The biological applications of DNA nanomaterials: current challenges and future directions

W Ma, Y Zhan, Y Zhang, C Mao, X Xie… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
DNA, a genetic material, has been employed in different scientific directions for various
biological applications as driven by DNA nanotechnology in the past decades, including …

Functional characterization of SOX2 as an anticancer target

S Zhang, X Xiong, Y Sun - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2020 - nature.com
SOX2 is a well-characterized pluripotent factor that is essential for stem cell self-renewal,
reprogramming, and homeostasis. The cellular levels of SOX2 are precisely regulated by a …

FGFR1-ERK1/2-SOX2 axis promotes cell proliferation, epithelial–mesenchymal transition, and metastasis in FGFR1-amplified lung cancer

K Wang, W Ji, Y Yu, Z Li, X Niu, W Xia, S Lu - Oncogene, 2018 - nature.com
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is an important process for cancer metastasis,
drug resistance, and cancer stem cells. Activation of fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 …

[HTML][HTML] Inside the stemness engine: Mechanistic links between deregulated transcription factors and stemness in cancer

EH Ervin, R French, CH Chang, S Pauklin - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Cell identity is largely determined by its transcriptional profile. In tumour, deregulation of
transcription factor expression and/or activity enables cancer cell to acquire a stem-like state …

Targeting intrinsically disordered transcription factors: changing the paradigm

K Tsafou, PB Tiwari, JD Forman-Kay, SJ Metallo… - Journal of molecular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Increased understanding of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) and protein regions has
revolutionized our view of the relationship between protein structure and function. Data now …

Competitive binding of E3 ligases TRIM26 and WWP2 controls SOX2 in glioblastoma

T Mahlokozera, B Patel, H Chen, P Desouza… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The pluripotency transcription factor SOX2 is essential for the maintenance of glioblastoma
stem cells (GSC), which are thought to underlie tumor growth, treatment resistance, and …

[HTML][HTML] SOX transcription factors and glioma stem cells: Choosing between stemness and differentiation

M Stevanovic, N Kovacevic-Grujicic… - World Journal of Stem …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common, most aggressive and deadliest brain tumor.
Recently, remarkable progress has been made towards understanding the cellular and …

Nucleic acids as templates and catalysts in chemical reactions: target-guided dynamic combinatorial chemistry and in situ click chemistry and DNA/RNA induced …

P Saha, D Panda, J Dash - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Nucleic acids play crucial roles in transferring cellular information and gene regulations.
DNA and RNA molecules have been associated with multiple human diseases and thus …

Sequence-specific DNA binding Pyrrole–imidazole polyamides and their applications

Y Kawamoto, T Bando, H Sugiyama - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Pyrrole–imidazole polyamides (Py–Im polyamides) are cell-permeable compounds
that bind to the minor groove of double-stranded DNA in a sequence-specific manner …

Therapeutic gene regulation using pyrrole–imidazole polyamides

Z Yu, GN Pandian, T Hidaka, H Sugiyama - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent innovations in cutting-edge sequencing platforms have allowed the rapid
identification of genes associated with communicable, noncommunicable and rare diseases …