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Jalees Rehman
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Head, Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, Univ of Illinois, College of Medicine: cell biology, vascular biology, genomics, computational biology, immunology, regeneration, neuroscience; https://chicago.medicine.uic.edu/bmg/profiles/rehman-jalees/
Reposted by Jalees Rehman
Vaccines don’t just prevent deadly and dangerous diseases like measles, polio and COVID-19.

A new study found that people who got the shingles vaccine had a 20% lower risk of developing dementia. buff.ly/5p4z5NS By Anand Kumar and @jalees.bsky.social @uicdom.bsky.social #VaccinesWork 🩺
Vaccines hold tantalizing promise in the fight against dementia
A prominent Nature study and related research raise the possibility that vaccines may have a broader role in experimental therapeutics outside the realm of infectious diseases.
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August 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Reposted by Jalees Rehman
📢Article now online at Nature Cancer!

'Skeletal muscle endothelial dysfunction through the activin A–PGC1α axis drives progression of cancer cachexia'

✏️By Young-Mee Kim, Jalees Rehman and colleagues

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Skeletal muscle endothelial dysfunction through the activin A–PGC1α axis drives progression of cancer cachexia - Nature Cancer
Using multiple in vivo mouse models, Rehman and colleagues report that tumor-induced impairments in the muscle vasculature mediated by circulating activin A contribute to cachexia development during c...
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June 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Reposted by Jalees Rehman
Senescent cells contribute to disease and are found in many tissues but are hard to analyze because markers have been derived in culture and do not account for cell-type differences. Here, we define new signatures based on millions of single cells (1/5) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Unveiling the cell-type-specific landscape of cellular senescence through single-cell transcriptomics using SenePy - Nature Communications
Senescent cells accumulate in tissues with aging and disease but are difficult to detect due to distinct cell-type-specific senescence phenotypes. Here, the authors present the SenePy algorithm to ide...
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February 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Multiome Perturb-seq unlocks scalable discovery of integrated perturbation effects on the transcriptome and epigenome

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Multiome Perturb-seq unlocks scalable discovery of integrated perturbation effects on the transcriptome and epigenome
Single-cell CRISPR screens link genetic perturbations to transcriptional states, but high-throughput methods connecting these induced changes to their…
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January 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
TurboCas: A method for locus-specific labeling of genomic regions and isolating their associated protein interactome

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December 20, 2024 at 4:24 PM
A long noncoding eRNA forms R-loops to shape emotional experience–induced behavioral adaptation

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Perspective: A neuronal gene that loops the loop

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in @science.org
December 20, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Identification of antigen-presenting cell–T cell interactions driving immune responses to food

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Identification of antigen-presenting cell–T cell interactions driving immune responses to food
The intestinal immune system must concomitantly tolerate food and commensals and protect against pathogens. Antigen-presenting cells (APCs) orchestrate these immune responses by presenting luminal ant...
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December 20, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Synthetic organizer cells guide development via spatial and biochemical instructions

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... in @cp-cell.bsky.social

"synthetic organizer cells" integrate spatial, temporal, and biochemical information, direct fate trajectories within the morphogenetic landscape
Synthetic organizer cells guide development via spatial and biochemical instructions
Synthetic organizer cells, engineered to spatially self-assemble around stem cells, can be used to create specific morphogen gradients and systematically guide in vitro development.
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December 20, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Boosting neuronal activity-driven mitochondrial DNA transcription improves cognition in aged mice

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Boosting neuronal activity-driven mitochondrial DNA transcription improves cognition in aged mice
Deciphering the complex interplay between neuronal activity and mitochondrial function is pivotal in understanding brain aging, a multifaceted process marked by declines in synaptic function and mitoc...
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December 20, 2024 at 4:15 AM
Coupling antigens from multiple subtypes of influenza can broaden antibody and T cell responses

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"coupling of heterologous antigens improves antibody responses across influenza strains by broadening T cell help"
Coupling antigens from multiple subtypes of influenza can broaden antibody and T cell responses
The seasonal influenza vaccine contains strains of viruses from distinct subtypes that are grown independently and then combined. However, most individuals exhibit a more robust response to one of the...
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December 20, 2024 at 4:14 AM
Quantitative profiling of human translation initiation reveals elements that potently regulate endogenous and therapeutically modified mRNAs

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Quantitative profiling of human translation initiation reveals elements that potently regulate endogenous and therapeutically modified mRNAs
Lewis and Xie et al. systematically quantified translation functions of >30,000 human 5′ UTRs, revealing regulatory sequence elements and RNA modifications that impact the initiation process. This approach can aid the design of therapeutic mRNA and facilitate the dissection of the molecular mechanisms of translation initiation.
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December 20, 2024 at 4:11 AM
A gut commensal protozoan determines respiratory disease outcomes by shaping pulmonary immunity

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@cp-cell.bsky.social
A gut commensal protozoan determines respiratory disease outcomes by shaping pulmonary immunity
The gut protist Tritrichomonas musculis induces migration of innate lymphoid cells and eosinophils to shape immune responses in the lungs of mice and humans.
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December 19, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Unser Parlament wird aufgelöst, nach den Wahlen gibt es bestimmt Politchaos, weil man sich bei den Umfragewerten kaum eine funktionierende Koalition vorstellen kann. Aber wenigstens hat der Zoll die richtigen Prioritäten:

Zoll stoppt geschmuggelte Dubai-Schokolade
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Zoll stoppt geschmuggelte Dubai-Schokolade
Steuerstrafverfahren eingeleitet und Einfuhrabgaben von knapp 920 Euro nacherhoben
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December 19, 2024 at 8:55 PM
I hope that @jeremymberg.bsky.social will be assembling these insightful and informative anecdotes into a book or Netflix series:

The Life and Opinions of Jeremy Berg, Gentlescientist
Bluetorial: Adventures with tenure-Part 2

My experiences on the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Professorial Promotions Committee with some thoughts about scholarship vs fund raising success, team science, hyperproductivity, and the age distribution of the professoriate.
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ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
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December 19, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Neutrophil-specific Shp1 loss results in lethal pulmonary hemorrhage in mouse models of acute lung injury

www.jci.org/articles/vie... in @jclinical-invest.bsky.social

with commentary

Balancing immune response: SHP1 controls neutrophil activation in inflamed lungs

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December 18, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Long-read sequencing of hundreds of diverse brains provides insight into the impact of structural variation on gene expression and DNA methylation

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Long-read sequencing of hundreds of diverse brains provides insight into the impact of structural variation on gene expression and DNA methylation
Structural variants (SVs) drive gene expression in the human brain and are causative of many neurological conditions. However, most existing genetic studies have been based on short-read sequencing me...
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December 18, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Chromosomal rearrangements and instability caused by the LINE-1 retrotransposon

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Chromosomal rearrangements and instability caused by the LINE-1 retrotransposon
LINE-1 (L1) retrotransposition is widespread in many cancers, especially those with a high burden of chromosomal rearrangements. However, whether and to what degree L1 activity directly impacts genome...
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December 18, 2024 at 9:07 PM