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  1. Article ; Online: BMI1 is required for melanocyte stem cell maintenance and hair pigmentation.

    Wilson, Molly M / Danielian, Paul S / Salus, Griffin / Ferretti, Roberta / Whittaker, Charles A / Lees, Jacqueline A

    Pigment cell & melanoma research

    2023  Volume 36, Issue 5, Page(s) 399–406

    Abstract: The epigenetic repressor BMI1 plays an integral role in promoting the self-renewal and proliferation of many adult stem cell populations, and also tumor types, primarily through silencing the Cdkn2a locus, which encodes the tumor suppressors ... ...

    Abstract The epigenetic repressor BMI1 plays an integral role in promoting the self-renewal and proliferation of many adult stem cell populations, and also tumor types, primarily through silencing the Cdkn2a locus, which encodes the tumor suppressors p16
    MeSH term(s) Mice ; Animals ; Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16/genetics ; Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16/metabolism ; Melanoma/metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins ; Skin Neoplasms/metabolism ; Stem Cells/metabolism ; Polycomb Repressive Complex 1/genetics ; Polycomb Repressive Complex 1/metabolism ; Pigmentation ; Melanocytes/metabolism ; Hair/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16 ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins ; Polycomb Repressive Complex 1 (EC 2.3.2.27)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-03
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2409570-9
    ISSN 1755-148X ; 1600-0749 ; 0893-5785 ; 1755-1471
    ISSN (online) 1755-148X ; 1600-0749
    ISSN 0893-5785 ; 1755-1471
    DOI 10.1111/pcmr.13088
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  2. Article: The environmental stress response regulates ribosome content in cell cycle-arrested

    Terhorst, Allegra / Sandikci, Arzu / Whittaker, Charles A / Szórádi, Tamás / Holt, Liam J / Neurohr, Gabriel E / Amon, Angelika

    Frontiers in cell and developmental biology

    2023  Volume 11, Page(s) 1118766

    Abstract: Prolonged cell cycle arrests occur naturally in differentiated cells and in response to various stresses such as nutrient deprivation or treatment with chemotherapeutic agents. Whether and how cells survive prolonged cell cycle arrests is not clear. Here, ...

    Abstract Prolonged cell cycle arrests occur naturally in differentiated cells and in response to various stresses such as nutrient deprivation or treatment with chemotherapeutic agents. Whether and how cells survive prolonged cell cycle arrests is not clear. Here, we used
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-12
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2737824-X
    ISSN 2296-634X
    ISSN 2296-634X
    DOI 10.3389/fcell.2023.1118766
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  3. Article ; Online: Molecular logic of synaptic diversity between Drosophila tonic and phasic motoneurons.

    Jetti, Suresh K / Crane, Andrés B / Akbergenova, Yulia / Aponte-Santiago, Nicole A / Cunningham, Karen L / Whittaker, Charles A / Littleton, J Troy

    Neuron

    2023  Volume 111, Issue 22, Page(s) 3554–3569.e7

    Abstract: Although neuronal subtypes display unique synaptic organization and function, the underlying transcriptional differences that establish these features are poorly understood. To identify molecular pathways that contribute to synaptic diversity, single- ... ...

    Abstract Although neuronal subtypes display unique synaptic organization and function, the underlying transcriptional differences that establish these features are poorly understood. To identify molecular pathways that contribute to synaptic diversity, single-neuron Patch-seq RNA profiling was performed on Drosophila tonic and phasic glutamatergic motoneurons. Tonic motoneurons form weaker facilitating synapses onto single muscles, while phasic motoneurons form stronger depressing synapses onto multiple muscles. Super-resolution microscopy and in vivo imaging demonstrated that synaptic active zones in phasic motoneurons are more compact and display enhanced Ca
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Drosophila ; Synapses/physiology ; Motor Neurons/physiology ; Signal Transduction
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-22
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 808167-0
    ISSN 1097-4199 ; 0896-6273
    ISSN (online) 1097-4199
    ISSN 0896-6273
    DOI 10.1016/j.neuron.2023.07.019
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  4. Article: Molecular Logic of Synaptic Diversity Between

    Jetti, Suresh K / Crane, Andrés B / Akbergenova, Yulia / Aponte-Santiago, Nicole A / Cunningham, Karen L / Whittaker, Charles A / Littleton, J Troy

    bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

    2023  

    Abstract: Although neuronal subtypes display unique synaptic organization and function, the underlying transcriptional differences that establish these features is poorly understood. To identify molecular pathways that contribute to synaptic diversity, single ... ...

