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Leiden master’s student cracks epigenetic clock that predicts age – newsitem LUMC 14-01-2022
Researchers can accurately determine how old a person is based on the calibration of the DNA. To do this, they use a so-called epigenetic clock. Master's student Thomas Jonkman has now, nine years after the discovery, unravelled how this clock exactly works: it turns out to keep track of the ageing of our immune [...]
High-impact FN1 mutation decreases chondrogenic potential and affects cartilage deposition via decreased binding to collagen type II
High-impact FN1 mutation decreases chondrogenic potential and affects cartilage deposition via decreased binding to collagen type II I| November 5 - 2021 | Science Advances Marcella van Hoolwerff, Alejandro Rodríguez Ruiz, Marga Bouma, H. Eka D. Suchiman, Roman i. Koning, Carolina r. Jost, Aat a. Mulder, Christian Freund, Farshid Guilak, Yolande F. M. Ramos and Ingrid [...]
Fibronectin binding to collagen type II is crucial for articular chondrocytes so stay in a healthy steady state
Marcella's latest publication in Science Advances is out now! Science Advances published the work of Marcella van Hoolwerff et al, where a high impact mutation was identified by exome sequencing in FN1 in affected family members of an early-onset osteoarthritis family. Upon introducing this mutation in an in vitro OA disease model using human [...]
Functional Changes of T-Cell Subsets with Age and CMV Infection
Hassouneh F, Goldeck D, Pera A, van Heemst D, Slagboom PE, Pawelec G, Solana R. | September 15th 2021 | Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Sep 15;22(18):9973. doi: 10.3390/ijms22189973. Abstract Cytomegalovirus (CMV) latent infection and aging contribute to alterations in the function and phenotype of the T-cell pool. We have demonstrated that CMV-seropositivity is [...]
Long RNA Sequencing and Ribosome Profiling of Inflamed β-Cells Reveal an Extensive Translatome Landscape
Long RNA Sequencing and Ribosome Profiling of Inflamed β-Cells Reveal an Extensive Translatome Landscape | Diebetes | October 2021 Sofia Thomaidou, Roderick C Slieker, Arno R van der Slik, Jasper Boom, Flip Mulder, Amadeo Munoz-Garcia, Leen M 't Hart, Bobby Koeleman, Françoise Carlotti, Rob C Hoeben, Bart O Roep, Hailiang Mei, Arnaud Zaldumbide Abstract Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease characterized by autoreactive T cell-mediated [...]
Long RNA Sequencing and Ribosome Profiling of Inflamed β-Cells Reveal an Extensive Translatome Landscape
Long RNA Sequencing and Ribosome Profiling of Inflamed β-Cells Reveal an Extensive Translatome Landscape | October 2021 |American Diabetes Association Sofia Thomaidou, Roderick C. Slieker, Arno R. van der Slik, Jasper Boom, Flip Mulder, Amadeo Munoz-Garcia, Leen M. ‘t Hart, Bobby Koeleman, Françoise Carlotti, Rob C. Hoeben, Bart O. Roep, Hailiang Mei and Arnaud [...]