The C. elegans anchor cell: A model to elucidate mechanisms underlying invasion through basement membrane

IW Kenny-Ganzert, DR Sherwood - Seminars in Cell & Developmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cell invasion through basement membrane barriers is crucial during many developmental
processes and in immune surveillance. Dysregulation of invasion also drives the pathology …

Caenorhabditis elegans for research on cancer hallmarks

J Cerón - Disease Models & Mechanisms, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
After decades of research, our knowledge of the complexity of cancer mechanisms,
elegantly summarized as 'hallmarks of cancer', is expanding, as are the therapeutic …

An expandable FLP-ON::TIR1 system for precise spatiotemporal protein degradation in Caenorhabditis elegans

Y Xiao, C Yee, CZ Zhao, MAQ Martinez, W Zhang… - Genetics, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The auxin-inducible degradation system has been widely adopted in the Caenorhabditis
elegans research community for its ability to empirically control the spatiotemporal …

The Caenorhabditis elegans anchor cell transcriptome: ribosome biogenesis drives cell invasion through basement membrane

DS Costa, IW Kenny-Ganzert, Q Chi, K Park… - …, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
Cell invasion through basement membrane (BM) barriers is important in development,
immune function and cancer progression. As invasion through BM is often stochastic …

Distinct Histone H3 Lysine 27 Modifications Dictate Different Outcomes of Gene Transcription

T Konuma, MM Zhou - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Site-specific histone modifications have long been recognized to play an important role in
directing gene transcription in chromatin in biology of health and disease. However …

[HTML][HTML] BRD9 status is a major contributor for cysteine metabolic remodeling through MST and EAAT3 modulation in malignant melanoma

A Hipólito, R Xavier, C Brito, A Tomás, I Lemos… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cutaneous melanoma (CM) is the most aggressive skin cancer, showing globally increasing
incidence. Hereditary CM accounts for a significant percentage (5–15%) of all CM cases …

CDK activity sensors: genetically encoded ratiometric biosensors for live analysis of the cell cycle

MAQ Martinez, DQ Matus - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) sensors have facilitated investigations of the cell cycle in
living cells. These genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors change their subcellular …

Loss of the E3 ubiquitin ligases UBR-5 or HECD-1 restores Caenorhabditis elegans development in the absence of SWI/SNF function

L Lampersberger, F Conte, S Ghosh… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
SWItch/sucrose non-fermenting (SWI/SNF) complexes are a family of chromatin remodelers
that are conserved across eukaryotes. Mutations in subunits of SWI/SNF cause a multitude …

Research progress of SWI/SNF complex in breast cancer

K Li, B Wang, H Hu - Epigenetics & Chromatin, 2024 - Springer
In the past decade, numerous epigenetic mechanisms have been discovered to be
associated with cancer. The mammalian SWI/SNF complex is an ATP-dependent chromatin …

A light sheet fluorescence microscopy protocol for Caenorhabditis elegans larvae and adults

JJ Smith, IW Kenny, C Wolff, R Cray… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Light sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) has become a method of choice for live
imaging because of its fast acquisition and reduced photobleaching and phototoxicity …