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Sinadinos Victoria TyrrelGavin Kelly Valerie O'Donnell Peter Ghazal Susan JohnPatricia Barral Nature Communications Published 7 November 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesPatricia BarralBioinformatics and BiostatisticsLight MicroscopyFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details NKT cells and the regulation of intestinal immunity: a two-way street Authors (3)Phillip Brailey Marta Lebrusant-FernandezPatricia Barral FEBS Journal Published 1 May 2020 Crick labsPatricia BarralFull details Tissue-specific shaping of the TCR repertoire and antigen specificity of iNKT cells Authors (11)Rebeca Jimeno Lumeras Marta Lebrusant-Fernandez Christian Margreitter Beth Lucas Natacha VeerapenGavin Kelly Gurdyal S Besra Franca Fraternali Jo Spencer Graham AndersonPatricia Barral eLife Published 16 December 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesPatricia BarralBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details Quantitative polymerase chain reaction-based analyses of murine intestinal microbiota after oral antibiotic treatment Authors (3)Rebeca Jimeno LumerasPhillip BraileyPatricia Barral Journal of Visualized Experiments Published 17 November 2018 Crick labsPatricia BarralFull details CD1d-mediated lipid presentation by CD11c+ cells regulates intestinal homeostasis Authors (8) Julia Sáez de Guinoa Rebeca Jimeno Mauro Gaya David Kipling María José Garzón Deborah Dunn-Walters Carles UbedaPatricia Barral EMBO Journal Published 1 March 2018 Crick labsPatricia BarralFull details Initiation of antiviral B cell immunity relies on innate signals from spatially positioned NKT cells Authors (18) Mauro GayaPatricia Barral Marianne Burbage Shweta AggarwalBeatriz Montaner Andrew Warren Navia[...] Dan H Barouch Alex K Shalek Andreas Bruckbauer Jessica Strid Facundo D Batista Cell Published 25 January 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesPatricia BarralFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityFull details RIF1 is essential for 53BP1-dependent nonhomologous end joining and suppression of DNA double-strand break resection Authors (10) J Ross ChapmanPatricia Barral Jean-Baptiste Vannier Valérie Borel Martin Steger Antonia Tomas-Loba Alessandro A Sartori Ian R Adams Facundo D BatistaSimon Boulton Molecular Cell Published 7 March 2013 Crick labsSimon BoultonPatricia BarralFull details The location of splenic NKT cells favours their rapid activation by blood-borne antigen Authors (5)Patricia Barral María Dolores Sánchez-Niño Nico van Rooijen Vincenzo Cerundolo Facundo D Batista EMBO Journal Published 16 May 2012 Crick labsPatricia BarralFull details Neutrophils—the unexpected helpers of B-cell activation Authors (3) Naomi E HarwoodPatricia Barral Facundo D Batista EMBO Reports Published 1 February 2012 Crick labsPatricia BarralFull details Asymmetric segregation of polarized antigen on B cell division shapes presentation capacity Authors (10) Olivier Thaunat Aitor G GranjaPatricia Barral Andrew FilbyBeatriz MontanerLucy Collinson Nuria Martinez-Martin Naomi E Harwood Andreas Bruckbauer Facundo D Batista Science Published 27 January 2012 Crick labs/ facilitiesPatricia BarralFlow CytometryElectron MicroscopyFull details Identification of Bcl-6-dependent follicular helper NKT cells that provide cognate help for B cell responses Authors (15) Pheh-Ping ChangPatricia Barral Jessica Fitch Alvin Pratama Cindy S Ma Axel Kallies[...] Stephen L Nutt Robert Brink Dale I Godfrey Facundo D BatistaCarola Vinuesa Nature Immunology Published 1 January 2012 Crick labsPatricia BarralFull details Synthetic iNKT cell-agonists as vaccine adjuvants — finding the balance Authors (3) Vincenzo CerundoloPatricia Barral Facundo D Batista Current Opinion in Immunology Published 1 June 2010 Crick labsPatricia BarralFull details CD169+ macrophages present lipid antigens to mediate early activation of iNKT cells in lymph nodes Authors (7)Patricia Barral Paolo Polzella Andreas Bruckbauer Nico van Rooijen Gurdyal S Besra Vincenzo Cerundolo Facundo D Batista Nature Immunology Published 1 April 2010 Crick labsPatricia BarralFull details The membrane skeleton controls diffusion dynamics and signaling through the B cell receptor Authors (8) Bebhinn Treanor David Depoil Aitor Gonzalez-GranjaPatricia Barral Michele Weber Omer Dushek Andreas Bruckbauer Facundo D Batista Immunity Published 26 February 2010 Crick labsPatricia BarralFull details Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
