Chromatin stretch enhancer states drive cell-specific gene regulation and harbor human disease risk variants

…, K Schandler, B Schmidt, C Sison… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Chromatin-based functional genomic analyses and genomewide association studies (GWASs)
together implicate enhancers as critical elements influencing gene expression and risk …

[HTML][HTML] Maturation and diversity of the VRC01-antibody lineage over 15 years of chronic HIV-1 infection

…, M Park, N Riebow, K Schandler, B Schmidt, C Sison… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
HIV-1-neutralizing antibodies develop in most HIV-1-infected individuals, although highly
effective antibodies are generally observed only after years of chronic infection. Here, we …

Longitudinal shift in diabetic wound microbiota correlates with prolonged skin defense response

…, N Reddix-Dugue, C Sison… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Diabetics frequently suffer from chronic, nonhealing wounds. Although bacterial colonization
and/or infection are generally acknowledged to negatively impact wound healing, the …

Whole-genome sequencing identifies a recurrent functional synonymous mutation in melanoma

…, K Schandler, B Schmidt, C Sison… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Synonymous mutations, which do not alter the protein sequence, have been shown to affect
protein function [Sauna ZE, Kimchi-Sarfaty C (2011) Nat Rev Genet 12(10):683–691]. …

Genome-wide recombination drives diversification of epidemic strains of Acinetobacter baumannii

…, S Lovett, J Han, R Legaspi, C Sison… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Acinetobacter baumannii is an emerging human pathogen and a significant cause of
nosocomial infections among hospital patients worldwide. The enormous increase in multidrug …

Mining the antibodyome for HIV-1–neutralizing antibodies with next-generation sequencing and phylogenetic pairing of heavy/light chains

…, K Schandler, B Schmidt, C Sison… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Next-generation sequencing of antibody transcripts from HIV-1–infected individuals with
broadly neutralizing antibodies could provide an efficient means for identifying somatic variants …

Plasmid dynamics in KPC-positive Klebsiella pneumoniae during long-term patient colonization

…, PJ Thomas, AC Young, H Coleman, C Sison… - MBio, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains are formidable hospital pathogens that
pose a serious threat to patients around the globe due to a rising incidence in health care …

[HTML][HTML] Addressing bias in small RNA library preparation for sequencing: a new protocol recovers microRNAs that evade capture by current methods

J Baran-Gale, CL Kurtz, MR Erdos, C Sison… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Recent advances in sequencing technology have helped unveil the unexpected complexity
and diversity of small RNAs. A critical step in small RNA library preparation for sequencing is …

De novo identification of VRC01 class HIV-1–neutralizing antibodies by next-generation sequencing of B-cell transcripts

…, K Schandler, B Schmidt, C Sison… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Next-generation sequencing of antibody transcripts provides a wealth of data, but the ability
to identify function-specific antibodies solely on the basis of sequence has remained elusive. …

Cell-type–specific eQTL of primary melanocytes facilitates identification of melanoma susceptibility genes

…, NL Riebow, K Schandler, B Schmidt, C Sison… - Genome …, 2018 - genome.cshlp.org
Most expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) studies to date have been performed in
heterogeneous tissues as opposed to specific cell types. To better understand the cell-type–…