Deep generative models for T cell receptor protein sequences.

abstract：:The expression of E-Cadherin, a protein best known for its role in cell adhesion, regulates the onset of embryonic differentiation. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Sancho M,Rodríguez TA

更新日期：2013-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we showed that serum and monocytes from patients with CF exhibit an enhanced NLRP3-inflammasome signature with increased IL-18, IL-1β, caspase-1 activity and ASC speck release (Scambler et al. eLife 2019). Here we show that CFTR modulators down regulate this exaggerated proinflammatory response following L...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Jarosz-Griffiths HH,Scambler T,Wong CH,Lara-Reyna S,Holbrook J,Martinon F,Savic S,Whitaker P,Etherington C,Spoletini G,Clifton I,Mehta A,McDermott MF,Peckham D

更新日期：2020-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavior relies on the ability of sensory systems to infer properties of the environment from incoming stimuli. The accuracy of inference depends on the fidelity with which behaviorally relevant properties of stimuli are encoded in neural responses. High-fidelity encodings can be metabolically costly, but low-fidelity...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Młynarski WF,Hermundstad AM

更新日期：2018-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepcidin is the master regulator of systemic iron homeostasis. Derived primarily from the liver, it inhibits the iron exporter ferroportin in the gut and spleen, the sites of iron absorption and recycling respectively. Recently, we demonstrated that ferroportin is also found in cardiomyocytes, and that its cardiac-spe...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Lakhal-Littleton S,Wolna M,Chung YJ,Christian HC,Heather LC,Brescia M,Ball V,Diaz R,Santos A,Biggs D,Clarke K,Davies B,Robbins PA

更新日期：2016-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells use molecular circuits to interpret and respond to extracellular cues, such as hormones and cytokines, which are often released in a temporally varying fashion. In this study, we combine microfluidics, time-lapse microscopy, and computational modeling to investigate how the type I interferon (IFN)-responsive reg...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Mudla A,Jiang Y,Arimoto KI,Xu B,Rajesh A,Ryan AP,Wang W,Daugherty MD,Zhang DE,Hao N

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The actomyosin ring generates force to ingress the cytokinetic cleavage furrow in animal cells, yet its filament organization and the mechanism of contractility is not well understood. We quantified actin filament order in human cells using fluorescence polarization microscopy and found that cleavage furrow ingression...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Spira F,Cuylen-Haering S,Mehta S,Samwer M,Reversat A,Verma A,Oldenbourg R,Sixt M,Gerlich DW

更新日期：2017-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we found that in the mammalian retina, inhibitory inputs onto starburst amacrine cells (SACs) are required for robust direction selectivity of On-Off direction-selective ganglion cells (On-Off DSGCs) against noisy backgrounds (Chen et al., 2016). However, the source of the inhibitory inputs to SACs and how...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Chen Q,Smith RG,Huang X,Wei W

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteasome inhibition elicits an evolutionarily conserved response wherein proteasome subunit mRNAs are upregulated, resulting in recovery (i.e., 'bounce-back') of proteasome activity. We previously demonstrated that the transcription factor Nrf1/NFE2L1 mediates this homeostatic response in mammalian cells. We show he...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Radhakrishnan SK,den Besten W,Deshaies RJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drosophila has helped us understand the genetic mechanisms of pattern formation. Particularly useful have been those organs in which different cell identities and polarities are displayed cell by cell in the cuticle and epidermis (Lawrence, 1992; Bejsovec and Wieschaus, 1993; Freeman, 1997). Here we use the pattern of...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Saavedra P,Vincent JP,Palacios IM,Lawrence PA,Casal J

更新日期：2014-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Zhou FY,Ruiz-Puig C,Owen RP,White MJ,Rittscher J,Lu X

更新日期：2019-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Vesicle fusion is mediated by an assembly of SNARE proteins between opposing membranes, but it is unknown whether transmembrane domains (TMDs) of SNARE proteins serve mechanistic functions that go beyond passive anchoring of the force-generating SNAREpin to the fusing membranes. Here, we show that conformational flexi...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Dhara M,Yarzagaray A,Makke M,Schindeldecker B,Schwarz Y,Shaaban A,Sharma S,Böckmann RA,Lindau M,Mohrmann R,Bruns D

更新日期：2016-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian HMG-CoA reductase (HMGCR), the rate-limiting enzyme of the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway and the therapeutic target of statins, is post-transcriptionally regulated by sterol-accelerated degradation. Under cholesterol-replete conditions, HMGCR is ubiquitinated and degraded, but the identity of the E3 ubiqu...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Menzies SA,Volkmar N,van den Boomen DJ,Timms RT,Dickson AS,Nathan JA,Lehner PJ

更新日期：2018-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A key hallmark of visual perceptual awareness is robustness to instabilities arising from unnoticeable eye and eyelid movements. In previous human intracranial (iEEG) work (Golan et al., 2016) we found that excitatory broadband high-frequency activity transients, driven by eye blinks, are suppressed in higher-level bu...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Golan T,Davidesco I,Meshulam M,Groppe DM,Mégevand P,Yeagle EM,Goldfinger MS,Harel M,Melloni L,Schroeder CE,Deouell LY,Mehta AD,Malach R

更新日期：2017-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Hsp90 is a homodimeric ATP-dependent molecular chaperone that remodels its substrate 'client' proteins, facilitating their folding and activating them for biological function. Despite decades of research, the mechanism connecting ATP hydrolysis and chaperone function remains elusive. Particularly puzzling has been the...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Elnatan D,Betegon M,Liu Y,Ramelot T,Kennedy MA,Agard DA

