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Clare Blackburn

- Verified email at ed.ac.uk - Cited by 5760

Colin Blackburn

- Verified email at dundee.ac.uk - Cited by 908

OMERO: flexible, model-driven data management for experimental biology

C Allan, JM Burel, J Moore, C Blackburn, M Linkert… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Data-intensive research depends on tools that manage multidimensional, heterogeneous
datasets. We built OME Remote Objects (OMERO), a software platform that enables access …

Developing a new paradigm for thymus organogenesis

CC Blackburn, NR Manley - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2004 - nature.com
The mature thymic epithelium is complex, with two major compartments—the cortex and the
medulla—each containing several functionally distinct epithelial-cell types. There is …

Changes in primary lymphoid organs with aging

IK Chinn, CC Blackburn, NR Manley… - Seminars in …, 2012 - Elsevier
Aging is associated with decreased immune function that leads to increased morbidity and
mortality in the elderly. Immune senescence is accompanied by age-related changes in two …

[PDF][PDF] Extensive hematopoietic stem cell generation in the AGM region via maturation of VE-cadherin+ CD45+ pre-definitive HSCs

S Taoudi, C Gonneau, K Moore, JM Sheridan… - Cell stem cell, 2008 - cell.com
Elucidating the mechanisms underlying hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) specification and
expansion in the embryo has been hampered by the lack of analytical cell culture systems …

Classification of unit types in the anteroventral cochlear nucleus: PST histograms and regularity analysis

CC Blackburn, MB Sachs - Journal of neurophysiology, 1989 - journals.physiology.org
1. The responses of neurons in the anteroventral cochlear nucleus (AVCN) of barbiturate-
anesthetized cats are characterized with regard to features of their responses to short tone …

Parallel synthesis of 3-aminoimidazo [1, 2-a] pyridines and pyrazines by a new three-component condensation

C Blackburn, B Guan, P Fleming, K Shiosaki, S Tsai - Tetrahedron letters, 1998 - Elsevier
A three-component condensation reaction between 2-aminopyridine, an aldehyde and an
isonitrile catalyzed by scandium triflate affords derivatives of 3-aminoimidazo [1, 2-a] …

[HTML][HTML] Identification and characterization of thymic epithelial progenitor cells

AR Bennett, A Farley, NF Blair, J Gordon, L Sharp… - Immunity, 2002 - cell.com
T cell differentiation and repertoire selection depend critically on several distinct thymic
epithelial cell types, whose lineage relationships are unclear. We have investigated these …

The nu gene acts cell-autonomously and is required for differentiation of thymic epithelial progenitors.

CC Blackburn, CL Augustine, R Li… - Proceedings of the …, 1996 - National Acad Sciences
The nude mutation (nu) causes athymia and hairlessness, but the molecular mechanisms by
which it acts have not been determined. To address the role of nu in thymogenesis, we …

[HTML][HTML] Gcm2 and Foxn1 mark early parathyroid-and thymus-specific domains in the developing third pharyngeal pouch

J Gordon, AR Bennett, CC Blackburn… - Mechanisms of …, 2001 - Elsevier
The thymus and parathyroids originate from a common primordium that develops from the
third pharyngeal pouch in mice and humans. The molecular mechanism that specifies this …

Thymic involution and rising disease incidence with age

S Palmer, L Albergante… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
For many cancer types, incidence rises rapidly with age as an apparent power law,
supporting the idea that cancer is caused by a gradual accumulation of genetic mutations …