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Les cellules dendritiques mérocytiques : un nouveau sous-type de cellules dendritiques conventionnelles spécifiquement régulée par Bim
À l’inverse des autres sous types de cellules dendritiques conventionnelles (cDC), la présentation de peptides dérivés de corps apoptotiques par les DC mérocytiques (mcDC) cause un bris de la tolérance. Ces cellules induisent le diabète lorsqu’elles présentent des peptides dérivés de cellules bêta du pancréas. De plus, chargées avec des peptides dérivés de cellules tumorales, elles permettent la réactivation des lymphocytes T et l’élimination de la tumeur. Ces propriétés spécifiques aux mcDCs mettent en évidence de nouveaux aspects dans le contrôle des bris de tolérance. Comprendre leur relation avec les autres DCs et leur régulation sont nécessaires pour comprendre les mécanismes associés à la tolérance immune.
Nous avons déterminé que les mcDCs étaient des cDCs. Les mcDCs sont des cellules avec une courte durée de vie et qui induisent une réponse allogénique. Elles expriment le facteur de transcription spécifique aux cDCs, Zbtb46. Les mcDCs se différencient à partir des précurseurs communs aux cDCs. Elles expriment le facteur de transcription IRF-4, important pour les cDC2, et son absence affecte leur homéostasie. Cependant, la proximité des mcDCs avec les cDC2 diffère en matière de métabolisme où elles ont des signatures différentes.
Les mcDCs sont retrouvées en plus grand nombre dans un modèle murin de diabète auto-immun spontané (NOD) que dans une lignée de souris résistante (C57BL/6). Notre laboratoire a validé que le locus Idd13 du chromosome 2 était lié au nombre de mcDCs, suggérant donc qu’un ou plusieurs gènes de ce locus ont un rôle dans la régulation du nombre de mcDCs. En ciblant des gènes polymorphiques entre la souris NOD et la souris C57BL/6, nous avons déterminé que le gène Bim, qui code pour une molécule proapoptotique, régule de manière moelle osseuse intrinsèque spécifiquement les mcDCs.
Les mcDCs sont donc un sous-type de cDCs spécifiquement régulé par Bim. Ce sous- type de cDCs est une population clé dans les bris de tolérance et comprendre leur homéostasie est primordial pour déterminer leur rôle dans le contrôle de la tolérance immune.Unlike other conventional dendritic cells (cDCs) subtypes, presentation of peptides derived from apoptotic bodies by merocytic dendritic cells (mcDCs) is associated with a break of tolerance. Presentation of peptides derived from pancreatic beta cells by mcDC is linked to diabetes induction. However, when loaded with peptides derived from tumor cells, they allow the reactivation of T cells and the elimination of the tumor. These properties specific to mcDC highlight new aspects in the control of break of tolerance. Understanding their relationships with other DCs and their regulation is important for understanding the mechanisms associated with immune tolerance.
We have determined that mcDCs are cDCs. mcDCs are short-lived cells able to induce an allogeneic response. They express the specific cDC transcription factor, Zbtb46. mcDCs are differentiated from the cDC common precursors. They express and require IRF-4 for their homeostasis, a transcription factor associated with cDC2 differentiation. However, the proximity of mcDC to cDC2 differs in terms of metabolism where they have different signatures.
mcDCs are found in greater numbers in the mouse model of spontaneous autoimmune diabetes (NOD) than in a resistant line (C57BL/6). Our laboratory validated that the Idd13 locus of chromosome 2 was linked to mcDC number, thus suggesting that one or more genes of this locus have a role in regulating the number of mcDC. By targeting polymorphic genes between the NOD and C57BL/6 mice, we determined that Bim gene, encoding a pro-apoptotic molecule, regulate specifically mcDC in a bone marrow intrinsic manner.
