A guide to membraneless organelles and their various roles in gene regulation

T Hirose, K Ninomiya, S Nakagawa… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Membraneless organelles (MLOs) are detected in cells as dots of mesoscopic size. By
undergoing phase separation into a liquid-like or gel-like phase, MLOs contribute to …

Modulating biomolecular condensates: a novel approach to drug discovery

DM Mitrea, M Mittasch, BF Gomes, IA Klein… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
In the past decade, membraneless assemblies known as biomolecular condensates have
been reported to play key roles in many cellular functions by compartmentalizing specific …

[HTML][HTML] Phase separation of FSP1 promotes ferroptosis

T Nakamura, C Hipp, A Santos Dias Mourão… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is evolving as a highly promising approach to combat difficult-to-treat tumour
entities including therapy-refractory and dedifferentiating cancers,–. Recently, ferroptosis …

Liquid–liquid phase separation drives cellular function and dysfunction in cancer

S Mehta, J Zhang - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Cancer is a disease of uncontrollably reproducing cells. It is governed by biochemical
pathways that have escaped the regulatory bounds of normal homeostatic balance. This …

Phase separation drives aberrant chromatin looping and cancer development

JH Ahn, ES Davis, TA Daugird, S Zhao, IY Quiroga… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The development of cancer is intimately associated with genetic abnormalities that target
proteins with intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs). In human haematological malignancies …

Learning the chemical grammar of biomolecular condensates

HR Kilgore, RA Young - Nature chemical biology, 2022 - nature.com
Biomolecular condensates compartmentalize and regulate assemblies of biomolecules
engaged in vital physiological processes in cells. Specific proteins and nucleic acids …

Liquid–liquid phase separation in tumor biology

X Tong, R Tang, J Xu, W Wang, Y Zhao, X Yu… - Signal Transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) is a novel principle for explaining the precise spatial
and temporal regulation in living cells. LLPS compartmentalizes proteins and nucleic acids …

Targeting androgen receptor phase separation to overcome antiandrogen resistance

J Xie, H He, W Kong, Z Li, Z Gao, D Xie, L Sun… - Nature Chemical …, 2022 - nature.com
Patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer inevitably acquire resistance to
antiandrogen therapies in part because of androgen receptor (AR) mutations or splice …

[HTML][HTML] Game changers in science and technology-now and beyond

UAK Betz, L Arora, RA Assal, H Azevedo… - … Forecasting and Social …, 2023 - Elsevier
The recent devastating pandemic has drastically reminded humanity of the importance of
constant scientific and technological progress. A strong interdisciplinary dialogue between …

Dissolution of oncofusion transcription factor condensates for cancer therapy

Y Wang, C Yu, G Pei, W Jia, T Li, P Li - Nature Chemical Biology, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer-associated chromosomal rearrangements can result in the expression of numerous
pathogenic fusion proteins. The mechanisms by which fusion proteins contribute to …