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Janet M. Stavnezer
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
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Mechanism and regulation of class switch recombination
(with Jeroen E. J. Guikema and Carol E. Schrader),
Annual review of immunology
(2008)
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APE1- and APE2-dependent DNA breaks in immunoglobulin class switch recombination
(with Jeroen E. J. Guikema, Erin K. Linehan, Daisuke Tsuchimoto, Yusaku Nakabeppu, Phyllis R. Strauss, and Carol E. Schrader),
The Journal of experimental medicine
(2007)
DNA polymerase beta is able to repair breaks in switch regions and plays an inhibitory role during immunoglobulin class switch recombination
(with Xiaoming Wu),
The Journal of experimental medicine
(2007)
Antibody class switching differs among SJL, C57BL/6 and 129 mice
(with Denise A. Kaminski),
International immunology
(2007)
Stimuli that enhance IgA class switching increase histone 3 acetylation at S alpha, but poorly stimulate sequential switching from IgG2b
(with Denise A. Kaminski),
European journal of immunology
(2006)
Enhanced IgA class switching in marginal zone and B1 B cells relative to follicular/B2 B cells
(with Denise A. Kaminski),
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
(2006)
The histone methyltransferase Suv39h1 increases class switch recombination specifically to IgA
(with Sean P. Bradley, Denise A. Kaminski, Antoine H. F. M. Peters, and Thomas Jenuwein),
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
(2006)
Mismatch repair converts AID-instigated nicks to double-strand breaks for antibody class-switch recombination
(with Carol E. Schrader),
Trends in genetics : TIG
(2005)
Inducible DNA breaks in Ig S regions are dependent on AID and UNG
(with Carol E. Schrader, Erin K. Linehan, Sofia N. Mochegova, and Robert T. Woodland),
The Journal of experimental medicine
(2005)
Shifts in targeting of class switch recombination sites in mice that lack mu switch region tandem repeats or Msh2
(with Irene M. Min, Lisa R. Rothlein, Carol E. Schrader, and Erik Selsing),
The Journal of experimental medicine
(2005)
Analysis of transforming growth factor-beta1-induced Ig germ-line gamma2b transcription and its implication for IgA isotype switching
(with Seok-Rae Park, Goo-Young Seo, Ae-Jin Choi, and Pyeung-Hyeun Kim),
European journal of immunology
(2005)
Evolution of isotype switching
(with Chris T. Amemiya),
Seminars in immunology
(2004)
Deletion of the nucleotide excision repair gene Ercc1 reduces immunoglobulin class switching and alters mutations near switch recombination junctions
(with Carol E. Schrader, Joycelyn Vardo, Erin K. Linehan, Michael Z. Twarog, Laura J. Niedernhofer, and Jan H. J. Hoeijmakers),
The Journal of experimental medicine
(2004)
Antibody class switching: uncoupling S region accessibility from transcription
(with Denise A. Kaminski),
Trends in genetics : TIG
(2004)
Mutations occur in the Ig Smu region but rarely in Sgamma regions prior to class switch recombination
(with Carol E. Schrader, Sean P. Bradley, Joycelyn Vardo, Sofia N. Mochegova, and Erin Flanagan),
The EMBO journal
(2003)
The Smu tandem repeat region is critical for Ig isotype switching in the absence of Msh2
(with Irene M. Min, Carol E. Schrader, Joycelyn Vardo, Thomas M. Luby, Nicole D'Avirro, and Erik Selsing),
Immunity
(2003)
Mlh1 can function in antibody class switch recombination independently of Msh2
(with Carol E. Schrader and Joycelyn Vardo),
The Journal of experimental medicine
(2003)
Immunoglobulin genes: generating diversity with AID and UNG
(with Ursula Storb),
Current biology : CB
(2002)
Does activation-induced deaminase initiate antibody diversification by DNA deamination
(with Sean P. Bradley),
Trends in genetics : TIG
(2002)
The ubiquitously expressed DNA-binding protein late SV40 factor binds Ig switch regions and represses class switching to IgA
(with Elise E. Drouin, Carol E. Schrader, and Ulla Hansen),
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
(2002)
Role for mismatch repair proteins Msh2, Mlh1, and Pms2 in immunoglobulin class switching shown by sequence analysis of recombination junctions
(with Carol E. Schrader and Joycelyn Vardo),
The Journal of experimental medicine
(2002)
Differential regulation of mouse germline Ig gamma 1 and epsilon promoters by IL-4 and CD40
(with C. S. Mao),
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
(2001)
Roles of Ets proteins, NF-kappa B and nocodazole in regulating induction of transcription of mouse germline Ig alpha RNA by transforming growth factor-beta 1
(with M. J. Shi, S. R. Park, and P. H. Kim),
International immunology
(2001)
The mu switch region tandem repeats are important, but not required, for antibody class switch recombination
(with Thomas M. Luby, Carol E. Schrader, and Erik Selsing),
The Journal of experimental medicine
(2001)
Activation of the mouse Ig germline epsilon promoter by IL-4 is dependent on AP-1 transcription factors
(with Ching-Hung Shen),
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
(2000)
Immunology. A touch of antibody class
,
Science (New York, N.Y.)
