2023
Solving a molecular cryptogram for the human fingerprint
Myung P, Ito M. Solving a molecular cryptogram for the human fingerprint. Cell 2023, 186: 899-901. PMID: 36868211, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.01.032.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Segmental basaloid follicular hamartomas derive from a post‐zygotic SMO p.L412F pathogenic variant and express hair follicle development‐related proteins in a pattern that distinguish them from basal cell carcinomas
Atzmony L, Ugwu N, Bercovitch LG, Robinson‐Bostom L, Ko CJ, Myung P, Choate KA. Segmental basaloid follicular hamartomas derive from a post‐zygotic SMO p.L412F pathogenic variant and express hair follicle development‐related proteins in a pattern that distinguish them from basal cell carcinomas. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part A 2022, 188: 3525-3530. PMID: 35972041, PMCID: PMC9669121, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62951.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBasal cell carcinomaCell carcinomaFollicular hamartomaProliferation indexBasaloid skin tumorsSporadic basal cell carcinomasBasaloid follicular hamartomaKi-67 expressionLow proliferation indexCentral nervous systemWhole-exome sequencingSystemic involvementExpression of hedgehogMultiple lesionsSkin tumorsWnt/beta-catenin pathwayBasaloid lesionsNervous systemVariable involvementPathogenic variantsSegmental distributionPost-zygotic mutational eventSOX-9 expressionNormal tissuesExome sequencing
2021
Inference and analysis of cell-cell communication using CellChat
Jin S, Guerrero-Juarez CF, Zhang L, Chang I, Ramos R, Kuan CH, Myung P, Plikus MV, Nie Q. Inference and analysis of cell-cell communication using CellChat. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 1088. PMID: 33597522, PMCID: PMC7889871, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21246-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-cell RNA sequencing dataCell-cell communicationEffective systems-level analysesDatabase of interactionsRNA sequencing dataIntercellular communication networksContext-specific pathwaysCellChatDiverse tissuesIntercellular communicationSystem-level analysisSignaling linkNetwork analysisPathwayCellsMolecular complexesCofactorComplexesReceptors
2020
Cutaneous Vasculitis After Ustekinumab Induction in Crohn’s Disease
Chugh R, Proctor DD, Little A, Myung P, Cowper S, Imaeda S, Pashankar DS, Al-Bawardy B. Cutaneous Vasculitis After Ustekinumab Induction in Crohn’s Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2020, 27: e30-e31. PMID: 33179735, DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izaa285.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesPink plaques on the face of an adolescent male
Gehlhausen JR, Myung P, Zubek A. Pink plaques on the face of an adolescent male. International Journal Of Dermatology 2020, 60: e217-e218. PMID: 33084046, DOI: 10.1111/ijd.15265.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCutaneous Involvement in Plasma Cell Myeloma
Panse G, Subtil A, McNiff JM, Glusac EJ, Ko CJ, Galan A, Myung P, Xu ML. Cutaneous Involvement in Plasma Cell Myeloma. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2020, 155: 106-116. PMID: 32885235, DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqaa122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasma cell myelomaCutaneous involvementSquamous cell carcinomaAmyloid depositionCell carcinomaCell myelomaCases of PCMBone marrow involvementCyclin D1 immunoreactivityDisease-related deathLight chain restrictionCCND1 gene rearrangementMarrow involvementSkin involvementClinicopathologic featuresCytomorphologic spectrumCutaneous lesionsPoor outcomeCommon immunophenotypeChain restrictionClinical dataCytogenetic findingsOlder individualsGene rearrangementsMyelomaTender subcubcutaneous plaques in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia
Olamiju B, Myung P, Grant M, Leventhal JS. Tender subcubcutaneous plaques in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia. International Journal Of Dermatology 2020, 60: 311-313. PMID: 32424815, DOI: 10.1111/ijd.14943.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesHumansLeukemia, Myeloid, Acute
2019
A novel mouse model demonstrates that oncogenic melanocyte stem cells engender melanoma resembling human disease