Therefore, mcDCs are a subset of cDCs specifically regulated by Bim. This subtype of cDCs is a key player in break of tolerance and understanding their homeostasis is important in determining their role in immune tolerance
Les cellules dendritiques mérocytiques : un nouveau sous-type de cellules dendritiques conventionnelles spécifiquement régulée par Bim
À l’inverse des autres sous types de cellules dendritiques conventionnelles (cDC), la présentation de peptides dérivés de corps apoptotiques par les DC mérocytiques (mcDC) cause un bris de la tolérance. Ces cellules induisent le diabète lorsqu’elles présentent des peptides dérivés de cellules bêta du pancréas. De plus, chargées avec des peptides dérivés de cellules tumorales, elles permettent la réactivation des lymphocytes T et l’élimination de la tumeur. Ces propriétés spécifiques aux mcDCs mettent en évidence de nouveaux aspects dans le contrôle des bris de tolérance. Comprendre leur relation avec les autres DCs et leur régulation sont nécessaires pour comprendre les mécanismes associés à la tolérance immune.
Nous avons déterminé que les mcDCs étaient des cDCs. Les mcDCs sont des cellules avec une courte durée de vie et qui induisent une réponse allogénique. Elles expriment le facteur de transcription spécifique aux cDCs, Zbtb46. Les mcDCs se différencient à partir des précurseurs communs aux cDCs. Elles expriment le facteur de transcription IRF-4, important pour les cDC2, et son absence affecte leur homéostasie. Cependant, la proximité des mcDCs avec les cDC2 diffère en matière de métabolisme où elles ont des signatures différentes.
Les mcDCs sont retrouvées en plus grand nombre dans un modèle murin de diabète auto-immun spontané (NOD) que dans une lignée de souris résistante (C57BL/6). Notre laboratoire a validé que le locus Idd13 du chromosome 2 était lié au nombre de mcDCs, suggérant donc qu’un ou plusieurs gènes de ce locus ont un rôle dans la régulation du nombre de mcDCs. En ciblant des gènes polymorphiques entre la souris NOD et la souris C57BL/6, nous avons déterminé que le gène Bim, qui code pour une molécule proapoptotique, régule de manière moelle osseuse intrinsèque spécifiquement les mcDCs.
Les mcDCs sont donc un sous-type de cDCs spécifiquement régulé par Bim. Ce sous- type de cDCs est une population clé dans les bris de tolérance et comprendre leur homéostasie est primordial pour déterminer leur rôle dans le contrôle de la tolérance immune.Unlike other conventional dendritic cells (cDCs) subtypes, presentation of peptides derived from apoptotic bodies by merocytic dendritic cells (mcDCs) is associated with a break of tolerance. Presentation of peptides derived from pancreatic beta cells by mcDC is linked to diabetes induction. However, when loaded with peptides derived from tumor cells, they allow the reactivation of T cells and the elimination of the tumor. These properties specific to mcDC highlight new aspects in the control of break of tolerance. Understanding their relationships with other DCs and their regulation is important for understanding the mechanisms associated with immune tolerance.
We have determined that mcDCs are cDCs. mcDCs are short-lived cells able to induce an allogeneic response. They express the specific cDC transcription factor, Zbtb46. mcDCs are differentiated from the cDC common precursors. They express and require IRF-4 for their homeostasis, a transcription factor associated with cDC2 differentiation. However, the proximity of mcDC to cDC2 differs in terms of metabolism where they have different signatures.
mcDCs are found in greater numbers in the mouse model of spontaneous autoimmune diabetes (NOD) than in a resistant line (C57BL/6). Our laboratory validated that the Idd13 locus of chromosome 2 was linked to mcDC number, thus suggesting that one or more genes of this locus have a role in regulating the number of mcDC. By targeting polymorphic genes between the NOD and C57BL/6 mice, we determined that Bim gene, encoding a pro-apoptotic molecule, regulate specifically mcDC in a bone marrow intrinsic manner.
Therefore, mcDCs are a subset of cDCs specifically regulated by Bim. This subtype of cDCs is a key player in break of tolerance and understanding their homeostasis is important in determining their role in immune tolerance
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
The present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
We provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
We conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
We have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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