Alzheimer's disease and related tauopathies: disorders of disrupted neuronal identity

B Frost - Trends in Neurosciences, 2023 - cell.com
Postmitotic neurons require persistently active controls to maintain terminal differentiation.
Unlike dividing cells, aberrant cell cycle activation in mature neurons causes apoptosis …

The wide and growing range of lamin B-related diseases: from laminopathies to cancer

C Evangelisti, I Rusciano, S Mongiorgi… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
B-type lamins are fundamental components of the nuclear lamina, a complex structure that
acts as a scaffold for organization and function of the nucleus. Lamin B1 and B2, the most …

Mechanotherapy in oncology: Targeting nuclear mechanics and mechanotransduction

S Liu, Y Li, Y Hong, M Wang, H Zhang, J Ma… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mechanotherapy is proposed as a new option for cancer treatment. Increasing evidence
suggests that characteristic differences are present in the nuclear mechanics and …

Cellular senescence is associated with the spatial evolution toward a higher metastatic phenotype in colorectal cancer

SS Park, YK Lee, YW Choi, SB Lim, SH Park, HK Kim… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
In this study, we explore the dynamic process of colorectal cancer progression, emphasizing
the evolution toward a more metastatic phenotype. The term" evolution" as used in this study …

Increase in lamin B1 promotes telomere instability by disrupting the shelterin complex in human cells

G Pennarun, J Picotto, L Etourneaud… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Telomere maintenance is essential to preserve genomic stability and involves telomere-
specific proteins, DNA replication and repair proteins. Lamins are key components of the …

Oncoprotein LAMTOR5-mediated CHOP silence via DNA hypermethylation and miR-182/miR-769 in promotion of liver cancer growth

X Wang, Q Li, Y Tang, Y Li, L Zhang, F Xu… - Acta Pharmacologica …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP) triggers the death of multiple cancers via
endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. However, the function and regulatory mechanism of …

Pathogenic tau decreases nuclear tension in cultured neurons

C Sohn, J Ma, WJ Ray, B Frost - Frontiers in Aging, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Neurodegenerative tauopathies, including Alzheimer's disease, are pathologically defined
by the presence of aggregated forms of tau protein in brains of affected individuals. Previous …

[HTML][HTML] Lamin B1 deletion in myeloid neoplasms causes nuclear anomaly and altered hematopoietic stem cell function

A Reilly, JP Creamer, S Stewart, MC Stolla, Y Wang… - Cell stem cell, 2022 - cell.com
Abnormal nuclear morphology is a hallmark of malignant cells widely used in cancer
diagnosis. Pelger-Huët anomaly (PHA) is a common abnormality of neutrophil nuclear …

Compartmentalized activities of HMGCS1 control cervical cancer radiosensitivity

X Zhang, C Sun, J Wan, X Zhang, Y Jia, C Zhou - Cellular Signalling, 2023 - Elsevier
The underlying mechanisms by which cellular metabolism affects cervical cancer cell
radiosensitivity remain poorly understood. Here, we found that loss of 3-hydroxy-3 …

Chromatin rigidity provides mechanical and genome protection

AD Stephens - … Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The nucleus is the organelle in the cell that contains the genome and its associate proteins
which is collectively called chromatin. New work has shown that chromatin and its …