Cancer stem cells: advances in knowledge and implications for cancer therapy

X Chu, W Tian, J Ning, G Xiao, Y Zhou… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs), a small subset of cells in tumors that are characterized by self-
renewal and continuous proliferation, lead to tumorigenesis, metastasis, and maintain tumor …

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 …

The Neural RNA-Binding Protein Musashi1 Translationally Regulates Mammalian numb Gene Expression by Interacting with Its mRNA

T Imai, A Tokunaga, T Yoshida… - … and cellular biology, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
Musashi1 (Msi1) is an RNA-binding protein that is highly expressed in neural progenitor
cells, including neural stem cells. In this study, the RNA-binding sequences for Msi1 were …

Musashi1: an evolutionally conserved marker for CNS progenitor cells including neural stem cells

Y Kaneko, S Sakakibara, T Imai, A Suzuki… - Developmental …, 2000 - karger.com
In situ detection of neural progenitor cells including stem-like cells is essential for studying
the basic mechanisms of the generation of cellular diversity in the CNS, upon which …

Genome analysis: RNA recognition motif (RRM) and K homology (KH) domain RNA-binding proteins from the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana

ZJ Lorković, A Barta - Nucleic acids research, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Regulation of gene expression at the post-transcriptional level is mainly achieved by
proteins containing well-defined sequence motifs involved in RNA binding. The most widely …

Function of RNA-binding protein Musashi-1 in stem cells

H Okano, H Kawahara, M Toriya, K Nakao… - Experimental cell …, 2005 - Elsevier
Musashi is an evolutionarily conserved family of RNA-binding proteins that is preferentially
expressed in the nervous system. The first member of the Musashi family was identified in …

RNA-binding proteins Musashi and tau soluble aggregates initiate nuclear dysfunction

M Montalbano, S McAllen, N Puangmalai… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Oligomeric assemblies of tau and the RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) Musashi (MSI) are
reported in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the role of MSI and tau interaction in their …

Musashi: a translational regulator of cell fate

H Okano, T Imai, M Okabe - Journal of cell science, 2002 - journals.biologists.com
Transcription is thought to have a major role in the regulation of cell fate; the importance of
translational regulation in this process has been less certain. Recent findings demonstrate …

Stem cell biology of the central nervous system

H Okano - Journal of neuroscience research, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Neural stem cells (NSCs) are multipotential progenitor cells that have self‐renewal activities.
A single NSC is capable of generating various kinds of cells within the central nervous …

Rna-binding protein Musashi2: developmentally regulated expression in neural precursor cells and subpopulations of neurons in mammalian CNS

S Sakakibara, Y Nakamura, H Satoh… - Journal of …, 2001 - Soc Neuroscience
Musashi1 (Msi1) is a mammalian neural RNA-binding protein highly enriched in neural
precursor cells that are capable of generating both neurons and glia during embryonic and …