(2000)
Evidence for class-specific factors in immunoglobulin isotype switching
(with A. Shanmugam, M. J. Shi, L. Yauch, and A. L. Kenter),
The Journal of experimental medicine
(2000)
Regulation of the promoter for human immunoglobulin gamma3 germ-line transcription and its interaction with the 3'alpha enhancer
(with Q. Pan, C. Petit-Frere, and L. Hammarstrom),
European journal of immunology
(2000)
Interaction and functional cooperation of PEBP2/CBF with Smads. Synergistic induction of the immunoglobulin germline Calpha promoter
(with J. Hanai, L. F. Chen, T. Kanno, N. Ohtani-Fujita, W. Y. Kim, W. H. Guo, T. Imamura, Y. Ishidou, M. Fukuchi, M. J. Shi, M. Kawabata, K. Miyazono, and Y. Ito),
The Journal of biological chemistry
(1999)
Molecular processes that regulate class switching
,
Current topics in microbiology and immunology
(1999)
Switch recombination in a transfected plasmid occurs preferentially in a B cell line that undergoes switch recombination of its chromosomal Ig heavy chain genes
(with Sean P. Bradley, Norman Rousseau, Todd Pearson, Ananth Shanmugam, Debra J. Waite, Paul R. Rogers, and Amy L. Kenter),
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
(1999)
Reduced isotype switching in splenic B cells from mice deficient in mismatch repair enzymes
(with Carol E. Schrader, W. Edelmann, and R. Kucherlapati),
The Journal of experimental medicine
(1999)
Ialpha exon-replacement mice synthesize a spliced HPRT-C(alpha) transcript which may explain their ability to switch to IgA. Inhibition of switching to IgG in these mice
(with G. Qiu and G. R. Harriman),
International immunology
(1999)
CBF alpha3 (AML2) is induced by TGF-beta1 to bind and activate the mouse germline Ig alpha promoter
(with M. J. Shi),
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
(1998)
Overexpression of BSAP/Pax-5 inhibits switching to IgA and enhances switching to IgE in the I.29 mu B cell line
(with G. Qiu),
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
(1998)
The ability of CD40L, but not lipopolysaccharide, to initiate immunoglobulin switching to immunoglobulin G1 is explained by differential induction of NF-kappaB/Rel proteins
(with S. C. Lin and H. H. Wortis),
Molecular and cellular biology
(1998)
Interaction of stat6 and NF-kappaB: direct association and synergistic activation of interleukin-4-induced transcription
(with Ching-Hung Shen),
Molecular and cellular biology
(1998)
CD40 cross-linking induces Ig epsilon germline transcripts in B cells via activation of NF-kappaB: synergy with IL-4 induction
(with L. A. Iciek and S. A. Delphin),
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
(1997)
Cognate T cell help for CD40-deficient B cells induces c-myc RNA expression, but DNA synthesis requires an additional signal through surface Ig
(with Carol E. Schrader, H. Kikutani, and D. C. Parker),
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
(1997)
Activation of NF-kappaB/Rel by CD40 engagement induces the mouse germ line immunoglobulin Cgamma1 promoter
(with S. C. Lin),
Molecular and cellular biology
(1996)
Immunoglobulin class switching
,
Current opinion in immunology
(1996)
Antibody class switching
,
Advances in immunology
(1996)
Mouse CD6: sequence of cDNA and expression of mRNA
(with A. Pal, P. L. Romain, N. G. Singer, and D. Fox),
Immunology letters
(1996)
Regulation of antibody class switching to IgE: characterization of an IL-4-responsive region in the immunoglobulin heavy-chain germline epsilon promoter
(with S. Delphin),
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
(1995)
Regulation of antibody production and class switching by TGF-beta
,
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
(1995)
Cell cycle regulation of immunoglobulin class switch recombination and germ-line transcription: potential role of Ets family members
(with M. Lundgren, L. Strom, L. O. Bergquist, S. Skog, T. Heiden, and E. Severinson),
European journal of immunology
(1995)
Characterization of an interleukin 4 (IL-4) responsive region in the immunoglobulin heavy chain germline epsilon promoter: regulation by NF-IL-4, a C/EBP family member and NF-kappa B/p50
(with S. Delphin),
The Journal of experimental medicine
(1995)
Activation of the Ig germ-line gamma 1 promoter. Involvement of C/enhancer-binding protein transcription factors and their possible interaction with an NF-IL-4 site
(with M. Lundgren, C. Larsson, A. Femino, M. Xu, and E. Severinson),
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
(1994)
Inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase increase antibody class switching
(with P. Shockett),
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
