Search Results - "McKernan, Kaitlin"
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Interplay of BAF and MLL4 promotes cell type-specific enhancer activation
Published in Nature communications (12-03-2021)“…Cell type-specific enhancers are activated by coordinated actions of lineage-determining transcription factors (LDTFs) and chromatin regulators. The SWI/SNF…”
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Female adipose tissue has improved adaptability and metabolic health compared to males in aged obesity
Published in Aging (Albany, NY.) (26-01-2020)“…Aging, like obesity, is associated with metabolic and inflammatory alterations within adipose tissue in older individuals. Younger females are protected from…”
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Androgen signaling restricts glutaminolysis to drive sex-specific Th17 metabolism in allergic airway inflammation
Published in The Journal of clinical investigation (01-10-2024)“…Females have an increased prevalence of many Th17 cell-mediated diseases, including asthma. Androgen signaling decreases Th17 cell-mediated airway…”
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Sex Differences in Inflammatory Responses to Adipose Tissue Lipolysis in Diet-Induced Obesity
Published in Endocrinology (Philadelphia) (01-02-2019)“…Abstract Males are known to have profound adipose tissue macrophage (ATM) accumulation in gonadal white adipose tissue (GWAT) during obesity, whereas females…”
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TLR4, TRIF, and MyD88 are essential for myelopoiesis and CD11c+ adipose tissue macrophage production in obese mice
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (08-06-2018)“…Obesity-induced chronic inflammation is associated with metabolic disease. Results from mouse models utilizing a high-fat diet (HFD) have indicated that an…”
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MLL3/MLL4 methyltransferase activities control early embryonic development and embryonic stem cell differentiation in a lineage-selective manner
Published in Nature genetics (01-04-2023)“…H3K4me1 methyltransferases MLL3 (KMT2C) and MLL4 (KMT2D) are critical for enhancer activation, cell differentiation and development. However, roles of MLL3/4…”
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SUN-105 Females Have Reduced Meta-Inflammation in Two States of Increased Adiposity, Obesity, and Aging
Published in Journal of the Endocrine Society (30-04-2019)“…Obesity is a global health epidemic, closely associated with cardiovascular diseases (CVD), hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and atherosclerosis. Obese adipose…”
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