    Abstract Although neuronal subtypes display unique synaptic organization and function, the underlying transcriptional differences that establish these features is poorly understood. To identify molecular pathways that contribute to synaptic diversity, single neuron PatchSeq RNA profiling was performed on
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-19
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Preprint
    DOI 10.1101/2023.01.17.524447
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  5. Article ; Online: Unifying incidence and prevalence under a time-varying general branching process.

    Pakkanen, Mikko S / Miscouridou, Xenia / Penn, Matthew J / Whittaker, Charles / Berah, Tresnia / Mishra, Swapnil / Mellan, Thomas A / Bhatt, Samir

    Journal of mathematical biology

    2023  Volume 87, Issue 2, Page(s) 35

    Abstract: Renewal equations are a popular approach used in modelling the number of new infections, i.e., incidence, in an outbreak. We develop a stochastic model of an outbreak based on a time-varying variant of the Crump-Mode-Jagers branching process. This model ... ...

    Abstract Renewal equations are a popular approach used in modelling the number of new infections, i.e., incidence, in an outbreak. We develop a stochastic model of an outbreak based on a time-varying variant of the Crump-Mode-Jagers branching process. This model accommodates a time-varying reproduction number and a time-varying distribution for the generation interval. We then derive renewal-like integral equations for incidence, cumulative incidence and prevalence under this model. We show that the equations for incidence and prevalence are consistent with the so-called back-calculation relationship. We analyse two particular cases of these integral equations, one that arises from a Bellman-Harris process and one that arises from an inhomogeneous Poisson process model of transmission. We also show that the incidence integral equations that arise from both of these specific models agree with the renewal equation used ubiquitously in infectious disease modelling. We present a numerical discretisation scheme to solve these equations, and use this scheme to estimate rates of transmission from serological prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in the UK and historical incidence data on Influenza, Measles, SARS and Smallpox.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Incidence ; SARS-CoV-2 ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; Prevalence ; Communicable Diseases/epidemiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-01
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 187101-8
    ISSN 1432-1416 ; 0303-6812
    ISSN (online) 1432-1416
    ISSN 0303-6812
    DOI 10.1007/s00285-023-01958-w
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  6. Article ; Online: The FLC Locus: A Platform for Discoveries in Epigenetics and Adaptation.

    Whittaker, Charles / Dean, Caroline

    Annual review of cell and developmental biology

    2017  Volume 33, Page(s) 555–575

    Abstract: Our understanding of the detailed molecular mechanisms underpinning adaptation is still poor. One example for which mechanistic understanding of regulation has converged with studies of life history variation is Arabidopsis thaliana FLOWERING LOCUS C ( ... ...

    Abstract Our understanding of the detailed molecular mechanisms underpinning adaptation is still poor. One example for which mechanistic understanding of regulation has converged with studies of life history variation is Arabidopsis thaliana FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC). FLC determines the need for plants to overwinter and their ability to respond to prolonged cold in a process termed vernalization. This review highlights how molecular analysis of vernalization pathways has revealed important insight into antisense-mediated chromatin silencing mechanisms that regulate FLC. In turn, such insight has enabled molecular dissection of the diversity in vernalization across natural populations of A. thaliana. Changes in both cotranscriptional regulation and epigenetic silencing of FLC are caused by noncoding polymorphisms at FLC. The FLC locus is therefore providing important concepts for how noncoding transcription and chromatin regulation influence gene expression and how these mechanisms can vary to underpin adaptation in natural populations.
    MeSH term(s) Adaptation, Physiological/genetics ; Biological Evolution ; Epigenesis, Genetic ; Flowers/physiology ; Genetic Loci ; Plant Proteins/genetics
    Chemical Substances Plant Proteins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-07-10
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1293750-2
    ISSN 1530-8995 ; 1081-0706
    ISSN (online) 1530-8995
    ISSN 1081-0706
    DOI 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-100616-060546
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  7. Article ; Online: Functional Annotation Routines Used by ABRF Bioinformatics Core Facilities - Observations, Comparisons, and Considerations.

