Musashi RNA-binding proteins as cancer drivers and novel therapeutic targets

AE Kudinov, J Karanicolas, EA Golemis… - Clinical Cancer Research, 2017 - AACR
Aberrant gene expression that drives human cancer can arise from epigenetic
dysregulation. Although much attention has focused on altered activity of transcription …

Acquired miR-142 deficit in leukemic stem cells suffices to drive chronic myeloid leukemia into blast crisis

B Zhang, D Zhao, F Chen, D Frankhouser… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The mechanisms underlying the transformation of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) from
chronic phase (CP) to blast crisis (BC) are not fully elucidated. Here, we show lower levels of …

Potential role of musashi-2 RNA-binding protein in cancer EMT

J Sun, W Sheng, Y Ma, M Dong - OncoTargets and therapy, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Local invasion and distant metastasis are the key hallmarks in the aggressive progression of
malignant tumors, including the ability of cancer cells to detach from the extracellular matrix …

Riborex: fast and flexible identification of differential translation from Ribo-seq data

W Li, W Wang, PJ Uren, LOF Penalva, AD Smith - Bioinformatics, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Motivation Global analysis of translation regulation has recently been enabled by the
development of Ribosome Profiling, or Ribo-seq, technology. This approach provides maps …

HyperTRIBE uncovers increased MUSASHI-2 RNA binding activity and differential regulation in leukemic stem cells

DTT Nguyen, Y Lu, EL Chu, X Yang, SM Park… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The cell-context dependency for RNA binding proteins (RBPs) mediated control of stem cell
fate remains to be defined. Here we adapt the HyperTRIBE method using an RBP fused to a …

DOT1L-mediated murine neuronal differentiation associates with H3K79me2 accumulation and preserves SOX2-enhancer accessibility

F Ferrari, L Arrigoni, H Franz, A Izzo, L Butenko… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
During neuronal differentiation, the transcriptional profile and the epigenetic context of
neural committed cells is subject to significant rearrangements, but a systematic …

The microRNA-200 family coordinately regulates cell adhesion and proliferation in hair morphogenesis

JE Hoefert, GA Bjerke, D Wang, R Yi - Journal of Cell Biology, 2018 - rupress.org
The microRNA (miRNA)-200 (miR-200) family is highly expressed in epithelial cells and
frequently lost in metastatic cancer. Despite intensive studies into their roles in cancer, their …

Musashi RNA-binding protein 2 regulates estrogen receptor 1 function in breast cancer

MH Kang, KJ Jeong, WY Kim, HJ Lee, G Gong, N Suh… - Oncogene, 2017 - nature.com
Musashi RNA-binding protein 2 (MSI2) has important roles in human cancer. However, the
regulatory mechanisms by which MSI2 alters breast cancer pathophysiology have not been …

Musashi-2, a novel oncoprotein promoting cervical cancer cell growth and invasion, is negatively regulated by p53-induced miR-143 and miR-107 activation

P Dong, Y Xiong, SJB Hanley, J Yue… - Journal of Experimental & …, 2017 - Springer
Background Although previous studies have shown promise for targeting Musashi RNA-
binding protein 2 (MSI-2) in diverse tumors, the role and mechanism of MSI-2 for cervical …

Musashi 2 influences chronic lymphocytic leukemia cell survival and growth making it a potential therapeutic target

F Palacios, XJ Yan, G Ferrer, SS Chen, S Vergani… - Leukemia, 2021 - nature.com
Progression of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) results from the expansion of a small
fraction of proliferating leukemic B cells. When comparing the global gene expression of …