Systems analysis of antibody repertoires reveals that strong humoral responses lead to extensive B-cell overlap across multiple lymphoid organs, indicating physiological axes of B-cell migration and a direct correlation with antigen specificity.
The minimal twister sister (TS)-like self-cleaving ribozymes, revealed by deep mutational scanning, represent some of the very few human/primate ribozymes.
Knockout of Terc impedes effective immune defense against bacterial lung infections in mice, exacerbating disease course and revealing the critical function of Terc in pulmonary immunity.
Clément Mazeaud, Stefan Pfister ... Laurent Chatel-Chaix
Through interactions with viral RNA and NS5, Zika virus changes the composition of the IGF2BP2-containing ribonucleoprotein complex for the benefit of the viral RNA amplification step of its life cycle.
Selectively eliminating resident astrocytes in lumbar enlargement attenuated neuropathic pain associated with type I interferons (IFNs) signal activation in microglia.