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Anxiety results in sub-optimal motor learning, but the precise mechanisms through which this effect occurs remain unknown. Using a motor sequence learning paradigm with separate phases for initial exploration and reward-based learning, we show that anxiety states in humans impair learning by attenuating the update of ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Sporn S,Hein T,Herrojo Ruiz M

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging is an intricate phenomenon associated with the gradual loss of physiological functions, and both nutrient sensing and proteostasis control lifespan. Although multiple approaches have facilitated the identification of candidate genes that govern longevity, the molecular mechanisms that link aging pathways are sti...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Chen YC,Jiang PH,Chen HM,Chen CH,Wang YT,Chen YJ,Yu CJ,Teng SC

更新日期：2018-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Prion diseases are caused by PrPSc, a self-replicating pathologically misfolded protein that exerts toxicity predominantly in the brain. The administration of PrPSc causes a robust, reproducible and specific disease manifestation. Here, we have applied a combination of translating ribosome affinity purification and ri...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Scheckel C,Imeri M,Schwarz P,Aguzzi A

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A key challenge in precise genome editing is the low efficiency of homology-directed repair (HDR). Here we describe a strategy for increasing the efficiency of HDR in cells by using a chromatin donor template instead of a naked DNA donor template. The use of chromatin, which is the natural form of DNA in the nucleus, ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Cruz-Becerra G,Kadonaga JT

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess the contribution of a central clock in the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) to circadian behavior and the organization of peripheral clocks, we generated forebrain/SCN-specific Bmal1 knockout mice by using floxed Bmal1 and pan-neuronal Cre lines. The forebrain knockout mice showed >90% del...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Izumo M,Pejchal M,Schook AC,Lange RP,Walisser JA,Sato TR,Wang X,Bradfield CA,Takahashi JS

更新日期：2014-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Many organisms lose the capacity to regenerate damaged tissues as they mature. Damaged Drosophila imaginal discs regenerate efficiently early in the third larval instar (L3) but progressively lose this ability. This correlates with reduced damage-responsive expression of multiple genes, including the WNT genes wingles...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Harris RE,Setiawan L,Saul J,Hariharan IK

更新日期：2016-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Exhaustion of stem cells is a hallmark of aging. In the Drosophila testis, dedifferentiated germline stem cells (GSCs) derived from spermatogonia increase during lifespan, leading to the model that dedifferentiation counteracts the decline of GSCs in aged males. To test this, we blocked dedifferentiation by mis-expres...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Herrera SC,Bach EA

更新日期：2018-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate new functions of sphingosine (Sph), we demonstrate that the spontaneous elevation of intracellular Sph levels via caged Sph leads to a significant and transient calcium release from acidic stores that is independent of sphingosine 1-phosphate, extracellular and ER calcium levels. This photo-induced Sph-dr...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Höglinger D,Haberkant P,Aguilera-Romero A,Riezman H,Porter FD,Platt FM,Galione A,Schultz C

更新日期：2015-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The prefrontal cortex (PFC)'s functions are thought to include working memory, as its activity can reflect information that must be temporarily maintained to realize the current goal. We designed a flexible spatial working memory task that required rats to navigate - after distractions and a delay - to multiple possib...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Böhm C,Lee AK

更新日期：2020-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:From bacteria to mammals, different phospholipid species are segregated between the inner and outer leaflets of the plasma membrane by ATP-dependent lipid transporters. Disruption of this asymmetry by ATP-independent phospholipid scrambling is important in cellular signaling, but its mechanism remains incompletely und...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Jiang T,Yu K,Hartzell HC,Tajkhorshid E

更新日期：2017-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments in which monkeys have to select or estimate the location of a target are revealing more about the role of the dorsal premotor cortex in decision making. ...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Stuphorn V

更新日期：2016-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:During mitosis chromosomes reorganise into highly compact, rod-shaped forms, thought to consist of consecutive chromatin loops around a central protein scaffold. Condensin complexes are involved in chromatin compaction, but the contribution of other chromatin proteins, DNA sequence and histone modifications is less un...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Fitz-James MH,Tong P,Pidoux AL,Ozadam H,Yang L,White SA,Dekker J,Allshire RC

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Different coding strategies are used to represent odor information at various stages of the mammalian olfactory system. A temporal latency code represents odor identity in olfactory bulb (OB), but this temporal information is discarded in piriform cortex (PCx) where odor identity is instead encoded through ensemble me...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Stern M,Bolding KA,Abbott LF,Franks KM

更新日期：2018-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Negative feedback regulation, that is the ability of a gene to repress its own synthesis, is the most abundant regulatory motif known to biology. Frequently reported for transcriptional regulators, negative feedback control relies on binding of a transcription factor to its own promoter. Here, we report a novel mechan...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Hoyos M,Huber M,Förstner KU,Papenfort K

更新日期：2020-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:CpG islands are gene regulatory elements associated with the majority of mammalian promoters, yet how they regulate gene expression remains poorly understood. Here, we identify FBXL19 as a CpG island-binding protein in mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells and show that it associates with the CDK-Mediator complex. We discov...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Dimitrova E,Kondo T,Feldmann A,Nakayama M,Koseki Y,Konietzny R,Kessler BM,Koseki H,Klose RJ

更新日期：2018-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Using knowledge of the structure of the world to infer value is at the heart of model-based reasoning and relies on a circuit that includes the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC). Some accounts link this to the representation of biological significance or value by neurons in OFC, while other models focus on the representation...

journal_title：eLife

authors： Sadacca BF,Wied HM,Lopatina N,Saini GK,Nemirovsky D,Schoenbaum G

更新日期：2018-03-07 00:00:00