Sun Q, Lee W, Mohri Y, Takeo M, Lim CH, Xu X, Myung P, Atit RP, Taketo MM, Moubarak RS, Schober M, Osman I, Gay DL, Saur D, Nishimura EK, Ito M. A novel mouse model demonstrates that oncogenic melanocyte stem cells engender melanoma resembling human disease. Nature Communications 2019, 10: 5023. PMID: 31685822, PMCID: PMC6828673, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12733-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMouse modelNovel mouse modelMelanoma progression modelDeadly skin cancerAnimal modelsSkin cancerBona fide sourceAdvanced stageMelanoma inductionMalignant transformationHuman melanomaMelanomaGene signatureAnagen onsetMolecular profilingMelanoma initiationMelanocyte stem cellsNormal WntStem cellsProgression modelHuman diseasesRecent studiesCancerDiseaseProgressionMultinucleate cell angiohistiocytoma: A clinicopathologic study of 62 cases and proposed diagnostic criteria
Roy SF, Dong D, Myung P, McNiff JM. Multinucleate cell angiohistiocytoma: A clinicopathologic study of 62 cases and proposed diagnostic criteria. Journal Of Cutaneous Pathology 2019, 46: 563-569. PMID: 30927287, DOI: 10.1111/cup.13463.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultinucleate cell angiohistiocytomaFollicular inductionDiagnostic criteriaPapillary dermal vesselsMononuclear inflammatory infiltrateHistologic diagnostic criteriaLarge case seriesSpecific histologic criteriaWnt/ß-cateninClinicopathologic studyPerifollicular fibrosisCase seriesHistopathologic evidenceInflammatory infiltrateUnderdiagnosed entityFibrohistiocytic originInflamed lesionsHistologic criteriaDermal vesselsHistopathologic entityDermatopathology laboratoryDermatofibromaß-cateninPossible alterationsFibrosis
2018
Cutaneous immunohistochemical staining pattern of p53β isoforms
Ko CJ, Myung P, Leffell DJ, Bourdon JC. Cutaneous immunohistochemical staining pattern of p53β isoforms. Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2018, 71: 1120. PMID: 30305316, DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2018-205098.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSquamous tumorsMarkers of differentiationSquamous proliferationIsoforms of p53Mutational statusHair folliclesP53 pathwayDomain mutationsExact biological significanceP53Differentiated layersSkinP53 isoformsSuch mutationsIsoformsDifferent isoformsNumerous functionsTumorsCancerMutationsFolliclesBiological significanceDissecting Wnt Signaling for Melanocyte Regulation during Wound Healing
Sun Q, Rabbani P, Takeo M, Lee SH, Lim CH, Noel ES, Taketo MM, Myung P, Millar S, Ito M. Dissecting Wnt Signaling for Melanocyte Regulation during Wound Healing. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology 2018, 138: 1591-1600. PMID: 29428355, PMCID: PMC6019608, DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2018.01.030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell DifferentiationCicatrixDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHumansIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsKeratinocytesMaleMelanocytesMiceMice, TransgenicReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledRegenerationSkinSkin PigmentationStem CellsWnt ProteinsWnt Signaling PathwayWound HealingConceptsMelanocyte stem cellsMelanocyte regenerationEpidermal melanocytesStem cellsWnt ligand secretionActivation of WntWound healingSignal regulationEssential functionsWnt inhibitor Dkk1Wnt ligandsLigand secretionVital regulatorWnt pathwayTransgenic expressionWntMolecular windowΒ-cateninMelanocyte regulationInhibitor DKK1Epithelial cellsMelanocytesWound scarsRegulationAbnormal pigmentation
2016
Hardwiring Stem Cell Communication through Tissue Structure
Xin T, Greco V, Myung P. Hardwiring Stem Cell Communication through Tissue Structure. Cell 2016, 164: 1212-1225. PMID: 26967287, PMCID: PMC4805424, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.02.041.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Dissecting the bulge in hair regeneration
Myung P, Ito M. Dissecting the bulge in hair regeneration. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2012, 122: 448-454. PMID: 22293183, PMCID: PMC3266778, DOI: 10.1172/jci57414.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Coordinated Activation of Wnt in Epithelial and Melanocyte Stem Cells Initiates Pigmented Hair Regeneration
Rabbani P, Takeo M, Chou W, Myung P, Bosenberg M, Chin L, Taketo MM, Ito M. Coordinated Activation of Wnt in Epithelial and Melanocyte Stem Cells Initiates Pigmented Hair Regeneration. Cell 2011, 145: 941-955. PMID: 21663796, PMCID: PMC3962257, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2011.05.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSecondary hair germMelanocyte stem cellsStem cellsStem cell behaviorStem cell populationHair regenerationHair follicle formationPigment-producing melanocytesHair follicle regenerationHair follicle bulgeEpithelial stem cellsGenetic mouse modelsCoordinated activationWntKey pathwaysCell behaviorWnt activationFollicle bulgeFollicle regenerationComplex organHair germFollicle formationCell populationsMcSCsCells
