The construction of transgenic and gene knockout/knockin mouse models of human disease

A Doyle, MP McGarry, NA Lee, JJ Lee - Transgenic research, 2012 - Springer
The genetic and physiological similarities between mice and humans have focused
considerable attention on rodents as potential models of human health and disease …

Coup d'Etat: an orphan takes control

FJ Lin, J Qin, K Tang, SY Tsai, MJ Tsai - Endocrine reviews, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter transcription factors (COUP-TFs) belong to the
steroid/thyroid hormone receptor superfamily. Cloning of their cDNAs demonstrated the …

A microRNA-Hippo pathway that promotes cardiomyocyte proliferation and cardiac regeneration in mice

Y Tian, Y Liu, T Wang, N Zhou, J Kong… - Science translational …, 2015 - science.org
In contrast to lower vertebrates, the mammalian heart has limited capacity to regenerate after
injury in part due to ineffective reactivation of cardiomyocyte proliferation. We show that the …

[HTML][HTML] Opposing functions of BRD4 isoforms in breast cancer

SY Wu, CF Lee, HT Lai, CT Yu, JE Lee, H Zuo, SY Tsai… - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
Summary Bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4) is a cancer therapeutic target in
ongoing clinical trials disrupting primarily BRD4-regulated transcription programs. The role …

COUP-TFII inhibits TGF-β-induced growth barrier to promote prostate tumorigenesis

J Qin, SP Wu, CJ Creighton, F Dai, X Xie, CM Cheng… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Mutations in phosphatase and tensin homologue (PTEN) or genomic alterations in the
phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase-signalling pathway are the most common genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Atrial identity is determined by a COUP-TFII regulatory network

S Wu, CM Cheng, RB Lanz, T Wang, JL Respress… - Developmental cell, 2013 - cell.com
Atria and ventricles exhibit distinct molecular profiles that produce structural and functional
differences between the two cardiac compartments. However, the factors that determine …

Estrogen receptor–α in medial amygdala neurons regulates body weight

P Xu, X Cao, Y He, L Zhu, Y Yang… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Estrogen receptor–α (ERα) activity in the brain prevents obesity in both males and females.
However, the ERα-expressing neural populations that regulate body weight remain to be …

Androgen deprivation–induced NCoA2 promotes metastatic and castration-resistant prostate cancer

J Qin, HJ Lee, SP Wu, SC Lin, RB Lanz… - The Journal of …, 2014 - Am Soc Clin Investig
A major clinical hurdle for the management of advanced prostate cancer (PCa) in patients is
the resistance of tumors to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and their subsequent …

Decreased epithelial progesterone receptor A at the window of receptivity is required for preparation of the endometrium for embryo attachment

M Wetendorf, SP Wu, X Wang… - Biology of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The precise timing of progesterone signaling through its cognate receptor, the progesterone
receptor (PGR), is critical for the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy. Loss of PGR …

Neuron-astroglia cell fate decision in the adult mouse hippocampal neurogenic niche is cell-intrinsically controlled by COUP-TFI in vivo

S Bonzano, I Crisci, A Podlesny-Drabiniok, C Rolando… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
In the dentate gyrus (DG) of the mouse hippocampus, neurogenesis and astrogliogenesis
persist throughout life. Adult-born neurons and astrocytes originate from multipotent neural …