The mechanisms of T cell selection in the thymus

H Takaba, H Takayanagi - Trends in immunology, 2017 - cell.com
T cells undergo positive and negative selection in the thymic cortex and medulla,
respectively. A promiscuous expression of a wide array of self-antigens in the thymus is …

Generating neuronal diversity in the mammalian cerebral cortex

S Lodato, P Arlotta - Annual review of cell and developmental …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The neocortex is the part of the brain responsible for execution of higher-order brain
functions, including cognition, sensory perception, and sophisticated motor control. During …

Molecular logic of cellular diversification in the mouse cerebral cortex

DJ Di Bella, E Habibi, RR Stickels, G Scalia, J Brown… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The mammalian cerebral cortex has an unparalleled diversity of cell types, which are
generated during development through a series of temporally orchestrated events that are …

Genetic dissection of the glutamatergic neuron system in cerebral cortex

KS Matho, D Huilgol, W Galbavy, M He, G Kim, X An… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Diverse types of glutamatergic pyramidal neurons mediate the myriad processing streams
and output channels of the cerebral cortex,, yet all derive from neural progenitors of the …

Prenatal interleukin 6 elevation increases glutamatergic synapse density and disrupts hippocampal connectivity in offspring

F Mirabella, G Desiato, S Mancinelli, G Fossati… - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
Early prenatal inflammatory conditions are thought to be a risk factor for different
neurodevelopmental disorders. Maternal interleukin-6 (IL-6) elevation during pregnancy …

Injured adult neurons regress to an embryonic transcriptional growth state

GHD Poplawski, R Kawaguchi, E Van Niekerk, P Lu… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Grafts of spinal-cord-derived neural progenitor cells (NPCs) enable the robust regeneration
of corticospinal axons and restore forelimb function after spinal cord injury; however, the …

Genetically identified amygdala–striatal circuits for valence-specific behaviors

X Zhang, W Guan, T Yang, A Furlan, X Xiao, K Yu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The basolateral amygdala (BLA) plays essential roles in behaviors motivated by stimuli with
either positive or negative valence, but how it processes motivationally opposing information …

Fezf2 orchestrates a thymic program of self-antigen expression for immune tolerance

H Takaba, Y Morishita, Y Tomofuji, L Danks, T Nitta… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
Self-tolerance to immune reactions is established via promiscuous expression of tissue-
restricted antigens (TRAs) in medullary thymic epithelial cells (mTECs), leading to the …

Evaluating cell reprogramming, differentiation and conversion technologies in neuroscience

J Mertens, MC Marchetto, C Bardy… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
The scarcity of live human brain cells for experimental access has for a long time limited our
ability to study complex human neurological disorders and elucidate basic neuroscientific …

Programmable RNA sensing for cell monitoring and manipulation

Y Qian, J Li, S Zhao, EA Matthews, M Adoff, W Zhong… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
RNA is a central and universal mediator of genetic information underlying the diversity of cell
types and cell states, which together shape tissue organization and organismal function …