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Brons IG Smithers LE Trotter MW Rugg-Gunn P Sun B Chuva de Sousa Lopes SM Howlett SK Clarkson A Ahrlund-Richter L Pedersen RA Vallier L 《Nature》2007,448(7150):191-195
Although the first mouse embryonic stem (ES) cell lines were derived 25 years ago using feeder-layer-based blastocyst cultures, subsequent efforts to extend the approach to other mammals, including both laboratory and domestic species, have been relatively unsuccessful. The most notable exceptions were the derivation of non-human primate ES cell lines followed shortly thereafter by their derivation of human ES cells. Despite the apparent common origin and the similar pluripotency of mouse and human embryonic stem cells, recent studies have revealed that they use different signalling pathways to maintain their pluripotent status. Mouse ES cells depend on leukaemia inhibitory factor and bone morphogenetic protein, whereas their human counterparts rely on activin (INHBA)/nodal (NODAL) and fibroblast growth factor (FGF). Here we show that pluripotent stem cells can be derived from the late epiblast layer of post-implantation mouse and rat embryos using chemically defined, activin-containing culture medium that is sufficient for long-term maintenance of human embryonic stem cells. Our results demonstrate that activin/Nodal signalling has an evolutionarily conserved role in the derivation and the maintenance of pluripotency in these novel stem cells. Epiblast stem cells provide a valuable experimental system for determining whether distinctions between mouse and human embryonic stem cells reflect species differences or diverse temporal origins. 相似文献
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Enciso-Mora V Broderick P Ma Y Jarrett RF Hjalgrim H Hemminki K van den Berg A Olver B Lloyd A Dobbins SE Lightfoot T van Leeuwen FE Försti A Diepstra A Broeks A Vijayakrishnan J Shield L Lake A Montgomery D Roman E Engert A von Strandmann EP Reiners KS Nolte IM Smedby KE Adami HO Russell NS Glimelius B Hamilton-Dutoit S de Bruin M Ryder LP Molin D Sorensen KM Chang ET Taylor M Cooke R Hofstra R Westers H van Wezel T van Eijk R Ashworth A Rostgaard K Melbye M Swerdlow AJ Houlston RS 《Nature genetics》2010,42(12):1126-1130
To identify susceptibility loci for classical Hodgkin's lymphoma (cHL), we conducted a genome-wide association study of 589 individuals with cHL (cases) and 5,199 controls with validation in four independent samples totaling 2,057 cases and 3,416 controls. We identified three new susceptibility loci at 2p16.1 (rs1432295, REL, odds ratio (OR) = 1.22, combined P = 1.91 × 10(-8)), 8q24.21 (rs2019960, PVT1, OR = 1.33, combined P = 1.26 × 10(-13)) and 10p14 (rs501764, GATA3, OR = 1.25, combined P = 7.05 × 10(-8)). Furthermore, we confirmed the role of the major histocompatibility complex in disease etiology by revealing a strong human leukocyte antigen (HLA) association (rs6903608, OR = 1.70, combined P = 2.84 × 10(-50)). These data provide new insight into the pathogenesis of cHL. 相似文献
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Barrett JH Iles MM Harland M Taylor JC Aitken JF Andresen PA Akslen LA Armstrong BK Avril MF Azizi E Bakker B Bergman W Bianchi-Scarrà G Bressac-de Paillerets B Calista D Cannon-Albright LA Corda E Cust AE Dębniak T Duffy D Dunning AM Easton DF Friedman E Galan P Ghiorzo P Giles GG Hansson J Hocevar M Höiom V Hopper JL Ingvar C Janssen B Jenkins MA Jönsson G Kefford RF Landi G Landi MT Lang J Lubiński J Mackie R Malvehy J Martin NG Molven A Montgomery GW van Nieuwpoort FA Novakovic S Olsson H 《Nature genetics》2011,43(11):1108-1113
We report a genome-wide association study for melanoma that was conducted by the GenoMEL Consortium. Our discovery phase included 2,981 individuals with melanoma and 1,982 study-specific control individuals of European ancestry, as well as an additional 6,426 control subjects from French or British populations, all of whom were genotyped for 317,000 or 610,000 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Our analysis replicated previously known melanoma susceptibility loci. Seven new regions with at least one SNP with P < 10(-5) and further local imputed or genotyped support were selected for replication using two other genome-wide studies (from Australia and Texas, USA). Additional replication came from case-control series from the UK and The Netherlands. Variants at three of the seven loci replicated at P < 10(-3): an SNP in ATM (rs1801516, overall P = 3.4 × 10(-9)), an SNP in MX2 (rs45430, P = 2.9 × 10(-9)) and an SNP adjacent to CASP8 (rs13016963, P = 8.6 × 10(-10)). A fourth locus near CCND1 remains of potential interest, showing suggestive but inconclusive evidence of replication (rs1485993, overall P = 4.6 × 10(-7) under a fixed-effects model and P = 1.2 × 10(-3) under a random-effects model). These newly associated variants showed no association with nevus or pigmentation phenotypes in a large British case-control series. 相似文献
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McKay JD Hung RJ Gaborieau V Boffetta P Chabrier A Byrnes G Zaridze D Mukeria A Szeszenia-Dabrowska N Lissowska J Rudnai P Fabianova E Mates D Bencko V Foretova L Janout V McLaughlin J Shepherd F Montpetit A Narod S Krokan HE Skorpen F Elvestad MB Vatten L Njølstad I Axelsson T Chen C Goodman G Barnett M Loomis MM Lubiñski J Matyjasik J Lener M Oszutowska D Field J Liloglou T Xinarianos G Cassidy A;EPIC Study Vineis P Clavel-Chapelon F Palli D Tumino R Krogh V Panico S González CA 《Nature genetics》2008,40(12):1404-1406
We carried out a genome-wide association study of lung cancer (3,259 cases and 4,159 controls), followed by replication in 2,899 cases and 5,573 controls. Two uncorrelated disease markers at 5p15.33, rs402710 and rs2736100 were detected by the genome-wide data (P = 2 x 10(-7) and P = 4 x 10(-6)) and replicated by the independent study series (P = 7 x 10(-5) and P = 0.016). The susceptibility region contains two genes, TERT and CLPTM1L, suggesting that one or both may have a role in lung cancer etiology. 相似文献
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Niels Henrik Abel and solvable equations 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Communicated by J. Lützen 相似文献
