Mammalian Krüppel-like factors in health and diseases

BB McConnell, VW Yang - Physiological reviews, 2010 - journals.physiology.org
The Krüppel-like factor (KLF) family of transcription factors regulates diverse biological
processes that include proliferation, differentiation, growth, development, survival, and …

The transcriptional foundation of pluripotency

I Chambers, SR Tomlinson - 2009 - journals.biologists.com
A fundamental goal in biology is to understand the molecular basis of cell identity.
Pluripotent embryonic stem (ES) cell identity is governed by a set of transcription factors …

Fasting-mimicking diet blocks triple-negative breast cancer and cancer stem cell escape

G Salvadori, F Zanardi, F Iannelli, R Lobefaro… - Cell metabolism, 2021 - cell.com
Metastatic tumors remain lethal due to primary/acquired resistance to therapy or cancer stem
cell (CSC)-mediated repopulation. We show that a fasting-mimicking diet (FMD) activates …

[HTML][HTML] Stochastic state transitions give rise to phenotypic equilibrium in populations of cancer cells

PB Gupta, CM Fillmore, G Jiang, SD Shapira, K Tao… - Cell, 2011 - cell.com
Cancer cells within individual tumors often exist in distinct phenotypic states that differ in
functional attributes. While cancer cell populations typically display distinctive equilibria in …

[HTML][HTML] An Oct4-centered protein interaction network in embryonic stem cells

DLC van den Berg, T Snoek, NP Mullin, A Yates… - Cell stem cell, 2010 - cell.com
Transcription factors, such as Oct4, are critical for establishing and maintaining pluripotent
cell identity. Whereas the genomic locations of several pluripotency transcription factors …

[HTML][HTML] Cardiac fibroblasts are essential for the adaptive response of the murine heart to pressure overload

N Takeda, I Manabe, Y Uchino… - The Journal of …, 2010 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Fibroblasts, which are the most numerous cell type in the heart, interact with cardiomyocytes
in vitro and affect their function; however, they are considered to play a secondary role in …

The pluripotent genome in three dimensions is shaped around pluripotency factors

E De Wit, BAM Bouwman, Y Zhu, P Klous, E Splinter… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
It is becoming increasingly clear that the shape of the genome importantly influences
transcription regulation. Pluripotent stem cells such as embryonic stem cells were recently …

Embryonic stem cell markers

W Zhao, X Ji, F Zhang, L Li, L Ma - Molecules, 2012 - mdpi.com
Embryonic stem cell (ESC) markers are molecules specifically expressed in ES cells.
Understanding of the functions of these markers is critical for characterization and …

Reinforcement of STAT3 activity reprogrammes human embryonic stem cells to naive-like pluripotency

H Chen, I Aksoy, F Gonnot, P Osteil, M Aubry… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF)/STAT3 signalling is a hallmark of naive pluripotency in
rodent pluripotent stem cells (PSCs), whereas fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-2 and …

Essential role of KLF5 transcription factor in cell proliferation and differentiation and its implications for human diseases

JT Dong, C Chen - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2009 - Springer
Abstract KLF5 (Kruppel-like factor 5) is a basic transcription factor binding to GC boxes at a
number of gene promoters and regulating their transcription. KLF5 is expressed during …