Protein posttranslational modifications in health and diseases: Functions, regulatory mechanisms, and therapeutic implications

Q Zhong, X Xiao, Y Qiu, Z Xu, C Chen, B Chong… - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Protein posttranslational modifications (PTMs) refer to the breaking or generation of covalent
bonds on the backbones or amino acid side chains of proteins and expand the diversity of …

Aging, oxidative stress and degenerative diseases: mechanisms, complications and emerging therapeutic strategies

MR Chaudhary, S Chaudhary, Y Sharma, TA Singh… - Biogerontology, 2023 - Springer
Aging accompanied by several age-related complications, is a multifaceted inevitable
biological progression involving various genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors. The …

Characterization of the adipocyte cellular lineage in vivo

R Berry, MS Rodeheffer - Nature cell biology, 2013 - nature.com
Mature adipocytes are generated through the proliferation and differentiation of precursor
cells. Our previous studies identified adipocyte progenitors in white adipose tissue (WAT) as …

EZH2 and KDM6A Act as an Epigenetic Switch to Regulate Mesenchymal Stem Cell Lineage Specification

S Hemming, D Cakouros, S Isenmann, L Cooper… - Stem …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The methyltransferase, Enhancer of Zeste homology 2 (EZH2), trimethylates histone
3 lysine 27 (H3K27me3) on chromatin and this repressive mark is removed by lysine …

[HTML][HTML] Human brown adipose tissue and metabolic health: potential for therapeutic avenues

R Singh, A Barrios, G Dirakvand, S Pervin - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Obesity-associated metabolic abnormalities comprise a cluster of conditions including
dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases that has affected …

The key regulatory roles of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway in the functionalities of mesenchymal stem cells and applications in tissue regeneration

J Chen, R Crawford, C Chen, Y Xiao - Tissue Engineering Part B …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent cells that can differentiate into various cell
types and have been widely used in tissue engineering application. In tissue engineering, a …

MicroRNAs are required for the feature maintenance and differentiation of brown adipocytes

HJ Kim, H Cho, R Alexander, HC Patterson, M Gu… - Diabetes, 2014 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is specialized to burn lipids for heat generation as a natural
defense against cold and obesity. Previous studies established microRNAs (miRNAs) as …

[HTML][HTML] How to hit mesenchymal stromal cells and make the tumor microenvironment immunostimulant rather than immunosuppressive

A Poggi, S Varesano, MR Zocchi - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Experimental evidence indicates that mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) may regulate
tumor microenvironment (TME). It is conceivable that the interaction with MSC can influence …

Skin adipocyte stem cell self-renewal is regulated by a PDGFA/AKT-signaling axis

GC Rivera-Gonzalez, BA Shook, J Andrae, B Holtrup… - Cell stem cell, 2016 - cell.com
Tissue growth and maintenance requires stem cell populations that self-renew, proliferate,
and differentiate. Maintenance of white adipose tissue (WAT) requires the proliferation and …

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors and diabetes: a novel treatment paradigm?

A Fountas, LN Diamantopoulos, A Tsatsoulis - Trends in Endocrinology & …, 2015 - cell.com
Deregulation of protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) activity is implicated in various proliferative
conditions. Multi-target tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are increasingly used for the …