    Whittaker, Charles A / Kucukural, Alper / Gates, Chris / Wilkins, Owen Michael / Bell, George W / Hutchinson, John N / Polson, Shawn W / Dragon, Julie

    Journal of biomolecular techniques : JBT

    2023  Volume 34, Issue 1

    Abstract: The functional annotation of gene lists is a common analysis routine required for most genomics experiments, and bioinformatics core facilities must support these analyses. In contrast to methods such as the quantitation of RNA-Seq reads or differential ... ...

    Abstract The functional annotation of gene lists is a common analysis routine required for most genomics experiments, and bioinformatics core facilities must support these analyses. In contrast to methods such as the quantitation of RNA-Seq reads or differential expression analysis, our research group noted a lack of consensus in our preferred approaches to functional annotation. To investigate this observation, we selected 4 experiments that represent a range of experimental designs encountered by our cores and analyzed those data with 6 tools used by members of the Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities (ABRF) Genomic Bioinformatics Research Group (GBIRG). To facilitate comparisons between tools, we focused on a single biological result for each experiment. These results were represented by a gene set, and we analyzed these gene sets with each tool considered in our study to map the result to the annotation categories presented by each tool. In most cases, each tool produces data that would facilitate identification of the selected biological result for each experiment. For the exceptions, Fisher's exact test parameters could be adjusted to detect the result. Because Fisher's exact test is used by many functional annotation tools, we investigated input parameters and demonstrate that, while background set size is unlikely to have a significant impact on the results, the numbers of differentially expressed genes in an annotation category and the total number of differentially expressed genes under consideration are both critical parameters that may need to be modified during analyses. In addition, we note that differences in the annotation categories tested by each tool, as well as the composition of those categories, can have a significant impact on results.
    MeSH term(s) Computational Biology/methods ; Genomics/methods ; RNA-Seq ; Molecular Sequence Annotation
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-27
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 2116011-9
    ISSN 1943-4731 ; 1943-4731
    ISSN (online) 1943-4731
    ISSN 1943-4731
    DOI 10.7171/3fc1f5fe.0b74b9db
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  8. Article ; Online: Autonomous circadian rhythms in the human hepatocyte regulate hepatic drug metabolism and inflammatory responses.

    March, Sandra / Nerurkar, Niketa / Jain, Anisha / Andrus, Linda / Kim, Daniel / Whittaker, Charles A / Tan, Edward K W / Thiberge, Sabine / Fleming, Heather E / Mancio-Silva, Liliana / Rice, Charles M / Bhatia, Sangeeta N

    Science advances

    2024  Volume 10, Issue 17, Page(s) eadm9281

    Abstract: Critical aspects of physiology and cell function exhibit self-sustained ~24-hour variations termed circadian rhythms. In the liver, circadian rhythms play fundamental roles in maintaining organ homeostasis. Here, we established and characterized an in ... ...

    Abstract Critical aspects of physiology and cell function exhibit self-sustained ~24-hour variations termed circadian rhythms. In the liver, circadian rhythms play fundamental roles in maintaining organ homeostasis. Here, we established and characterized an in vitro liver experimental system in which primary human hepatocytes display self-sustained oscillations. By generating gene expression profiles of these hepatocytes over time, we demonstrated that their transcriptional state is dynamic across 24 hours and identified a set of cycling genes with functions related to inflammation, drug metabolism, and energy homeostasis. We designed and tested a treatment protocol to minimize atorvastatin- and acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity. Last, we documented circadian-dependent induction of pro-inflammatory cytokines when triggered by LPS, IFN-β, or
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Hepatocytes/metabolism ; Hepatocytes/drug effects ; Circadian Rhythm ; Inflammation/metabolism ; Liver/metabolism ; Acetaminophen/pharmacology ; Atorvastatin/pharmacology ; Cytokines/metabolism ; Inactivation, Metabolic ; Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology ; Gene Expression Profiling ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Cells, Cultured
    Chemical Substances Acetaminophen (362O9ITL9D) ; Atorvastatin (A0JWA85V8F) ; Cytokines ; Lipopolysaccharides
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-24
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 2810933-8
    ISSN 2375-2548 ; 2375-2548
    ISSN (online) 2375-2548
    ISSN 2375-2548
    DOI 10.1126/sciadv.adm9281
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  9. Article ; Online: Altered demographic profile of hospitalizations during the second COVID-19 wave in Amazonas, Brazil.

    Whittaker, Charles / Ratmann, Oliver / Dye, Christopher / Sabino, Ester C / Faria, Nuno R

    Lancet regional health. Americas

    2021  Volume 2, Page(s) 100064

    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-09-10
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2667-193X
    ISSN (online) 2667-193X
    DOI 10.1016/j.lana.2021.100064
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  10. Article ; Online: Factors associated with variation in single-dose albendazole pharmacokinetics: A systematic review and modelling analysis.

    Whittaker, Charles / Chesnais, Cédric B / Pion, Sébastien D S / Kamgno, Joseph / Walker, Martin / Basáñez, Maria-Gloria / Boussinesq, Michel

    PLoS neglected tropical diseases

    2022  Volume 16, Issue 10, Page(s) e0010497

    Abstract: Background: Albendazole is an orally administered anti-parasitic medication with widespread usage in a variety of both programmatic and clinical contexts. Previous work has shown that the drug's pharmacologically active metabolite, albendazole sulfoxide, ...

    Abstract Background: Albendazole is an orally administered anti-parasitic medication with widespread usage in a variety of both programmatic and clinical contexts. Previous work has shown that the drug's pharmacologically active metabolite, albendazole sulfoxide, is characterised by substantial inter-individual pharmacokinetic variation. This variation might have implications for the efficacy of albendazole treatment, but current understanding of the factors associated with this variation remains incomplete.
    Methodology/principal findings: We carried out a systematic review to identify references containing temporally disaggregated data on the plasma concentration of albendazole and/or (its pharmacologically-active metabolite) albendazole sulfoxide following a single oral dose. These data were then integrated into a mathematical modelling framework to infer albendazole sulfoxide pharmacokinetic parameters and relate them to characteristics of the groups being treated. These characteristics included age, weight, sex, dosage, infection status, and whether patients had received a fatty meal prior to treatment or other drugs alongside albendazole. Our results highlight a number of factors systematically associated with albendazole sulfoxide pharmacokinetic variation including age, existing parasitic infection and receipt of a fatty meal. Age was significantly associated with variation in albendazole sulfoxide systemic availability and peak plasma concentration achieved; as well as the clearance rate (related to the half-life) after adjusting for variation in dosage due to differences in body weight between children and adults. Receipt of a fatty meal prior to treatment was associated with increased albendazole sulfoxide systemic availability (and by extension, peak plasma concentration and total albendazole sulfoxide exposure following the dose). Parasitic infection (particularly echinococcosis) was associated with altered pharmacokinetic parameters, with infected populations displaying distinct characteristics to uninfected ones.
    Conclusions/significance: These results highlight the extensive inter-individual variation that characterises albendazole sulfoxide pharmacokinetics and provide insight into some of the factors associated with this variation.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Adult ; Child ; Albendazole ; Anthelmintics/therapeutic use ; Echinococcosis/drug therapy ; Administration, Oral
    Chemical Substances albendazole sulfoxide (J39B52TV34) ; Albendazole (F4216019LN) ; Anthelmintics
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-10-28
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Systematic Review ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2429704-5
    ISSN 1935-2735 ; 1935-2735
    ISSN (online) 1935-2735
    ISSN 1935-2735
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010497
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