(1993)
Regulation of transcription of the germ-line Ig alpha constant region gene by an ATF element and by novel transforming growth factor-beta 1-responsive elements
(with Y. C. Lin),
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
(1992)
Regulation of switch recombination to the murine gamma 1 gene
(with W. Dunnick, L. Elenich, J. Berry, D. Albrecht, and J. L. Claflin),
Current topics in microbiology and immunology
(1992)
Regulation of transcription of immunoglobulin germ-line gamma 1 RNA: analysis of the promoter/enhancer
(with M. Z. Xu),
The EMBO journal
(1992)
Regulation of transcription of the germline immunoglobulin alpha constant region gene
(with Y. C. Lin and P. Shockett),
Current topics in microbiology and immunology
(1992)
Effect of cytokines on switching to IgA and alpha germline transcripts in the B lymphoma I.29 mu. Transforming growth factor-beta activates transcription of the unrearranged C alpha gene
(with P. Shockett),
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
(1991)
Triple helix stabilization
,
Nature
(1991)
Regulation of the antibody class switch to IgA
(with Y. C. Lin and P. Shockett),
Immunologic research
(1991)
Induction of germ-line immunoglobulin heavy chain transcripts by mitogens and interleukins prior to switch recombination
(with E. Severinson and C. Fernandez),
European journal of immunology
(1990)
Copy choice mechanism of immunoglobulin heavy-chain switch recombination
(with W. Dunnick),
Molecular and cellular biology
(1990)
Structure of germ line immunoglobulin alpha heavy-chain RNA and its location on polysomes
(with G. Radcliffe, Y. C. Lin, M. Julius, and K. B. Marcu),
Molecular and cellular biology
(1990)
Structure of germline immunoglobulin heavy-chain gamma 1 transcripts in interleukin 4 treated mouse spleen cells
(with M. Xu),
Developmental immunology
(1990)
Mouse antibody response to group A streptococcal carbohydrate
(with C. D. Jarvis and L. E. Cannon),
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
(1989)
A B-cell-specific nuclear protein that binds to DNA sites 5' to immunoglobulin S alpha tandem repeats is regulated during differentiation
(with S. H. Waters and K. U. Saikh),
Molecular and cellular biology
(1989)
Reticulum cell sarcomas of SJL mice have rearranged immunoglobulin heavy and light chain genes
(with J. L. Lasky, N. M. Ponzio, M. P. Scheid, and G. J. Thorbecke),
European journal of immunology
(1989)
Mutations, duplication, and deletion of recombined switch regions suggest a role for DNA replication in the immunoglobulin heavy-chain switch
(with W. Dunnick and M. Wilson),
Molecular and cellular biology
(1989)
Interleukins 4 and 5: mechanisms of action
(with E. Severinson, H. B. Moon, S. Bergstedt-Lindqvist, U. Persson, and C. Heusser),
Advances in experimental medicine and biology
(1989)
Immunoglobulin heavy-chain switching may be directed by prior induction of transcripts from constant-region genes
(with G. Radcliffe, Y. C. Lin, J. Nietupski, L. Berggren, R. Sitia, and E. Severinson),
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
(1988)
The J kappa proximal region of the human K locus contains three uncommon V kappa genes which are arranged in opposite transcriptional polarities
(with W. Lorenz, K. F. Schable, R. Thiebe, and H. G. Zachau),
Molecular immunology
(1988)
I.29 lymphoma cells express a nonmutated VH gene before and after H chain switch
(with D. Klein, J. Nietupski, and S. Sirlin),
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
(1988)
Specificity of immunoglobulin heavy chain switching by cultured I.29 B lymphoma cells
(with G. Radcliffe and E. Severinson),
Monographs in allergy
(1988)
Expression of immunoglobulin lambda light chain by the promyelocytic cell line HL-60
(with A. Al-Katib and B. Koziner),
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
(1986)
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Presence of a polyadenylated RNA fragment encoding the membrane domain for immunoglobulin alpha chain indicates that mRNAs for both secreted and membrane-bound alpha chains can be produced from the same RNA transcript
,
Nucleic acids research
(1986)
Specificity of immunoglobulin heavy chain switch correlates with activity of germline heavy chain genes prior to switching
(with S. Sirlin),
The EMBO journal
(1986)
Surface immunoglobulin light chain expression in pre-B cell leukemias
(with B. Koziner, A. Al-Katib, D. Gebhard, A. Mittelman, M. Andreeff, and B. D. Clarkson),
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
(1986)
Molecular defects in a human immunoglobulin kappa chain deficiency
(with O. Kekish and B. J. Zegers),
Science (New York, N.Y.)