CD1d-dependent rewiring of lipid metabolism in macrophages regulates innate immune responses Authors (10)Phillip BraileyLauren Evans Juan Carlos López-Rodríguez Anthony Sinadinos Victoria TyrrelGavin Kelly Valerie O'Donnell Peter Ghazal Susan JohnPatricia Barral Nature Communications Published 7 November 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesPatricia BarralBioinformatics and BiostatisticsLight MicroscopyFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details
NKT cells and the regulation of intestinal immunity: a two-way street Authors (3)Phillip Brailey Marta Lebrusant-FernandezPatricia Barral FEBS Journal Published 1 May 2020 Crick labsPatricia BarralFull details
Tissue-specific shaping of the TCR repertoire and antigen specificity of iNKT cells Authors (11)Rebeca Jimeno Lumeras Marta Lebrusant-Fernandez Christian Margreitter Beth Lucas Natacha VeerapenGavin Kelly Gurdyal S Besra Franca Fraternali Jo Spencer Graham AndersonPatricia Barral eLife Published 16 December 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesPatricia BarralBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details
Quantitative polymerase chain reaction-based analyses of murine intestinal microbiota after oral antibiotic treatment Authors (3)Rebeca Jimeno LumerasPhillip BraileyPatricia Barral Journal of Visualized Experiments Published 17 November 2018 Crick labsPatricia BarralFull details
CD1d-mediated lipid presentation by CD11c+ cells regulates intestinal homeostasis Authors (8) Julia Sáez de Guinoa Rebeca Jimeno Mauro Gaya David Kipling María José Garzón Deborah Dunn-Walters Carles UbedaPatricia Barral EMBO Journal Published 1 March 2018 Crick labsPatricia BarralFull details
Initiation of antiviral B cell immunity relies on innate signals from spatially positioned NKT cells Authors (18) Mauro GayaPatricia Barral Marianne Burbage Shweta AggarwalBeatriz Montaner Andrew Warren Navia[...] Dan H Barouch Alex K Shalek Andreas Bruckbauer Jessica Strid Facundo D Batista Cell Published 25 January 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesPatricia BarralFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityFull details
RIF1 is essential for 53BP1-dependent nonhomologous end joining and suppression of DNA double-strand break resection Authors (10) J Ross ChapmanPatricia Barral Jean-Baptiste Vannier Valérie Borel Martin Steger Antonia Tomas-Loba Alessandro A Sartori Ian R Adams Facundo D BatistaSimon Boulton Molecular Cell Published 7 March 2013 Crick labsSimon BoultonPatricia BarralFull details
The location of splenic NKT cells favours their rapid activation by blood-borne antigen Authors (5)Patricia Barral María Dolores Sánchez-Niño Nico van Rooijen Vincenzo Cerundolo Facundo D Batista EMBO Journal Published 16 May 2012 Crick labsPatricia BarralFull details
Neutrophils—the unexpected helpers of B-cell activation Authors (3) Naomi E HarwoodPatricia Barral Facundo D Batista EMBO Reports Published 1 February 2012 Crick labsPatricia BarralFull details
Asymmetric segregation of polarized antigen on B cell division shapes presentation capacity Authors (10) Olivier Thaunat Aitor G GranjaPatricia Barral Andrew FilbyBeatriz MontanerLucy Collinson Nuria Martinez-Martin Naomi E Harwood Andreas Bruckbauer Facundo D Batista Science Published 27 January 2012 Crick labs/ facilitiesPatricia BarralFlow CytometryElectron MicroscopyFull details
Identification of Bcl-6-dependent follicular helper NKT cells that provide cognate help for B cell responses Authors (15) Pheh-Ping ChangPatricia Barral Jessica Fitch Alvin Pratama Cindy S Ma Axel Kallies[...] Stephen L Nutt Robert Brink Dale I Godfrey Facundo D BatistaCarola Vinuesa Nature Immunology Published 1 January 2012 Crick labsPatricia BarralFull details
Synthetic iNKT cell-agonists as vaccine adjuvants — finding the balance Authors (3) Vincenzo CerundoloPatricia Barral Facundo D Batista Current Opinion in Immunology Published 1 June 2010 Crick labsPatricia BarralFull details
CD169+ macrophages present lipid antigens to mediate early activation of iNKT cells in lymph nodes Authors (7)Patricia Barral Paolo Polzella Andreas Bruckbauer Nico van Rooijen Gurdyal S Besra Vincenzo Cerundolo Facundo D Batista Nature Immunology Published 1 April 2010 Crick labsPatricia BarralFull details
The membrane skeleton controls diffusion dynamics and signaling through the B cell receptor Authors (8) Bebhinn Treanor David Depoil Aitor Gonzalez-GranjaPatricia Barral Michele Weber Omer Dushek Andreas Bruckbauer Facundo D Batista Immunity Published 26 February 2010 Crick labsPatricia BarralFull details