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Roseanne E Billany Emma C WallGavin Kelly[...] Rachel B Jones Rona M Smith Stephen McAdoo Michelle WillicombeRupert Beale The Lancet Published 20 January 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesCharles SwantonGitta StockingerJohn McCauleyGeorge KassiotisSonia GandhiSteve GamblinRupert BealeDavid LV BauerWorldwide Influenza CentreHigh Throughput ScreeningBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details Three-dose vaccination elicits neutralising antibodies against omicron Authors (26)Mary Wu Emma C Wall Edward J Carr Ruth Harvey Hermaleigh TownsleyHarriet Mears[...] Vincenzo Libri Bryan WilliamsSonia GandhiCharles SwantonDavid LV Bauer The Lancet Published 19 January 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesCharles SwantonGitta StockingerJohn McCauleyGeorge KassiotisSonia GandhiSteve GamblinRupert BealeDavid LV BauerWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyHigh Throughput ScreeningBioinformatics and BiostatisticsScientific computingFull details Regulation of intestinal immunity and tissue repair by enteric glia Authors (18)Franze ProgatzkyMichael ShapiroSong Hui Chng Bethania Garcia-CassaniCajsa Classon Selin Sevgi[...] Lewis J Entwistle Alejandro Suárez-Bonnet Mark WilsonBrigitta StockingerVassilis Pachnis Nature Published 20 October 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesGitta StockingerVassilis PachnisExperimental HistopathologyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details Neutralising antibodies after COVID-19 vaccination in UK haemodialysis patients Authors (86) Edward J Carr Mary Wu Ruth Harvey Emma C WallGavin KellySaira Hussain[...]Emma RussellAndy RiddellSvend KjaerAnnabel BorgChloe Roustan The Lancet Published 18 September 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesCharles SwantonGitta StockingerJohn McCauleyGeorge KassiotisSonia GandhiSteve GamblinRupert BealeDavid LV BauerWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyPeptide ChemistryHigh Throughput ScreeningFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityBioinformatics and BiostatisticsScientific computingAdvanced SequencingFull details T cell subsets and environmental factors in Citrobacter rodentium infection Authors (1)Brigitta Stockinger Current Opinion in Microbiology Published 1 October 2021 Crick labsGitta StockingerFull details Effects of low-dose gestational TCDD exposure on behavior and on hippocampal neuron morphology and gene expression in mice Authors (14) Talia E Gileadi Abhyuday K Swamy Zoe Hore Stuart Horswell Jacob Ellegood Conor Mohan[...]Brigitta Stockinger Christer Hogstrand Jason P Lerch Cathy Fernandes M Albert Basson Environmental Health Perspectives Published 1 May 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesGitta StockingerBioinformatics and BiostatisticsScientific computingAdvanced SequencingFull details Lumpers and splitters: Birth of Th17 cells Authors (1)Brigitta Stockinger Journal of Experimental Medicine Published 3 May 2021 Crick labsGitta StockingerFull details AHR in the intestinal microenvironment: safeguarding barrier function Authors (3)Brigitta StockingerKathleen Shah Emma Wincent Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology Published 1 August 2021 Crick labsGitta StockingerFull details CYP1A1 enzymatic activity influences skin inflammation via regulation of the AHR pathway Authors (14) Mariela KyorevaYing Li Mariyah Hoosenally Jonathan Hardman-Smart Kirsten Morrison Isabella Tosi[...] Ulrich Mrowietz Frank O Nestle Catherine Smith Jonathan N Barker Paola Di Meglio Journal of Investigative Dermatology Published 1 June 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesGitta StockingerFlow CytometryExperimental HistopathologyBiological Research FacilityFull details Preexisting and de novo humoral immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in humans Authors (47)Kevin NgNikhil Faulkner Georgina H CornishAnnachiara Rosa Ruth HarveySaira Hussain[...]Steve Gamblin Laura E MccoyPeter Cherepanov Eleni NastouliGeorge Kassiotis Science Published 11 December 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesCharles SwantonGitta StockingerJohn McCauleyGeorge KassiotisSonia GandhiSteve GamblinPeter Cherepanov Rupert BealeWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyPeptide ChemistryFlow CytometryHigh Throughput ScreeningCell ServicesFull details Characterising the original anti-C5 function-blocking antibody, BB5.1, for species specificity, mode of action and interactions with C5 Authors (5) Wioleta M Zelek Georgina E Menzies Andrea BrancaleBrigitta Stockinger Bryan Paul Morgan Immunology Published 1 October 2020 Crick labsGitta StockingerFull details Neuronal programming by microbiota regulates intestinal physiology Authors (18)Yuuki Obata Álvaro Castaño Stefan Boeing Ana Carina Bon-Frauches Candice FungTodd Fallesen[...] Pieter Vanden Berghe Andrew J MurrayBrigitta Stockinger Andrew J MacphersonVassilis Pachnis Nature Published 13 February 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesGitta StockingerVassilis PachnisLight MicroscopyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingFull details The AHR pathway represses TGFβ-SMAD3 signalling and has a potent tumour suppressive role in SHH medulloblastoma Authors (11) Nemanja Sarić Matthew Selby Vijay Ramaswamy Marcel KoolBrigitta Stockinger Christer Hogstrand Daniel Williamson Silvia Marino Michael D Taylor Steven C Clifford M Albert Basson Scientific Reports Published 10 January 2020 Crick labsGitta StockingerFull details Aryl hydrocarbon receptor contributes to the transcriptional program of IL-10-producing regulatory B cells Authors (14) Christopher JM Piper Elizabeth C Rosser Kristine Oleinika Kiran Nistala Thomas Krausgruber André F Rendeiro[...] Scott Thomson Georgina Xanthou Christoph BockBrigitta Stockinger Claudia Mauri Cell Reports Published 12 November 2019 Crick labsGitta StockingerFull details Meningeal γδ T cell-derived IL-17 controls synaptic plasticity and short-term memory Authors (16) Miguel Ribeiro Helena C Brigas Mariana Temido-Ferreira Paula A Pousinha Tommy Regen Cátia Santa[...] Ari Waisman Bruno Manadas Luísa V Lopes Bruno Silva-Santos Julie C Ribot Science Immunology Published 11 October 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesGitta StockingerFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityFull details The intestine harbors functionally distinct homeostatic tissue-resident and inflammatory Th17 cells Authors (12)Sara OmenettiClaudio Bussi Amina Metidji Andrea Iseppon Sunjae LeeMauro Tolaini[...]Gavin Kelly Probir Chakravarty Saeed ShoaieMaximiliano GutierrezBrigitta Stockinger Immunity Published 16 July 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesGitta StockingerMaximiliano GutierrezBioinformatics and BiostatisticsLight MicroscopyFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityFull details The environmental sensor AHR protects from inflammatory damage by maintaining intestinal stem cell homeostasis and barrier integrity Authors (10) Amina MetidjiSara OmenettiStefania CrottaYing LiEmma Nye Ellie RossVivian LiMurali Maradana Chris SchieringBrigitta Stockinger Immunity Published 21 August 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas WackGitta StockingerVivian LiExperimental HistopathologyFlow CytometryCell ServicesBiological Research FacilityFull details Autoimmune Th17 cells induced synovial stromal and innate lymphoid cell secretion of the cytokine GM-CSF to initiate and augment autoimmune arthritis Authors (15) K Hirota M Hashimoto Y Ito M Matsuura H Ito M Tanaka[...] M Kopf AJ PotocnikBrigitta Stockinger N Sakaguchi S Sakaguchi Immunity Published 19 June 2018 Crick labsGitta StockingerFull details Cytochrome P4501-inhibiting chemicals amplify aryl hydrocarbon receptor activation and IL-22 production in T helper 17 cells Authors (5) Chris Schiering Anne Vonk Srustidhar DasBrigitta Stockinger Emma Wincent Biochemical Pharmacology Published 1 May 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesGitta StockingerFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityFull details Activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor interferes with early embryonic development Authors (10) Manolis GialitakisMauro TolainiYing Li Mercedes Pardo Lu Yu Ana Toribio Jyoti S ChoudharyKathy NiakanVenizelos PapayannopoulosBrigitta Stockinger Stem Cell Reports 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Omicron neutralising antibodies after COVID-19 vaccination in haemodialysis patients Authors (19) Edward J CarrMary Wu Ruth Harvey Roseanne E Billany Emma C WallGavin Kelly[...] Rachel B Jones Rona M Smith Stephen McAdoo Michelle WillicombeRupert Beale The Lancet Published 20 January 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesCharles SwantonGitta StockingerJohn McCauleyGeorge KassiotisSonia GandhiSteve GamblinRupert BealeDavid LV BauerWorldwide Influenza CentreHigh Throughput ScreeningBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details
