The epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity landscape: principles of design and mechanisms of regulation

J Haerinck, S Goossens, G Berx - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity (EMP) enables cells to interconvert between several
states across the epithelial–mesenchymal landscape, thereby acquiring hybrid epithelial …

Integration of Hippo-YAP signaling with metabolism

C Ibar, KD Irvine - Developmental cell, 2020 - cell.com
The Hippo-Yes-associated protein (YAP) signaling network plays a central role as an
integrator of signals that control cellular proliferation and differentiation. The past several …

Histone lactylation couples cellular metabolism with developmental gene regulatory networks

F Merkuri, M Rothstein, M Simoes-Costa - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Embryonic cells exhibit diverse metabolic states. Recent studies have demonstrated that
metabolic reprogramming drives changes in cell identity by affecting gene expression …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial STAT3 exacerbates LPS-induced sepsis by driving CPT1a-mediated fatty acid oxidation

R Li, X Li, J Zhao, F Meng, C Yao, E Bao, N Sun… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: We found that a subset of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
(STAT3) translocated into mitochondria in phagocytes, including macrophages isolated from …

A role for partial epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in enabling stemness in homeostasis and cancer

J Verstappe, G Berx - Seminars in Cancer Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Stem cells have self-renewal capacities and the ability to give rise to differentiated cells
thereby sustaining tissues during homeostasis and injury. This structural hierarchy extends …

Metabolic rewiring induced by ranolazine improves melanoma responses to targeted therapy and immunotherapy

M Redondo-Muñoz, FJ Rodriguez-Baena, P Aldaz… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Resistance of melanoma to targeted therapy and immunotherapy is linked to metabolic
rewiring. Here, we show that increased fatty acid oxidation (FAO) during prolonged BRAF …

Mechanics of development

K Goodwin, CM Nelson - Developmental cell, 2021 - cell.com
Mechanical forces are integral to development—from the earliest stages of embryogenesis
to the construction and differentiation of complex organs. Advances in imaging and …

Yap and Taz promote osteogenesis and prevent chondrogenesis in neural crest cells in vitro and in vivo

X Zhao, L Tang, TP Le, BH Nguyen, W Chen… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Neural crest cells (NCCs) are multipotent stem cells that can differentiate into multiple cell
types, including the osteoblasts and chondrocytes, and constitute most of the craniofacial …

Fueling the cytoskeleton–links between cell metabolism and actin remodeling

G DeWane, AM Salvi, KA DeMali - Journal of cell science, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
Attention has long focused on the actin cytoskeleton as a unit capable of organizing into
ensembles that control cell shape, polarity, migration and the establishment of intercellular …

Towards decoding the coupled decision-making of metabolism and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in cancer

D Jia, JH Park, H Kaur, KH Jung, S Yang… - British Journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer cells have the plasticity to adjust their metabolic phenotypes for survival and
metastasis. A developmental programme known as epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition …