Jan Tavernier

An empirical framework for binary interactome mapping (2009)

Venkatesan, Kavitha, Rual, Jean-Francois, Vazquez, Alexei, Stelzl, Ulrich, Lemmens, Irma, Hirozane-Kishikawa, Tomoko, ...

Several attempts have been made to systematically map protein-protein interaction, or 'interactome', networks. However, it remains difficult to assess the quality and coverage of existing data sets....

Array MAPPIT: High-Throughput Interactome Analysis in Mammalian Cells (2009)

Lievens, Sam, Vanderroost, Nele, Van Der Heyden, José, Gesellchen, Viola, Vidal, Marc, Tavernier, Jan

Physical interactions between proteins play a key role in probably every cellular process. Efforts to chart the protein interaction networks are ongoing in a number of model organisms using a...

An experimentally derived confidence score for binary protein-protein interactions (2009)

Braun, Pascal, Tasan, Murat, Dreze, Matija, Barrios-Rodiles, Miriam, Lemmens, Irma, Yu, Haiyuan, ...

Information on protein-protein interactions is of central importance for many areas of biomedical research. At present no method exists to systematically and experimentally assess the quality of...

Empirically controlled mapping of the Caenorhabditis elegans protein-protein interactome network (2009)

Simonis, Nicolas, Rual, Jean-Francois, Carvunis, Anne-Ruxandra, Tasan, Murat, Lemmens, Irma, Hirozane-Kishikawa, Tomoko, ...

Abstract: To provide accurate biological hypotheses and elucidate global properties of cellular networks, systematic identification of protein-protein interactions must meet high quality standards....

MAPPIT (Mammalian Protein-Protein Interaction Trap) analysis of early steps in Toll-Like receptor signalling (2009)

Ulrichts, Peter, Lemmens, Irma, Lavens, Delphine, Beyaert, Rudi, Tavernier, Jan

The mammalian protein-protein interaction trap (MAPPIT) is a two-hybrid technique founded on type I cytokine signal transduction. Thereby, bait and prey proteins are linked to signalling deficient...

Differential expression of the interleukin 5 receptor alpha isoforms in blood and tissue eosinophils of nasal polyp patients (2009)

Gevaert, Philippe, Hellman, C., Lundblad, L., Lundahl, J., Holtappels, Gabriële, Van Cauwenberge, Paul, ...

Given the key role of interleukin-5 (IL-5) in eosinophil function, we investigated the regulated expression of the membrane-anchored (TM-IL-5R alpha) isoform, or a secreted (SOL IL-5R alpha) isoform,...

A protein domain-based interactome network for C. elegans early embryogenesis (2008)

Boxem, Mike, Maliga, Zoltan, Klitgord, Niels, Li, Na, Lemmens, Irma, Mana, Miyeko, ...

Many protein-protein interactions are mediated through independently folding modular domains. Proteome-wide efforts to model protein-protein interaction or "interactome" networks have largely ignored...

The many faces of the SOCS box (2008)

Piessevaux, Julie, Lavens, Delphine, Peelman, Frank, Tavernier, Jan

The suppressors of cytokine signalling (SOCS) box is a structural domain found at the C-terminus of over 70 human proteins. It is usually coupled to a protein interaction module such as an SH2 domain...

MAPPIT: a versatile tool to study cytokine receptor signalling (2008)

Lemmens, Irma, Lievens, Sam, Tavernier, Jan

MAPPIT (mammalian protein-protein interaction trap) is a cytokine receptor-based two-hybrid method that operates in intact mammalian cells. A bait is fused C-terminally to a STAT (signal transducer...

Functional Characterization of Naturally Occurring Pathogenic Mutations in the Human Leptin Receptor (2008)

Kimber, Wendy, Peelman, Frank, Prieur, Xavier, Wangensteen, Theresia, O'Rahilly, Stephen, Tavernier, Jan, ...

We have recently reported the first naturally occurring missense mutations in the leptin receptor (LR) in patients with severe obesity. We have examined the molecular mechanisms by which these...

Leptin induces inflammation-related genes in RINm5F insulinoma cells (2007)

Hekerman, Paul, Zeidler, Julia, Korfmacher, Stefanie, Bamberg-Lemper, Simone, Knobelspies, Holger, Zabeau, Lennart, ...

Abstract Background Leptin acts not only on hypothalamic centers to control food intake but has additional functions in peripheral tissues, e.g . inhibition of insulin secretion from pancreatic...

BMC Molecular Biology BioMed Central (2007)

Paul Hekerman, Julia Zeidler, Stefanie Korfmacher, Simone Bamberg, Holger Knobelspies, Lennart Zabeau, ...

Research article Leptin induces inflammation-related genes in RINm5F insulinoma cells

Heteromeric MAPPIT: a novel strategy to study modification-dependent protein-protein interactions in mammalian cells (2003)

Lemmens, Irma, Eyckerman, Sven, Zabeau, Lennart, Catteeuw, Dominiek, Vertenten, Els, Verschueren, Kristin, ...

We recently reported a two‐hybrid trap for detecting protein–protein interactions in intact mammalian cells (MAPPIT). The bait protein was fused to a STAT recruitment‐deficient,...

Characterization of functional residues in the interfacial recognition domain of lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) (1999)

Peelman, Frank, Vanloo, Berlinda, Perez-Mendez, Oscar, Decout, Anne, Verschelde, Jean-Luc, Labeur, Christine, ...

Lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) is an interfacial enzyme active on both high-density (HDL) and low-density lipoproteins (LDL). Threading alignments of LCAT with lipases suggest that...

Molecular cloning of mouse tumour necrosis factor cDNA and its eukaryotic expression (1985)

Fransen, Lucie, Muller, Rita, Marmenout, Anne, Tavernier, Jan, Heyden, José Van Der, Kawashima, Eric, ...

Tumour necrosis factor (TNF), released by induced macrophages, causes tumour necrosis in animals and kills preferentially transformed cells in vitro. mRNA induced in the established mouse monocytic...

Human fibroblast inlterferon RNA transcripts of different sizes in poly(D.poly(C) induced cells (1983)

Content, Jean, Wit, Lucas De, Tavernier, Jan, Fiers, Walter

Northern blot analysis reveals that total RNA from human fibroblastoid cells (MG 63) induced with poly(I).poly(C) under conditions of IFN-β production, contains predominantly a ±1,200 nucleotide...

Molecular cloning of human interleukin 2 cDNA and its expression in E. coli (1983)

Devos, Rene, Plaetinck, Geert, Cheroutre, Hilde, Simons, Guus, Degrave, Wim, Tavernier, Jan, ...

A recombinant plasmid containing human interleukin 2 (IL2) cDNA was identified in a cDNA library constructed from mRNA derived from PHA-TPA induced splenocytes. Using this cDNA as a hybridization...

Evidence for a unique human fibroblast interferon (IFN-{beta}1) chromosomal gene, devoid of intervening sequences (1981)

Tavernier, Jan, Derynck, Rik, Fiers, Walter

Direct restriction analysis of the human genome, using the Southern transfer technique and hybridization with a human fibroblast interferon(IFN-β) complementary DNA insert probe, revealed the...

Heteromeric MAPPIT: a novel strategy to study modification-dependent protein–protein interactions in mammalian cells

Lemmens, Irma, Eyckerman, Sven, Zabeau, Lennart, Catteeuw, Dominiek, Vertenten, Els, Verschueren, Kristin, ...

We recently reported a two-hybrid trap for detecting protein–protein interactions in intact mammalian cells (MAPPIT). The bait protein was fused to a STAT recruitment-deficient, homodimeric...

Heteromeric MAPPIT: a novel strategy to study modification-dependent protein–protein interactions in mammalian cells

Lemmens, Irma, Eyckerman, Sven, Zabeau, Lennart, Catteeuw, Dominiek, Vertenten, Els, Verschueren, Kristin, ...

We recently reported a two-hybrid trap for detecting protein–protein interactions in intact mammalian cells (MAPPIT). The bait protein was fused to a STAT recruitment-deficient, homodimeric...

The C-terminus of CIS defines its interaction pattern

Lavens, Delphine, Ulrichts, Peter, Catteeuw, Dominiek, Gevaert, Kris, Vandekerckhove, Joël, Peelman, Frank, ...

Proteins of the SOCS (suppressors of cytokine signalling) family are characterized by a conserved modular structure with pre-SH2 (Src homology 2), SH2 and SOCS-box domains. Several members, including...

A Mediator Role For Metallothionein in Tumor Necrosis Factor–induced Lethal Shock

Waelput, Wim, Broekaert, Daniël, Vandekerckhove, Joël, Brouckaert, Peter, Tavernier, Jan, Libert, Claude

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is a proinflammatory cytokine, which is centrally involved in several inflammatory disorders. Administration of TNF leads to a potentially lethal systemic inflammatory...