Search Results - "Gittelman, Rachel"
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Excavating Neandertal and Denisovan DNA from the genomes of Melanesian individuals
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (08-04-2016)“…Although Neandertal sequences that persist in the genomes of modern humans have been identified in Eurasians, comparable studies in people whose ancestors…”
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Archaic Hominin Admixture Facilitated Adaptation to Out-of-Africa Environments
Published in Current biology (19-12-2016)“…As modern humans dispersed from Africa throughout the world, they encountered and interbred with archaic hominins, including Neanderthals and Denisovans [1,…”
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Neoadjuvant versus adjuvant ipilimumab plus nivolumab in macroscopic stage III melanoma
Published in Nature medicine (01-11-2018)“…Adjuvant ipilimumab (anti-CTLA-4) and nivolumab (anti-PD-1) both improve relapse-free survival of stage III melanoma patients 1 , 2 . In stage IV disease, the…”
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Impact of HLA type, age and chronic viral infection on peripheral T-cell receptor sharing between unrelated individuals
Published in PloS one (30-08-2021)“…The human adaptive immune system must generate extraordinary diversity to be able to respond to all possible pathogens. The T-cell repertoire derives this high…”
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Characteristics of Neutral and Deleterious Protein-Coding Variation among Individuals and Populations
Published in American journal of human genetics (02-10-2014)“…Whole-genome and exome data sets continue to be produced at a frenetic pace, resulting in massively large catalogs of human genomic variation. However, a clear…”
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Comprehensive identification and analysis of human accelerated regulatory DNA
Published in Genome research (01-09-2015)“…It has long been hypothesized that changes in gene regulation have played an important role in human evolution, but regulatory DNA has been much more difficult…”
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A randomised, single-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-finding safety and tolerability study of the anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody otelixizumab in new-onset type 1 diabetes
Published in Diabetologia (01-02-2021)“…Aims/hypothesis Numerous clinical studies have investigated the anti-CD3ɛ monoclonal antibody otelixizumab in individuals with type 1 diabetes, but limited…”
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Concurrent PD-1 Blockade Negates the Effects of OX40 Agonist Antibody in Combination Immunotherapy through Inducing T-cell Apoptosis
Published in Cancer immunology research (01-09-2017)“…Combination therapies that depend on checkpoint inhibitor antibodies (Abs) such as for PD-1 or its ligand (PD-L1) together with immune stimulatory agonist Abs…”
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Clinical Validation of a Novel T-Cell Receptor Sequencing Assay for Identification of Recent or Prior Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (19-12-2022)“…Abstract Background While diagnostic, therapeutic, and vaccine development in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has proceeded at unprecedented…”
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An Allogeneic Multiple Myeloma GM-CSF-Secreting Vaccine with Lenalidomide Induces Long-term Immunity and Durable Clinical Responses in Patients in Near Complete Remission
Published in Clinical cancer research (15-12-2021)“…This proof-of-principle clinical trial evaluated whether an allogeneic multiple myeloma GM-CSF-secreting vaccine (MM-GVAX) in combination with lenalidomide…”
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The T-Cell Response to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination in Inflammatory Bowel Disease is Augmented with Anti-TNF Therapy
Published in Inflammatory bowel diseases (01-07-2022)“…Lay Summary T-cell and antibody responses to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 vaccination in inflammatory bowel disease patients are poorly…”
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Repeated mRNA vaccination sequentially boosts SARS-CoV-2-specific CD8+ T cells in persons with previous COVID-19
Published in Nature immunology (01-01-2024)“…Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) hybrid immunity is more protective than vaccination or previous infection alone. To investigate…”
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Evolution of DNAase I Hypersensitive Sites in MHC Regulatory Regions of Primates
Published in Genetics (Austin) (01-06-2018)“…It has been challenging to determine the disease-causing variant(s) for most major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-associated diseases. However, it is…”
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Detecting Sources of Transcriptional Heterogeneity in Large-Scale RNA-Seq Data Sets
Published in Genetics (Austin) (01-12-2016)“…Gene expression levels are dynamic molecular phenotypes that respond to biological, environmental, and technical perturbations. Here we use a novel…”
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Differences in SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Response Dynamics Between Class-I- and Class-II-Specific T-Cell Receptors in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Published in Frontiers in immunology (08-04-2022)“…T-cells specifically bind antigens to induce adaptive immune responses using highly specific molecular recognition, and a diverse T-cell repertoire with…”
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T cell receptor sequencing identifies prior SARS-CoV-2 infection and correlates with neutralizing antibodies and disease severity
Published in JCI insight (23-05-2022)“…BACKGROUNDMeasuring the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 enables assessment of past infection and protective immunity. SARS-CoV-2 infection induces humoral and T…”
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CD4+ T cell and M2 macrophage infiltration predict dedifferentiated liposarcoma patient outcomes
Published in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer (01-08-2021)“…BackgroundDedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDLPS) is one of the most common soft tissue sarcoma subtypes and is devastating in the advanced/metastatic stage…”
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Comprehensive T cell repertoire characterization of non-small cell lung cancer
Published in Nature communications (30-01-2020)“…Immunotherapy targeting T cells is increasingly utilized to treat solid tumors including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This requires a better…”
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Longitudinal analysis of T cell receptor repertoires reveals shared patterns of antigen-specific response to SARS-CoV-2 infection
Published in JCI insight (23-05-2022)“…T cells play a prominent role in orchestrating the immune response to viral diseases, but their role in the clinical presentation and subsequent immunity to…”
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Exploring signatures of positive selection in pigmentation candidate genes in populations of East Asian ancestry
Published in BMC evolutionary biology (12-07-2013)“…Currently, there is very limited knowledge about the genes involved in normal pigmentation variation in East Asian populations. We carried out a genome-wide…”
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