ERK signalling: a master regulator of cell behaviour, life and fate

H Lavoie, J Gagnon, M Therrien - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2020 - nature.com
The proteins extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 (ERK1) and ERK2 are the downstream
components of a phosphorelay pathway that conveys growth and mitogenic signals largely …

Metabolic coordination of cell fate by α-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases

SC Baksh, LWS Finley - Trends in cell biology, 2021 - cell.com
Cell fate determination requires faithful execution of gene expression programs, which are
increasingly recognized to respond to metabolic inputs. In particular, the family of α …

Extensive co-binding and rapid redistribution of NANOG and GATA6 during emergence of divergent lineages

JJ Thompson, DJ Lee, A Mitra, S Frail, RK Dale… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Fate-determining transcription factors (TFs) can promote lineage-restricted transcriptional
programs from common progenitor states. The inner cell mass (ICM) of mouse blastocysts co …

Fibroblast growth factor receptor signalling dysregulation and targeting in breast cancer

C Francavilla, CS O'Brien - Open Biology, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor (FGFR) signalling plays a critical role in breast embryonal
development, tissue homeostasis, tumorigenesis and metastasis. FGFR, its numerous FGF …

Poised PABP–RNA hubs implement signal-dependent mRNA decay in development

M Modic, K Kuret, S Steinhauser, R Faraway… - Nature Structural & …, 2024 - nature.com
Signaling pathways drive cell fate transitions largely by changing gene expression.
However, the mechanisms for rapid and selective transcriptome rewiring in response to …

The primitive endoderm supports lineage plasticity to enable regulative development

M Linneberg-Agerholm, AC Sell, A Redó-Riveiro… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Mammalian blastocyst formation involves the specification of the trophectoderm followed by
the differentiation of the inner cell mass into embryonic epiblast and extra-embryonic …

Massively parallel characterization of regulatory elements in the developing human cortex

C Deng, S Whalen, M Steyert, R Ziffra, PF Przytycki… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Nucleotide changes in gene regulatory elements are important determinants of neuronal
development and diseases. Using massively parallel reporter assays in primary human cells …

RNA polymerase II pausing in development: orchestrating transcription

A Abuhashem, V Garg… - Open Biology, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The coordinated regulation of transcriptional networks underpins cellular identity and
developmental progression. RNA polymerase II promoter-proximal pausing (Pol II pausing) …

A guide to ERK dynamics, part 2: downstream decoding

A Ram, D Murphy, N DeCuzzi, M Patankar… - Biochemical …, 2023 - portlandpress.com
Signaling by the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathway controls many cellular
processes, including cell division, death, and differentiation. In this second installment of a …

ERK2 stimulates MYC transcription by anchoring CDK9 to the MYC promoter in a kinase activity–independent manner

L Agudo-Ibáñez, M Morante, L García-Gutiérrez… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The transcription factor MYC regulates cell proliferation, transformation, and survival in
response to growth factor signaling that is mediated in part by the kinase activity of ERK2 …