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Understanding The Transcriptional Mechanisms Underlying Dendritic Cell Development, Prachi Bagadia
Understanding The Transcriptional Mechanisms Underlying Dendritic Cell Development, Prachi Bagadia
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Dendritic cells (DCs) comprise an important immune lineage that plays a critical role in initiating and sustaining the proper immune response. They can be divided into two distinct branches, classical/conventional DCs (cDCs) or plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs). cDCs can further be classified as cDC1 or cDC2. Each DC subset exerts unique functions in vivo and are necessary for a complete immune response. The precise transcriptional programs underlying DC specification and commitment remain unclear. cDC1, cDC2, and pDC all arise from the common DC progenitor (CDP) in the bone marrow. How the CDP gives rise to all three DC subsets in an …
Exploring Infant Leukemia Through Exome Sequencing And An In Vitro Model Of Hematopoietic Development, Mark Cannon Valentine
Exploring Infant Leukemia Through Exome Sequencing And An In Vitro Model Of Hematopoietic Development, Mark Cannon Valentine
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Cancer is a heterogeneous disease with myriad causes and outcomes. Many of the cancers that occur in adult populations have become increasingly well characterized with the advent of affordable high-throughput sequencing. These studies have revealed that cancer is largely a disease of somatic mutation in the adult population. In strong contrast to this, childhood cancers have an exceedingly low rate of somatic mutation. At the extreme end of this spectrum is Infant Leukemia (IL). Sequencing of IL has revealed that these tumors frequently have one or fewer somatic SNP. In the absence of a somatic explanation for IL, many other …