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Chem Commun (Camb) ; 52(96): 13865-13868, 2016 Nov 24.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27828540

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We report the first use of high-energy monochromatic in situ X-ray powder diffraction to gain unprecedented insights into the chemical processes occurring during high temperature, lab-scale metal oxide syntheses. During the flux synthesis of the n = 4 Aurivillius phase, Bi5Ti3Fe0.5Cr0.5O15 at 950 °C in molten Na2SO4 we observe the progression of numerous metastable phases. Using sequential multiphase Rietveld refinement of the time-dependent in situ XRD data, we are able to obtain mechanistic understanding of this reaction under a range of conditions.

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J Exp Med ; 211(6): 1019-25, 2014 Jun 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24799501

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There is currently no paradigm in immunology that enables an accurate prediction of how the immune system will respond to any given agent. Here we show that the immunological responses induced by members of a broad class of inorganic crystalline materials are controlled purely by their physicochemical properties in a highly predictable manner. We show that structurally and chemically homogeneous layered double hydroxides (LDHs) can elicit diverse human dendritic cell responses in vitro. Using a systems vaccinology approach, we find that every measured response can be modeled using a subset of just three physical and chemical properties for all compounds tested. This correlation can be reduced to a simple linear equation that enables the immunological responses stimulated by newly synthesized LDHs to be predicted in advance from these three parameters alone. We also show that mouse antigen-specific antibody responses in vivo and human macrophage responses in vitro are controlled by the same properties, suggesting they may control diverse responses at both individual component and global levels of immunity. This study demonstrates that immunity can be determined purely by chemistry and opens the possibility of rational manipulation of immunity for therapeutic purposes.


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Antibody Formation/immunology , Dendritic Cells/immunology , Hydroxides/immunology , Macrophages/immunology , Animals , Antibodies/blood , Antibodies/immunology , Cells, Cultured , Crystallization , Cytokines/immunology , Cytokines/metabolism , Dendritic Cells/metabolism , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Humans , Hydroxides/chemistry , Macrophages/metabolism , Mice , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Microscopy, Electron, Transmission , Multivariate Analysis , Ovalbumin/immunology
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