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Khaja R Zhang J MacDonald JR He Y Joseph-George AM Wei J Rafiq MA Qian C Shago M Pantano L Aburatani H Jones K Redon R Hurles M Armengol L Estivill X Mural RJ Lee C Scherer SW Feuk L 《Nature genetics》2006,38(12):1413-1418
Numerous types of DNA variation exist, ranging from SNPs to larger structural alterations such as copy number variants (CNVs) and inversions. Alignment of DNA sequence from different sources has been used to identify SNPs and intermediate-sized variants (ISVs). However, only a small proportion of total heterogeneity is characterized, and little is known of the characteristics of most smaller-sized (<50 kb) variants. Here we show that genome assembly comparison is a robust approach for identification of all classes of genetic variation. Through comparison of two human assemblies (Celera's R27c compilation and the Build 35 reference sequence), we identified megabases of sequence (in the form of 13,534 putative non-SNP events) that were absent, inverted or polymorphic in one assembly. Database comparison and laboratory experimentation further demonstrated overlap or validation for 240 variable regions and confirmed >1.5 million SNPs. Some differences were simple insertions and deletions, but in regions containing CNVs, segmental duplication and repetitive DNA, they were more complex. Our results uncover substantial undescribed variation in humans, highlighting the need for comprehensive annotation strategies to fully interpret genome scanning and personalized sequencing projects. 相似文献
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Role of duplicate genes in genetic robustness against null mutations 总被引:66,自引:0,他引:66
Deleting a gene in an organism often has little phenotypic effect, owing to two mechanisms of compensation. The first is the existence of duplicate genes: that is, the loss of function in one copy can be compensated by the other copy or copies. The second mechanism of compensation stems from alternative metabolic pathways, regulatory networks, and so on. The relative importance of the two mechanisms has not been investigated except for a limited study, which suggested that the role of duplicate genes in compensation is negligible. The availability of fitness data for a nearly complete set of single-gene-deletion mutants of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome has enabled us to carry out a genome-wide evaluation of the role of duplicate genes in genetic robustness against null mutations. Here we show that there is a significantly higher probability of functional compensation for a duplicate gene than for a singleton, a high correlation between the frequency of compensation and the sequence similarity of two duplicates, and a higher probability of a severe fitness effect when the duplicate copy that is more highly expressed is deleted. We estimate that in S. cerevisiae at least a quarter of those gene deletions that have no phenotype are compensated by duplicate genes. 相似文献
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The protein kinase PKR is required for macrophage apoptosis after activation of Toll-like receptor 4 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Hsu LC Park JM Zhang K Luo JL Maeda S Kaufman RJ Eckmann L Guiney DG Karin M 《Nature》2004,428(6980):341-345
Macrophages are pivotal constituents of the innate immune system, vital for recognition and elimination of microbial pathogens. Macrophages use Toll-like receptors (TLRs) to detect pathogen-associated molecular patterns--including bacterial cell wall components, such as lipopolysaccharide or lipoteichoic acid, and viral nucleic acids, such as double-stranded (ds)RNA--and in turn activate effector functions, including anti-apoptotic signalling pathways. Certain pathogens, however, such as Salmonella spp., Shigellae spp. and Yersiniae spp., use specialized virulence factors to overcome these protective responses and induce macrophage apoptosis. We found that the anthrax bacterium, Bacillus anthracis, selectively induces apoptosis of activated macrophages through its lethal toxin, which prevents activation of the anti-apoptotic p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase. We now demonstrate that macrophage apoptosis by three different bacterial pathogens depends on activation of TLR4. Dissection of anti- and pro-apoptotic signalling events triggered by TLR4 identified the dsRNA responsive protein kinase PKR as a critical mediator of pathogen-induced macrophage apoptosis. The pro-apoptotic actions of PKR are mediated both through inhibition of protein synthesis and activation of interferon response factor 3. 相似文献
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Balanced responsiveness to chemoattractants from adjacent zones determines B-cell position 总被引:36,自引:0,他引:36
B lymphocytes re-circulate between B-cell-rich compartments (follicles or B zones) in secondary lymphoid organs, surveying for antigen. After antigen binding, B cells move to the boundary of B and T zones to interact with T-helper cells. Despite the importance of B--T-cell interactions for the induction of antibody responses, the mechanism causing B-cell movement to the T zone has not been defined. Here we show that antigen-engaged B cells have increased expression of CCR7, the receptor for the T-zone chemokines CCL19 and CCL21, and that they exhibit increased responsiveness to both chemoattractants. In mice lacking lymphoid CCL19 and CCL21 chemokines, or with B cells that lack CCR7, antigen engagement fails to cause movement to the T zone. Using retroviral-mediated gene transfer we demonstrate that increased expression of CCR7 is sufficient to direct B cells to the T zone. Reciprocally, overexpression of CXCR5, the receptor for the B-zone chemokine CXCL13, is sufficient to overcome antigen-induced B-cell movement to the T zone. These findings define the mechanism of B-cell relocalization in response to antigen, and establish that cell position in vivo can be determined by the balance of responsiveness to chemoattractants made in separate but adjacent zones. 相似文献