Epigenetic and post-translational modifications in autophagy: biological functions and therapeutic targets

F Shu, H Xiao, QN Li, XS Ren, ZG Liu, BW Hu… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Autophagy is a conserved lysosomal degradation pathway where cellular components are
dynamically degraded and re-processed to maintain physical homeostasis. However, the …

Assembly and function of branched ubiquitin chains

SDD Kolla, M Ye, KG Mark, M Rapé - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2022 - cell.com
Post-translational modification with ubiquitin is required for cell division, differentiation, and
survival in all eukaryotes. As part of an intricate signaling code, ubiquitin is attached to its …

Prolonged hypernutrition impairs TREM2-dependent efferocytosis to license chronic liver inflammation and NASH development

X Wang, Q He, C Zhou, Y Xu, D Liu, N Fujiwara… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Obesity-induced chronic liver inflammation is a hallmark of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
(NASH)—an aggressive form of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. However, it remains unclear …

The deubiquitinase ZRANB1 is an E3 ubiquitin ligase for SLC7A11 and regulates ferroptotic resistance

S Huang, Q Zhang, M Zhao, X Wang, Y Zhang… - Journal of Cell …, 2023 - rupress.org
The dependency of cancer cells on iron increases their susceptibility to ferroptosis, thus
providing new opportunities for patients with treatment-resistant tumors. However, we show …

Non-Bloch bands in two-dimensional non-Hermitian systems

K Yokomizo, S Murakami - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
The non-Bloch band theory can describe energy bands in a one-dimensional (1D) non-
Hermitian system. On the other hand, whether the non-Bloch band theory can be extended …

PTPN23 ubiquitination by WDR4 suppresses EGFR and c-MET degradation to define a lung cancer therapeutic target

S Singh, NY Yeat, YT Wang, SY Lin, IY Kuo… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Aberrant overexpression or activation of EGFR drives the development of non-small cell
lung cancer (NSCLC) and acquired resistance to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) by …

NCAPH, ubiquitinated by TRIM21, promotes cell proliferation by inhibiting autophagy of cervical cancer through AKT/mTOR dependent signaling

S Wang, X Qiao, Y Cui, L Liu, T Cooper, Y Hu… - Cell Death & …, 2024 - nature.com
Autophagy is closely related to the occurrence and development of human malignancies;
however, the detailed mechanisms underlying autophagy in cervical cancer require further …

PAICS ubiquitination recruits UBAP2 to trigger phase separation for purinosome assembly

MC Chou, YH Wang, FY Chen, CY Kung, KP Wu… - Molecular Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Purinosomes serve as metabolons to enhance de novo purine synthesis (DNPS) efficiency
through compartmentalizing DNPS enzymes during stressed conditions. However, the …

Rotation, electric-field responses, and absolute enantioselection in chiral crystals

R Oiwa, H Kusunose - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
The microscopic origin of chirality, possible electric-field induced static rotational lattice
deformation, and rotation-field induced electric polarization are investigated. By building up …

Degradation mechanism of autophagy-related proteins and research progress

Y Zhou, H Manghwar, W Hu, F Liu - International journal of molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In all eukaryotes, autophagy is the main pathway for nutrient recycling, which encapsulates
parts of the cytoplasm and organelles in double-membrane vesicles, and then fuses with …