Diversification of Antibodies: From V (D) J Recombination to Somatic Exon Shuffling

M Lebedin, K de la Rosa - Annual Review of Cell and …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Antibodies that gain specificity by a large insert encoding for an extra domain were
described for the first time in 2016. In malaria-exposed individuals, an exon deriving from the …

RNA processing mechanisms contribute to genome organization and stability in B cells

E Miglierina, D Ordanoska, S Le Noir, B Laffleur - Oncogene, 2024 - nature.com
RNA processing includes post-transcriptional mechanisms controlling RNA quality and
quantity to ensure cellular homeostasis. Noncoding (nc) RNAs that are regulated by these …

Transfer of mitochondrial DNA into the nuclear genome during induced DNA breaks

J Wu, Y Liu, L Ou, T Gan, Z Zhangding, S Yuan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Mitochondria serve as the cellular powerhouse, and their distinct DNA makes them a
prospective target for gene editing to treat genetic disorders. However, the impact of genome …

Yeast EndoG prevents genome instability by degrading extranuclear DNA species

Y Yu, X Wang, J Fox, R Yu, P Thakre… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
In metazoans mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) or retrotransposon cDNA released to cytoplasm
are degraded by nucleases to prevent sterile inflammation. It remains unknown whether …

Orientation Regulation of Class-switch Recombination in Human B Cells

L Du, V Oksenych, H Wan, X Ye, J Dong… - The Journal of …, 2024 - journals.aai.org
We developed a linear amplification–mediated high-throughput genome-wide translocation
sequencing method to profile Ig class-switch recombination (CSR) in human B cells in an …

Mechanisms and strategies of unconventional antibody diversification for greater immune adaptability

JD Dimitrov, W Mwangi, X Zhong - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Antibody repertoires are characterized by a vast diversity that endows antibodies with
potential to recognize multifarious target antigens with high affinities and specificities. The …

RPA and Rad27 limit templated and inverted insertions at DNA breaks

Y Yu, X Wang, J Fox, Q Li, Y Yu… - Nucleic Acids …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Formation of templated insertions at DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) is very common in
cancer cells. The mechanisms and enzymes regulating these events are largely unknown …

Yeast EndoG prevents genome instability by degrading cytoplasmic DNA

Y Yu, X Wang, J Fox, R Yu, P Thakre… - Research …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In metazoans release of mitochondrial DNA or retrotransposon cDNA to cytoplasm can
cause sterile inflammation and disease 1. Cytoplasmic nucleases degrade these DNA …

A new mechanism of antibody diversity: formation of the natural antibodies containing LAIR1 and LILRB1 extracellular domains

Y Chen, Z Zeng, Z Chen, N Yuan, X Ye… - Antibody …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The recent discovery of public antibodies targeting Plasmodium falciparum-encoded
repetitive interspersed families of polypeptides (RIFINs), which contain extracellular …

RPA and Rad27 limit templated and inverted insertions at DNA breaks

G Ira, Y Yu, K Chen, X Wang, J Fox, PJ Hastings, Y Yu… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Formation of templated insertions at DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) is very common in
cancer cells. The mechanisms and enzymes regulating these events are largely unknown …