2009
Defining the hair follicle stem cell (Part II)
Myung P, Andl T, Ito M. Defining the hair follicle stem cell (Part II). Journal Of Cutaneous Pathology 2009, 36: 1134-1137. PMID: 19712246, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2009.01412.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDefining the hair follicle stem cell (Part I)
Myung P, Andl T, Ito M. Defining the hair follicle stem cell (Part I). Journal Of Cutaneous Pathology 2009, 36: 1031-1034. PMID: 19674210, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2009.01396.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2008
Eosinophilic Granuloma Manifesting as Painless Cervical Lymphadenopathy in a Patient Positive for Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1
Myung PS, Kundu M, Abboud SK. Eosinophilic Granuloma Manifesting as Painless Cervical Lymphadenopathy in a Patient Positive for Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1. JAMA Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 2008, 134: 203-205. PMID: 18283165, DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2007.14.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLangerhans cell histiocytosisHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionHuman immunodeficiency virus-1Immunodeficiency virus infectionPainless cervical lymphadenopathyImmunodeficiency virus-1Significance of cytokinesPatient PositiveCervical lymphadenopathyLymph nodesEosinophilic granulomaCell histiocytosisEtiologic associationVirus infectionVirus 1Potential relationshipLymphadenopathyHIVGranulomasHistiocytosisManifestingCytokinesInfection
2004
Roles of the Proline-rich Domain in SLP-76 Subcellular Localization and T Cell Function* [boxs]
Singer AL, Bunnell SC, Obstfeld AE, Jordan MS, Wu JN, Myung PS, Samelson LE, Koretzky GA. Roles of the Proline-rich Domain in SLP-76 Subcellular Localization and T Cell Function* [boxs]. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2004, 279: 15481-15490. PMID: 14722089, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m313339200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAlanineAntigens, CDAntigens, Differentiation, T-LymphocyteArginineBlotting, WesternCalciumCell LineCell LineageFlow CytometryGene DeletionGenes, DominantHematopoietic Stem CellsHumansJurkat CellsLectins, C-TypeLuciferasesLymphocyte ActivationLysineMembrane MicrodomainsModels, BiologicalMutationPhosphoproteinsPlasmidsPrecipitin TestsProlineProtein Structure, TertiarySignal TransductionSrc Homology DomainsSubcellular FractionsTime FactorsT-LymphocytesTransfectionConceptsSLP-76P1 domainSLP-76 functionProline-rich domainProline-rich regionDomain deletion mutantMultiple hematopoietic lineagesLeukocyte-specific phosphoproteinSrc homologyDeletion mutantsSignal transductionSubcellular localizationHematopoietic lineagesFunctional roleProtein fragmentsT cell receptorMolecular scaffoldsCell functionCell receptorLocalizationComplementary approachesDomainT cell functionMolecular associationDirect evidence
2002
Differential Requirement for LAT and SLP-76 in GPVI versus T Cell Receptor Signaling
Judd BA, Myung PS, Obergfell A, Myers EE, Cheng AM, Watson SP, Pear WS, Allman D, Shattil SJ, Koretzky GA. Differential Requirement for LAT and SLP-76 in GPVI versus T Cell Receptor Signaling. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2002, 195: 705-717. PMID: 11901197, PMCID: PMC2193740, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20011583.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2001
Positive and negative regulation of t-cell activation by adaptor proteins
Koretzky G, Myung P. Positive and negative regulation of t-cell activation by adaptor proteins. Nature Reviews Immunology 2001, 1: 95-107. PMID: 11905825, DOI: 10.1038/35100523.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEffector protein activityPost-translational modificationsSrc family kinasesAdaptor domainsAdaptor proteinSH3 domainFamily kinasesSubcellular localizationGenetic manipulationNegative regulationProtein activityNegative regulatorAdaptorEffector moleculesT cell activationCell linesSpatial organizationRegulatorProteinIntramolecular interactionsLymphocyte activationSH2ActivationKinaseComplexes