Amino acid metabolism in health and disease

ZN Ling, YF Jiang, JN Ru, JH Lu, B Ding… - Signal Transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Amino acids are the building blocks of protein synthesis. They are structural elements and
energy sources of cells necessary for normal cell growth, differentiation and function. Amino …

The regulation, functions and clinical relevance of arginine methylation

E Guccione, S Richard - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
Methylation of arginine residues by protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) is involved
in the regulation of fundamental cellular processes, including transcription, RNA processing …

Advances in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

MCG Winge, LN Kellman, K Guo, JY Tang… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Human malignancies arise predominantly in tissues of epithelial origin, where the stepwise
transformation from healthy epithelium to premalignant dysplasia to invasive neoplasia …

PRMTs and arginine methylation: cancer's best-kept secret?

J Jarrold, CC Davies - Trends in molecular medicine, 2019 - cell.com
Post-translational modification (PTM) of proteins is vital for increasing proteome diversity
and maintaining cellular homeostasis. If the writing, reading, and removal of modifications …

Generation of specialized blood vessels via lymphatic transdifferentiation

RN Das, Y Tevet, S Safriel, Y Han, N Moshe… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The lineage and developmental trajectory of a cell are key determinants of cellular identity.
In the vascular system, endothelial cells (ECs) of blood and lymphatic vessels differentiate …

Driver gene combinations dictate cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma disease continuum progression

P Bailey, RA Ridgway, P Cammareri… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The molecular basis of disease progression from UV-induced precancerous actinic keratosis
(AK) to malignant invasive cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) and potentially …

CDK5-PRMT1-WDR24 signaling cascade promotes mTORC1 signaling and tumor growth

S Yin, L Liu, LE Ball, Y Wang, MT Bedford, SA Duncan… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
The mammalian target of rapamycin complex1 (mTORC1) is a central regulator of
metabolism and cell growth by sensing diverse environmental signals, including amino …

Structure, activity, and function of PRMT1

C Thiebaut, L Eve, C Poulard, M Le Romancer - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
PRMT1, the major protein arginine methyltransferase in mammals, catalyzes
monomethylation and asymmetric dimethylation of arginine side chains in proteins. Initially …

Casein kinase 1α: biological mechanisms and theranostic potential

S Jiang, M Zhang, J Sun, X Yang - Cell Communication and Signaling, 2018 - Springer
Casein kinase 1α (CK1α) is a multifunctional protein belonging to the CK1 protein family that
is conserved in eukaryotes from yeast to humans. It regulates signaling pathways related to …

PRMT1 regulates the tumour-initiating properties of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma through histone H4 arginine methylation coupled with transcriptional …

Y Zhao, Q Lu, C Li, X Wang, L Jiang, L Huang… - Cell death & …, 2019 - nature.com
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is the most difficult subtype of esophageal
cancer to treat due to a paucity of effective targeted therapy. ESCC is believed to arise from …