RNA-binding proteins control gene expression and cell fate in the immune system

M Turner, MD Díaz-Muñoz - Nature immunology, 2018 - nature.com
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are essential for the development and function of the immune
system. They interact dynamically with RNA to control its biogenesis and turnover by …

Uncovering the role of RNA-binding proteins in gene expression in the immune system

MD Díaz-Muñoz, M Turner - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Fighting external pathogens requires an ever-changing immune system that relies on tight
regulation of gene expression. Transcriptional control is the first step to build efficient …

Control of early B cell development by the RNA N6-methyladenosine methylation

Z Zheng, L Zhang, XL Cui, X Yu, PJ Hsu, R Lyu, H Tan… - Cell Reports, 2020 - cell.com
The RNA N 6-methyladenosine (m 6 A) methylation is installed by the METTL3-METTL14
methyltransferase complex. This modification has critical regulatory roles in various …

Exit from germinal center to become quiescent memory B cells depends on metabolic reprograming and provision of a survival signal

T Inoue, R Shinnakasu, C Kawai, W Ise… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - rupress.org
A still unanswered question is what drives the small fraction of activated germinal center
(GC) B cells to become long-lived quiescent memory B cells. We found here that a small …

The transcription factor Foxo1 controls germinal center B cell proliferation in response to T cell help

T Inoue, R Shinnakasu, W Ise, C Kawai… - Journal of Experimental …, 2017 - rupress.org
Germinal center (GC) B cells cycle between two states, the light zone (LZ) and the dark zone
(DZ), and in the latter they proliferate and hypermutate their immunoglobulin genes. How …

The regulatory properties of the Ccr4–Not complex

N Chalabi Hagkarim, RJ Grand - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The mammalian Ccr4–Not complex, carbon catabolite repression 4 (Ccr4)-negative on
TATA-less (Not), is a large, highly conserved, multifunctional assembly of proteins that acts …

Translation efficiency driven by CNOT3 subunit of the CCR4-NOT complex promotes leukemogenesis

M Ghashghaei, Y Liu, J Ettles, G Bombaci… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Protein synthesis is frequently deregulated during tumorigenesis. However, the precise
contexts of selective translational control and the regulators of such mechanisms in cancer is …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive characterization of the mutational landscape in multiple myeloma cell lines reveals potential drivers and pathways associated with tumor …

V Vikova, M Jourdan, N Robert, G Requirand… - Theranostics, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Human multiple myeloma tumor cell lines (HMCLs) have been a cornerstone of research in
multiple myeloma (MM) and have helped to shape our understanding of molecular …

The CCR4-NOT deadenylase complex controls Atg7-dependent cell death and heart function

T Yamaguchi, T Suzuki, T Sato, A Takahashi… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Shortening and removal of the polyadenylate [poly (A)] tail of mRNA, a process called
deadenylation, is a key step in mRNA decay that is mediated through the CCR4-NOT …

The Ccr4-Not complex: architecture and structural insights

MA Collart, OO Panasenko - Macromolecular Protein Complexes: Structure …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract The Ccr4-Not complex is an essential multi-subunit protein complex that plays a
fundamental role in eukaryotic mRNA metabolism and has a multitude of different roles that …