Moyamoya disease emerging as an immune-related angiopathy

C Asselman, D Hemelsoet, D Eggermont… - Trends in Molecular …, 2022 - cell.com
Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a rare cerebrovascular disorder with unknown etiology. MMD
is characterized by progressive narrowing of arteries of the brain and the formation of a …

Ubiquitination of non-protein substrates

J Sakamaki, N Mizushima - Trends in Cell Biology, 2023 - cell.com
The covalent attachment of ubiquitin is a common regulatory mechanism in various proteins.
Although it has long been thought that the substrates of ubiquitination are limited to proteins …

Architecture of Vanadium‐Based MXene Dysregulating Tumor Redox Homeostasis for Amplified Nanozyme Catalytic/Photothermal Therapy

R Zhao, Y Zhu, L Feng, B Liu, Y Hu, H Zhu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Taking the significance of the special microenvironment for tumor cell survival into account,
disrupting tumor redox homeostasis is highly prospective for improving therapeutic efficacy …

Ubiquitylation of lipopolysaccharide by RNF213 during bacterial infection

EG Otten, E Werner, A Crespillo-Casado, KB Boyle… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Ubiquitylation is a widespread post-translational protein modification in eukaryotes and
marks bacteria that invade the cytosol as cargo for antibacterial autophagy,–. The identity of …

Probing the global cellular responses to lipotoxicity caused by saturated fatty acids

M Piccolis, LM Bond, M Kampmann, P Pulimeno… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
Excessive levels of saturated fatty acids are toxic to cells, although the basis for this
lipotoxicity remains incompletely understood. Here, we analyzed the transcriptome …

An organoid-based screen for epigenetic inhibitors that stimulate antigen presentation and potentiate T-cell-mediated cytotoxicity

Z Zhou, K Van der Jeught, Y Fang, T Yu, Y Li… - Nature biomedical …, 2021 - nature.com
In breast cancer, genetic heterogeneity, the lack of actionable targets and immune evasion
all contribute to the limited clinical response rates to immune checkpoint blockade therapy …

Ring finger protein 213 assembles into a sensor for ISGylated proteins with antimicrobial activity

F Thery, L Martina, C Asselman, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
ISG15 is an interferon-stimulated, ubiquitin-like protein that can conjugate to substrate
proteins (ISGylation) to counteract microbial infection, but the underlying mechanisms …

Moyamoya disease factor RNF213 is a giant E3 ligase with a dynein-like core and a distinct ubiquitin-transfer mechanism

J Ahel, A Lehner, A Vogel, A Schleiffer, A Meinhart… - elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
RNF213 is the major susceptibility factor for Moyamoya disease, a progressive
cerebrovascular disorder that often leads to brain stroke in adults and children …

GLS1-mediated glutaminolysis unbridled by MALT1 protease promotes psoriasis pathogenesis

X Xia, G Cao, G Sun, L Zhu, Y Tian… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Psoriasis is a severe disease associated with the disturbance of metabolism and
inflammation, but the molecular mechanisms underlying these aspects of psoriasis …

Druggable cancer phosphatases

JP Vainonen, M Momeny, J Westermarck - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
The phosphorylation status of oncoproteins is regulated by both kinases and phosphatases.
Kinase inhibitors are rarely sufficient for successful cancer treatment, and phosphatases …