(1985)
Surface immunoglobulin light-chain expression by the "common" all cell line REH
(with B. Koziner and A. Al-Katib),
Clinical immunology and immunopathology
(1985)
The regulation of membrane-bound and secreted alpha-chain biosynthesis during the differentiation of the B cell lymphoma I.29
(with R. Sitia, A. Rubartelli, H. Kikutani, and U. Hammerling),
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
(1985)
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Aberrant recombination events in B cell lines derived from a kappa-deficient human
(with O. Kekish, D. Batter, J. Grenier, I. Balazs, E. Henderson, and B. J. Zegers),
Nucleic acids research
(1985)
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Induction of immunoglobulin isotype switching in cultured I.29 B lymphoma cells. Characterization of the accompanying rearrangements of heavy chain genes
(with S. Sirlin and J. Abbott),
The Journal of experimental medicine
(1985)
Immunoglobulin heavy chain switching in cultured I.29 murine B lymphoma cells: commitment to an IgA or IgE switch
(with J. Abbott and S. Sirlin),
Current topics in microbiology and immunology
(1984)
Molecular genetics of immunoglobulin heavy chain switching
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Survey of immunologic research
(1983)
Rearrangements and deletions of immunoglobulin heavy chain genes in the double-producing B cell lymphoma I.29
(with K. B. Marcu, S. Sirlin, B. Alhadeff, and U. Hammerling),
Molecular and cellular biology
(1982)
Genetic structure and origin of t haplotypes of mice, analyzed with H-2 cDNA probes
(with H. S. Shin, K. Artzt, and D. Bennett),
Cell
(1982)
Membrane-bound and secreted IgA contain structurally different alpha-chains
(with R. Sitia, H. Kikutani, A. Rubartelli, Y. Bushkin, and U. Hammerling),
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
(1982)
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Synthesis and processing of the alpha heavy chains of secreted and membrane-bound IgA
(with H. Kikutani, R. Sitia, and R. A. Good),
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
(1981)
Expression of an antigen receptor on T cells does not require recombination at the immunoglobulin JH-C mu locus
(with Y. Cayre, M. A. Palladino, and K. B. Marcu),
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
(1981)
Synthesis and isolation of DNA complementary to nucleotide sequences encoding the variable region of immunoglobulin kappa chain
(with J. M. Bishop),
Biochemistry
(1977)
Detection and characterization of RNA tumor virus-specific DNA in cells
(with H. E. Varmus, E. Medeiros, and J. M. Bishop),
Bibliotheca haematologica
(1975)
Isolation of messenger RNA for an immunoglobulin kappa chain and enumeration of the genes for the constatn region of kappa chain in the mouse
(with R. C. Huang, E. Stavnezer, and J. M. Bishop),
Journal of molecular biology
(1974)
Synthesis of a deoxyribonucleic acid sequence complementary to ovalbumin messenger ribonucleic acid and quantification of ovalbumin genes
(with D. Sullivan, R. Palacios, J. M. Taylor, A. J. Faras, M. L. Kiely, N. M. Summers, J. M. Bishop, and R. T. Schimke),
The Journal of biological chemistry
(1973)
Letter: Translation of messenger RNA for mouse immunoglobulin light chains in living frog oocytes
(with M. Smith, R. C. Huang, J. B. Gurdon, and C. D. Lane),
Journal of molecular biology
(1973)
Synthesis of a mouse immunoglobulin light chain in a rabbit reticulocyte cell-free system
(with R. C. Huang),
Nature: New biology
(1971)