Three-dose vaccination elicits neutralising antibodies against omicron Authors (26)Mary Wu Emma C Wall Edward J Carr Ruth Harvey Hermaleigh TownsleyHarriet Mears[...] Vincenzo Libri Bryan WilliamsSonia GandhiCharles SwantonDavid LV Bauer The Lancet Published 19 January 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesCharles SwantonGitta StockingerJohn McCauleyGeorge KassiotisSonia GandhiSteve GamblinRupert BealeDavid LV BauerWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyHigh Throughput ScreeningBioinformatics and BiostatisticsScientific computingFull details
Regulation of intestinal immunity and tissue repair by enteric glia Authors (18)Franze ProgatzkyMichael ShapiroSong Hui Chng Bethania Garcia-CassaniCajsa Classon Selin Sevgi[...] Lewis J Entwistle Alejandro Suárez-Bonnet Mark WilsonBrigitta StockingerVassilis Pachnis Nature Published 20 October 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesGitta StockingerVassilis PachnisExperimental HistopathologyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details
Neutralising antibodies after COVID-19 vaccination in UK haemodialysis patients Authors (86) Edward J Carr Mary Wu Ruth Harvey Emma C WallGavin KellySaira Hussain[...]Emma RussellAndy RiddellSvend KjaerAnnabel BorgChloe Roustan The Lancet Published 18 September 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesCharles SwantonGitta StockingerJohn McCauleyGeorge KassiotisSonia GandhiSteve GamblinRupert BealeDavid LV BauerWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyPeptide ChemistryHigh Throughput ScreeningFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityBioinformatics and BiostatisticsScientific computingAdvanced SequencingFull details
T cell subsets and environmental factors in Citrobacter rodentium infection Authors (1)Brigitta Stockinger Current Opinion in Microbiology Published 1 October 2021 Crick labsGitta StockingerFull details
Effects of low-dose gestational TCDD exposure on behavior and on hippocampal neuron morphology and gene expression in mice Authors (14) Talia E Gileadi Abhyuday K Swamy Zoe Hore Stuart Horswell Jacob Ellegood Conor Mohan[...]Brigitta Stockinger Christer Hogstrand Jason P Lerch Cathy Fernandes M Albert Basson Environmental Health Perspectives Published 1 May 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesGitta StockingerBioinformatics and BiostatisticsScientific computingAdvanced SequencingFull details
Lumpers and splitters: Birth of Th17 cells Authors (1)Brigitta Stockinger Journal of Experimental Medicine Published 3 May 2021 Crick labsGitta StockingerFull details
AHR in the intestinal microenvironment: safeguarding barrier function Authors (3)Brigitta StockingerKathleen Shah Emma Wincent Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology Published 1 August 2021 Crick labsGitta StockingerFull details
CYP1A1 enzymatic activity influences skin inflammation via regulation of the AHR pathway Authors (14) Mariela KyorevaYing Li Mariyah Hoosenally Jonathan Hardman-Smart Kirsten Morrison Isabella Tosi[...] Ulrich Mrowietz Frank O Nestle Catherine Smith Jonathan N Barker Paola Di Meglio Journal of Investigative Dermatology Published 1 June 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesGitta StockingerFlow CytometryExperimental HistopathologyBiological Research FacilityFull details
Preexisting and de novo humoral immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in humans Authors (47)Kevin NgNikhil Faulkner Georgina H CornishAnnachiara Rosa Ruth HarveySaira Hussain[...]Steve Gamblin Laura E MccoyPeter Cherepanov Eleni NastouliGeorge Kassiotis Science Published 11 December 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesCharles SwantonGitta StockingerJohn McCauleyGeorge KassiotisSonia GandhiSteve GamblinPeter Cherepanov Rupert BealeWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyPeptide ChemistryFlow CytometryHigh Throughput ScreeningCell ServicesFull details
