Epigenetic modifiers: activities in renal cell carcinoma

AA De Cubas, WK Rathmell - Nature Reviews Urology, 2018 - nature.com
Renal cell carcinomas (RCCs) are a diverse set of malignancies that have recently been
shown to harbour mutations in a number of chromatin modifier genes—including PBRM1 …

Drosophila as a Model Organism to Study Basic Mechanisms of Longevity

AA Ogienko, ES Omelina, OV Bylino, MA Batin… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The spatio-temporal regulation of gene expression determines the fate and function of
various cells and tissues and, as a consequence, the correct development and functioning of …

Epigenetic reader SP140 loss of function drives Crohn's disease due to uncontrolled macrophage topoisomerases

H Amatullah, I Fraschilla, S Digumarthi, J Huang… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
How mis-regulated chromatin directly impacts human immune disorders is poorly
understood. Speckled Protein 140 (SP140) is an immune-restricted PHD and bromodomain …

Volatile DMNT directly protects plants against Plutella xylostella by disrupting the peritrophic matrix barrier in insect midgut

C Chen, H Chen, S Huang, T Jiang, C Wang, Z Tao… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Insect pests negatively affect crop quality and yield; identifying new methods to protect crops
against insects therefore has important agricultural applications. Our analysis of transgenic …

Neuron-derived neuropeptide Y fine-tunes the splenic immune responses

J Yu, K Xiao, X Chen, L Deng, L Zhang, Y Li, A Gao… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
The nervous and immune systems are closely entwined to maintain the immune balance in
health and disease. Here, we showed that LPS can activate suprarenal and celiac ganglia …

DDIT4 S‐Nitrosylation aids p38‐MAPK signaling complex assembly to promote hepatic reactive oxygen species production

Z Li, Q Zhao, Y Lu, Y Zhang, L Li, M Li… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Mitogen‐activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling plays a significant role in reactive
oxygen species (ROS) production. The authors have previously shown that Brahma‐related …

Epigenome-metabolome-microbiome axis in health and IBD

H Amatullah, KL Jeffrey - Current opinion in microbiology, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Epigenetics is a therapeutically tractable mechanism linking genetics and
environmental cues in IBD.•Variants of human epigenetic regulators or regulatory regions …

Beyond immunity: The Imd pathway as a coordinator of host defense, organismal physiology and behavior

Z Zhai, X Huang, Y Yin - Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 2018 - Elsevier
The humoral arm of host defense in Drosophila relies on two evolutionarily conserved NFκB
signaling cascades, the Toll and the immune deficiency (Imd) pathways. The Imd signaling …

Dynamic regulation of NF-κB response in innate immunity: The case of the IMD pathway in Drosophila

A Cammarata-Mouchtouris, A Acker, A Goto, D Chen… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Metazoans have developed strategies to protect themselves from pathogenic attack. These
preserved mechanisms constitute the immune system, composed of innate and adaptive …

Advances in research on the role of high carbohydrate diet in the process of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

Y Zhang, L Xun, R Qiao, S Jin, B Zhang, M Luo… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic, systemic gastrointestinal disorder
characterized by episodic inflammation that requires life-long management. Although the …