Determinants of enhancer and promoter activities of regulatory elements

R Andersson, A Sandelin - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
The proper activities of enhancers and gene promoters are essential for coordinated
transcription within a cell. Although diverse methodologies have been developed to identify …

How do lncRNAs regulate transcription?

Y Long, X Wang, DT Youmans, TR Cech - Science advances, 2017 - science.org
It has recently become apparent that RNA, itself the product of transcription, is a major
regulator of the transcriptional process. In particular, long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) …

HSP70 chaperones RNA-free TDP-43 into anisotropic intranuclear liquid spherical shells

H Yu, S Lu, K Gasior, D Singh, S Vazquez-Sanchez… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Aggregation of the RNA binding protein TDP-43 (TAR DNA-binding protein
43) is a common pathological hallmark shared by several age-related neurodegenerative …

Past history of obesity triggers persistent epigenetic changes in innate immunity and exacerbates neuroinflammation

M Hata, EMMA Andriessen, M Hata, R Diaz-Marin… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Age-related macular degeneration is a prevalent neuroinflammatory condition and a major
cause of blindness driven by genetic and environmental factors such as obesity. In diseases …

Differential cofactor dependencies define distinct types of human enhancers

C Neumayr, V Haberle, L Serebreni, K Karner… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
All multicellular organisms rely on differential gene transcription regulated by genomic
enhancers, which function through cofactors that are recruited by transcription factors …

Tackling the cancer stem cells—what challenges do they pose?

DR Pattabiraman, RA Weinberg - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2014 - nature.com
Since their identification in 1994, cancer stem cells (CSCs) have been objects of intensive
study. Their properties and mechanisms of formation have become a major focus of current …

Forkhead box proteins: tuning forks for transcriptional harmony

EWF Lam, JJ Brosens, AR Gomes, CY Koo - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
Forkhead box (FOX) proteins are multifaceted transcription factors that are responsible for
fine-tuning the spatial and temporal expression of a broad range of genes both during …

Retinoic acid receptors: from molecular mechanisms to cancer therapy

A Di Masi, L Leboffe, E De Marinis, F Pagano… - Molecular aspects of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Retinoic acid (RA), the major bioactive metabolite of retinol or vitamin A, induces a spectrum
of pleiotropic effects in cell growth and differentiation that are relevant for embryonic …

Role of intrinsic protein disorder in the function and interactions of the transcriptional coactivators CREB-binding protein (CBP) and p300

HJ Dyson, PE Wright - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2016 - ASBMB
The transcriptional coactivators CREB-binding protein (CBP) and p300 undergo a
particularly rich set of interactions with disordered and partly ordered partners, as a part of …

African swine fever virus biology and vaccine approaches

Y Revilla, D Pérez-Núñez, JA Richt - Advances in virus research, 2018 - Elsevier
African swine fever (ASF) is an acute and often fatal disease affecting domestic pigs and
wild boar, with severe economic consequences for affected countries. ASF is endemic in sub …