Mechanisms of retinoic acid signalling and its roles in organ and limb development

TJ Cunningham, G Duester - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2015 - nature.com
Retinoic acid (RA) signalling has a central role during vertebrate development. RA
synthesized in specific locations regulates transcription by interacting with nuclear RA …

Retinoids regulate stem cell differentiation

LJ Gudas, JA Wagner - Journal of cellular physiology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Retinoids are ubiquitous signaling molecules that influence nearly every cell type, exert
profound effects on development, and complement cancer chemotherapeutic regimens. All …

[HTML][HTML] Inflammation and nutritional science for programs/policies and interpretation of research evidence (INSPIRE)

DJ Raiten, FAS Ashour, AC Ross, SN Meydani… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
An increasing recognition has emerged of the complexities of the global health agenda—
specifically, the collision of infections and noncommunicable diseases and the dual burden …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetics meets endocrinology

X Zhang, SM Ho - Journal of molecular endocrinology, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Although genetics determines endocrine phenotypes, it cannot fully explain the great
variability and reversibility of the system in response to environmental changes. Evidence …

Transcriptional dominance of Pax7 in adult myogenesis is due to high-affinity recognition of homeodomain motifs

VD Soleimani, VG Punch, Y Kawabe, AE Jones… - Developmental cell, 2012 - cell.com
Pax3 and Pax7 regulate stem cell function in skeletal myogenesis. However, molecular
insight into their distinct roles has remained elusive. Using gene expression data combined …

Emerging roles for retinoids in regeneration and differentiation in normal and disease states

LJ Gudas - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular and …, 2012 - Elsevier
The vitamin A (retinol) metabolite, all-trans retinoic acid (RA), is a signaling molecule that
plays key roles in the development of the body plan and induces the differentiation of many …

Saltatory remodeling of Hox chromatin in response to rostrocaudal patterning signals

EO Mazzoni, S Mahony, M Peljto, T Patel… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Hox genes controlling motor neuron subtype identity are expressed in rostrocaudal patterns
that are spatially and temporally collinear with their chromosomal organization. Here we …

Vitamin A and the epigenome

S Bar-El Dadon, R Reifen - Critical reviews in food science and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The epigenetic phenomena refer to heritable changes in gene expression other than those
in the DNA sequence, such as DNA methylation and histone modifications. Major research …

Anaplastic lymphoma kinase in human cancer

A Barreca, E Lasorsa, L Riera… - Journal of …, 2011 - jme.bioscientifica.com
Although genetics determines endocrine phenotypes, it cannot fully explain the great
variability and reversibility of the system in response to environmental changes. Evidence …

Retinoic acid signaling and mouse embryonic stem cell differentiation: Cross talk between genomic and non-genomic effects of RA

C Rochette-Egly - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Retinoic acid (RA), the active derivative of vitamin A, a fat-soluble vitamin, plays key roles in
cell growth and differentiation by activating nuclear receptors, RARs (α, β and γ), which are …