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Overview

Margot Thome is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and focuses research efforts predominantly in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, along with significant contributions to Medicine.

The scientist's subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Immunology, Oncology, Cancer Research, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

Research topics frequently addressed in their work comprise:

  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • NF-κB Signaling Pathways
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research

Margot Thome has published papers in multiple venues with repeated contributions to:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia
  • Blood Advances
  • Molecular Cell

Selected recent publications include:

  • Classification and Nomenclature of Metacaspases and Paracaspases: No More Confusion with Caspases, 2020, Molecular Cell
  • Allosteric activation of MALT1 by its ubiquitin-binding Ig3 domain, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • GRK2 suppresses lymphomagenesis by inhibiting the MALT1 proto-oncoprotein, 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • ASB2 is a direct target of FLI1 that sustains NF-κB pathway activation in germinal center-derived diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, 2021, Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research
  • Role of ETS1 in the Transcriptional Network of Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma of the Activated B Cell-Like Type, 2020, Cancers

Frequent collaborators in Margot Thome's work include:

  • Mélanie Juilland
  • David Vallois
  • Laurence de Leval
  • Rebekka Schairer
  • Chantal Décaillet

Best Publications

  • Inhibition of death receptor signals by cellular FLIP

    Martin Irmler;Margot Thome;Michael Hahne;Pascal Schneider

  • Fas triggers an alternative, caspase-8-independent cell death pathway using the kinase RIP as effector molecule.

    Nils Holler;Rossana Zaru;Olivier Micheau;Margot Thome

  • Viral FLICE-inhibitory proteins (FLIPs) prevent apoptosis induced by death receptors

    Margot Thome;Pascal Schneider;Kay Hofmann;Helmut Fickenscher

  • TRAIL Receptors 1 (DR4) and 2 (DR5) Signal FADD-Dependent Apoptosis and Activate NF-κB

    Pascal Schneider;Margot Thome;Kim Burns;Jean-Luc Bodmer

  • Inhibition of Fas death signals by FLIPs

    Jürg Tschopp;Martin Irmler;Margot Thome

  • The caspase-8 inhibitor FLIP promotes activation of NF-κB and Erk signaling pathways

    T. Kataoka;R.C. Budd;R.C. Budd;N. Holler;M. Thome

  • The Long Form of FLIP Is an Activator of Caspase-8 at the Fas Death-inducing Signaling Complex

    Olivier Micheau;Margot Thome;Pascal Schneider;Nils Holler

  • Regulation of lymphocyte proliferation and death by FLIP.

    Margot Thome;Jürg Tschopp

  • CARMA1, BCL-10 and MALT1 in lymphocyte development and activation.

    Margot Thome

  • Association of mutations in the NALP3/CIAS1/PYPAF1 gene with a broad phenotype including recurrent fever, cold sensitivity, sensorineural deafness, and AA amyloidosis.

    Ebun Aganna;Fabio Martinon;Philip N. Hawkins;John B. Ross

  • CHARACTERIZATION OF TWO RECEPTORS FOR TRAIL

    Pascal Schneider;Jean-Luc Bodmer;Margot Thome;Kay Hofmann

  • Identification of CARDIAK, a RIP-like kinase that associates with caspase-1

    Margot Thome;Kay Hofmann;Kim Burns;Fabio Martinon

  • TRAMP, a Novel Apoptosis-Mediating Receptor with Sequence Homology to Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor 1 and Fas(Apo-1/CD95)

    Jean-Luc Bodmer;Kim Burns;Pascal Schneider;Kay Hofmann

  • CARMA1 is a critical lipid raft- associated regulator of TCR-induced NF-κB activation

    Olivier Gaide;Benoît Favier;Daniel F. Legler;David Bonnet

  • FLIP Prevents Apoptosis Induced by Death Receptors But Not by Perforin/Granzyme B, Chemotherapeutic Drugs, and Gamma Irradiation

    Takao Kataoka;Michael Schröter;Michael Hahne;Pascal Schneider

  • The proteolytic activity of the paracaspase MALT1 is key in T cell activation.

    Fabien Rebeaud;Stephan Hailfinger;Anita Posevitz-Fejfar;Myriam Tapernoux

  • Activating mutations in genes related to TCR signaling in angioimmunoblastic and other follicular helper T-cell-derived lymphomas

    David Vallois;Maria Pamela D. Dobay;Ryan D. Morin;Ryan D. Morin;François Lemonnier

  • Requirement for CARMA1 in Antigen Receptor-Induced NF-κB Activation and Lymphocyte Proliferation

    Takeshi Egawa;Björn Albrecht;Benoît Favier;Mary Jean Sunshine

  • Malt1-dependent RelB cleavage promotes canonical NF-κB activation in lymphocytes and lymphoma cell lines

    Stephan Hailfinger;Hendrik Nogai;Christiane Pelzer;Maike Jaworski

  • Antigen Receptor Signaling to NF-κB via CARMA1, BCL10, and MALT1

    Margot Thome;Jean Enno Charton;Christiane Pelzer;Stephan Hailfinger

Frequent Co-Authors

Jürg Tschopp
Jürg Tschopp University of Lausanne
Pascal Schneider
Pascal Schneider University of Lausanne
Kay Hofmann
Kay Hofmann University of Cologne
Olivier Micheau
Olivier Micheau University of Burgundy
Michael Hahne
Michael Hahne Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Francesco Bertoni
Francesco Bertoni Institute of Oncology Research
Nicolas Fasel
Nicolas Fasel University of Lausanne
Martin Irmler
Martin Irmler University of Lausanne
Bernd Dörken
Bernd Dörken Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Ralph C. Budd
Ralph C. Budd University of Vermont

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