The disordered MAX N-terminus modulates DNA binding of the transcription factor MYC: MAX

S Schütz, C Bergsdorf, B Goretzki, A Lingel… - Journal of molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
The intrinsically disordered protein MYC belongs to the family of basic helix-loop-helix
leucine zipper (bHLH-LZ) transcription factors (TFs). In complex with its cognate binding …

KIT oncogene inhibition drives intratumoral macrophage M2 polarization

MJ Cavnar, S Zeng, TS Kim, EC Sorenson… - Journal of Experimental …, 2013 - rupress.org
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are a major component of the cancer
microenvironment. Modulation of TAMs is under intense investigation because they are …

C/EBP homology protein (CHOP) interacts with activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4) and negatively regulates the stress-dependent induction of the asparagine …

N Su, MS Kilberg - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2008 - ASBMB
C/EBP homology protein (CHOP), a stress-induced transcription factor, is involved in
transcriptional regulation, cell cycle, and apoptosis. The present studies identified CHOP as …

The IL‐17 cytokine family

SL Gaffen, JM Kramer, JY Jeffrey, F Shen - Vitamins & hormones, 2006 - Elsevier
IL‐17A and its receptor are the founding members of a recently described cytokine family,
with unique sequences and functions in the immune system and elsewhere. Consisting of …

How does estrogen work on autophagy?

J Xiang, X Liu, J Ren, K Chen, H Wang, Y Miao, M Qi - Autophagy, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Macroautophagy/autophagy is vital for intracellular quality control and homeostasis.
Therefore, careful regulation of autophagy is very important. In the past 10 years, a number …

Biological roles of CCAAT/Enhancer-binding protein delta during inflammation

CY Ko, WC Chang, JM Wang - Journal of biomedical science, 2015 - Springer
CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein delta (CEBPD) belongs to the CCAAT/enhancer-binding
protein family, and these proteins function as transcription factors in many biological …

IKZF2 drives leukemia stem cell self-renewal and inhibits myeloid differentiation

SM Park, H Cho, AM Thornton, TS Barlowe, T Chou… - Cell stem cell, 2019 - cell.com
Leukemias exhibit a dysregulated developmental program mediated through both genetic
and epigenetic mechanisms. Although IKZF2 is expressed in hematopoietic stem cells …

Synthetic responses in airway smooth muscle

PH Howarth, AJ Knox, Y Amrani, O Tliba… - Journal of allergy and …, 2004 - Elsevier
Human airway smooth muscle (ASM) has several properties and functions that contribute to
asthma pathogenesis, and increasing attention is being paid to its synthetic capabilities …

Trabectedin (ET-743) promotes differentiation in myxoid liposarcoma tumors

C Forni, M Minuzzo, E Virdis, E Tamborini… - Molecular cancer …, 2009 - AACR
Differentiation is a complex set of events that can be blocked by rearrangements of
regulatory genes producing fusion proteins with altered properties. In the case of myxoid …

Transcription factor-driven coordination of cell cycle exit and lineage-specification in vivo during granulocytic differentiation: In memoriam Professor Niels Borregaard

K Theilgaard-Mönch, S Pundhir, K Reckzeh… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Differentiation of multipotent stem cells into mature cells is fundamental for development and
homeostasis of mammalian tissues, and requires the coordinated induction of lineage …