Characterising the original anti-C5 function-blocking antibody, BB5.1, for species specificity, mode of action and interactions with C5 Authors (5) Wioleta M Zelek Georgina E Menzies Andrea BrancaleBrigitta Stockinger Bryan Paul Morgan Immunology Published 1 October 2020 Crick labsGitta StockingerFull details
Neuronal programming by microbiota regulates intestinal physiology Authors (18)Yuuki Obata Álvaro Castaño Stefan Boeing Ana Carina Bon-Frauches Candice FungTodd Fallesen[...] Pieter Vanden Berghe Andrew J MurrayBrigitta Stockinger Andrew J MacphersonVassilis Pachnis Nature Published 13 February 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesGitta StockingerVassilis PachnisLight MicroscopyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingFull details
The AHR pathway represses TGFβ-SMAD3 signalling and has a potent tumour suppressive role in SHH medulloblastoma Authors (11) Nemanja Sarić Matthew Selby Vijay Ramaswamy Marcel KoolBrigitta Stockinger Christer Hogstrand Daniel Williamson Silvia Marino Michael D Taylor Steven C Clifford M Albert Basson Scientific Reports Published 10 January 2020 Crick labsGitta StockingerFull details
Aryl hydrocarbon receptor contributes to the transcriptional program of IL-10-producing regulatory B cells Authors (14) Christopher JM Piper Elizabeth C Rosser Kristine Oleinika Kiran Nistala Thomas Krausgruber André F Rendeiro[...] Scott Thomson Georgina Xanthou Christoph BockBrigitta Stockinger Claudia Mauri Cell Reports Published 12 November 2019 Crick labsGitta StockingerFull details
Meningeal γδ T cell-derived IL-17 controls synaptic plasticity and short-term memory Authors (16) Miguel Ribeiro Helena C Brigas Mariana Temido-Ferreira Paula A Pousinha Tommy Regen Cátia Santa[...] Ari Waisman Bruno Manadas Luísa V Lopes Bruno Silva-Santos Julie C Ribot Science Immunology Published 11 October 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesGitta StockingerFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityFull details
The intestine harbors functionally distinct homeostatic tissue-resident and inflammatory Th17 cells Authors (12)Sara OmenettiClaudio Bussi Amina Metidji Andrea Iseppon Sunjae LeeMauro Tolaini[...]Gavin Kelly Probir Chakravarty Saeed ShoaieMaximiliano GutierrezBrigitta Stockinger Immunity Published 16 July 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesGitta StockingerMaximiliano GutierrezBioinformatics and BiostatisticsLight MicroscopyFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityFull details
The environmental sensor AHR protects from inflammatory damage by maintaining intestinal stem cell homeostasis and barrier integrity Authors (10) Amina MetidjiSara OmenettiStefania CrottaYing LiEmma Nye Ellie RossVivian LiMurali Maradana Chris SchieringBrigitta Stockinger Immunity Published 21 August 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas WackGitta StockingerVivian LiExperimental HistopathologyFlow CytometryCell ServicesBiological Research FacilityFull details
Autoimmune Th17 cells induced synovial stromal and innate lymphoid cell secretion of the cytokine GM-CSF to initiate and augment autoimmune arthritis Authors (15) K Hirota M Hashimoto Y Ito M Matsuura H Ito M Tanaka[...] M Kopf AJ PotocnikBrigitta Stockinger N Sakaguchi S Sakaguchi Immunity Published 19 June 2018 Crick labsGitta StockingerFull details
Cytochrome P4501-inhibiting chemicals amplify aryl hydrocarbon receptor activation and IL-22 production in T helper 17 cells Authors (5) Chris Schiering Anne Vonk Srustidhar DasBrigitta Stockinger Emma Wincent Biochemical Pharmacology Published 1 May 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesGitta StockingerFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityFull details
Activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor interferes with early embryonic development Authors (10) Manolis GialitakisMauro TolainiYing Li Mercedes Pardo Lu Yu Ana Toribio Jyoti S ChoudharyKathy NiakanVenizelos PapayannopoulosBrigitta Stockinger Stem Cell Reports Published 14 November 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesGitta StockingerVenizelos PapayannopoulosKathy NiakanLight MicroscopyBiological Research FacilityFull details