhancers with CRISPR activation

DR Simeonov, BG Gowen, M Boontanrart, TL Roth… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The majority of genetic variants associated with common human diseases map to
enhancers, non-coding elements that shape cell-type-specific transcriptional programs and …

Thymic regulatory T cells arise via two distinct developmental programs

DL Owen, SA Mahmud, LE Sjaastad, JB Williams… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The developmental programs that generate a broad repertoire of regulatory T cells (Treg
cells) able to respond to both self antigens and non-self antigens remain unclear. Here we …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic variants regulating immune cell levels in health and disease

V Orrù, M Steri, G Sole, C Sidore, F Virdis, M Dei, S Lai… - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
The complex network of specialized cells and molecules in the immune system has evolved
to defend against pathogens, but inadvertent immune system attacks on" self" result in …

Accurate, scalable cohort variant calls using DeepVariant and GLnexus

T Yun, H Li, PC Chang, MF Lin, A Carroll… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Motivation Population-scale sequenced cohorts are foundational resources for genetic
analyses, but processing raw reads into analysis-ready cohort-level variants remains …

Genome-wide association study of estradiol levels and the causal effect of estradiol on bone mineral density

D Schmitz, WE Ek, E Berggren… - The Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Context Estradiol is the primary female sex hormone and plays an important role for skeletal
health in both sexes. Several enzymes are involved in estradiol metabolism, but few …