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Cells, Volume 6, Issue 1

March 2017 - 8 articles

Cover Story: Invariant chain trimers on B-lymphocytes are often associated with less than par amounts of MHC II and, therefore, provide binding sites for the cytokine MIF. Under sub-saturation conditions, trimeric MIF is expected to engage other invariant chain-MHC II complexes, resulting in clustering and membrane raft formation. Antigen-clustered B-cell receptors form similar membrane rafts that coalesce with rafts containing MIF-invariant chain-MHC II. This coalescence fosters signaling and co-endocytosis, and thus may strengthen B-cell receptor-guided antigen presentation. View this paper
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Articles (8)

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
8,745 Views
16 Pages

KDM2 Family Members are Regulated by HIF-1 in Hypoxia

  • Michael Batie,
  • Jimena Druker,
  • Laura D’Ignazio and
  • Sonia Rocha

17 March 2017

Hypoxia is not only a developmental cue but also a stress and pathological stimulus in many human diseases. The response to hypoxia at the cellular level relies on the activity of the transcription factor family, hypoxia inducible factor (HIF). HIF-1...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
18,180 Views
14 Pages

Application of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology to the Study of Hematological Diseases

  • Mailin Li,
  • Pasquale Cascino,
  • Simone Ummarino and
  • Annalisa Di Ruscio

8 March 2017

The burst of reprogramming technology in recent years has revolutionized the field of stem cell biology, offering new opportunities for personalized, regenerative therapies. The direct reprogramming of somatic cells to induced pluripotent stem cells...

  • Review
  • Open Access
20 Citations
10,768 Views
19 Pages

10 February 2017

Invariant chain (Ii/CD74) has been identified as a surface receptor for migration inhibitory factor (MIF). Most cells that express Ii also synthesize major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC II) molecules, which depend on Ii as a chaperone and...

  • Review
  • Open Access
40 Citations
19,827 Views
21 Pages

May I Cut in? Gene Editing Approaches in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

  • Nicholas Brookhouser,
  • Sreedevi Raman,
  • Christopher Potts and
  • David. A. Brafman

6 February 2017

In the decade since Yamanaka and colleagues described methods to reprogram somatic cells into a pluripotent state, human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) have demonstrated tremendous promise in numerous disease modeling, drug discovery, and re...

  • Review
  • Open Access
34 Citations
11,357 Views
7 Pages

Stem Cell Therapies in Retinal Disorders

  • Aakriti Garg,
  • Jin Yang,
  • Winston Lee and
  • Stephen H. Tsang

2 February 2017

Stem cell therapy has long been considered a promising mode of treatment for retinal conditions. While human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) have provided the precedent for regenerative medicine, the development of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)...

  • Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
8,669 Views
13 Pages

26 January 2017

The linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton (LINC) complex is composed of the outer and inner nuclear membrane protein families Klarsicht, Anc-1, and Syne homology (KASH), and Sad1 and UNC-84 (SUN) homology domain proteins. Increasing evidence has...

  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
8,975 Views
13 Pages

Vimentin Levels and Serine 71 Phosphorylation in the Control of Cell-Matrix Adhesions, Migration Speed, and Shape of Transformed Human Fibroblasts

  • Emmanuel Terriac,
  • Giovanna Coceano,
  • Zahra Mavajian,
  • Tijmen A. G. Hageman,
  • Andreas F. Christ,
  • Ilaria Testa,
  • Franziska Lautenschläger and
  • Annica K. B. Gad

22 January 2017

Metastasizing tumor cells show increased expression of the intermediate filament (IF) protein vimentin, which has been used to diagnose invasive tumors for decades. Recent observations indicate that vimentin is not only a passive marker for carcinoma...

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