Sex disparities matter in cancer development and therapy

S Haupt, F Caramia, SL Klein, JB Rubin… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Curing cancer through precision medicine is the paramount aim of the new wave of
molecular and genomic therapies. Currently, whether patients with non-reproductive …

Child health, developmental plasticity, and epigenetic programming

Z Hochberg, R Feil, M Constancia, M Fraga… - Endocrine …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Plasticity in developmental programming has evolved in order to provide the best chances of
survival and reproductive success to the organism under changing environments …

[PDF][PDF] Sorafenib induces pyroptosis in macrophages and triggers natural killer cell–mediated cytotoxicity against hepatocellular carcinoma

C Hage, S Hoves, L Strauss, S Bissinger, Y Prinz… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Antiangiogenic and cytotoxic effects are considered the principal mechanisms of action of
sorafenib, a multitarget kinase inhibitor approved for the treatment of hepatocellular …

Spatial sorting enables comprehensive characterization of liver zonation

S Ben-Moshe, Y Shapira, AE Moor, R Manco, T Veg… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The mammalian liver is composed of repeating hexagonal units termed lobules. Spatially
resolved single-cell transcriptomics has revealed that about half of hepatocyte genes are …

HNF4A defines tissue-specific circadian rhythms by beaconing BMAL1:: CLOCK chromatin binding and shaping the rhythmic chromatin landscape

M Qu, H Qu, Z Jia, SA Kay - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Transcription modulated by the circadian clock is diverse across cell types, underlying
circadian control of peripheral metabolism and its observed perturbation in human diseases …

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease as a canonical example of metabolic inflammatory-based liver disease showing a sex-specific prevalence: relevance of estrogen …

S Della Torre - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
There is extensive evidence supporting the interplay between metabolism and immune
response, that have evolved in close relationship, sharing regulatory molecules and …

Beyond the X factor: relevance of sex hormones in NAFLD pathophysiology

S Della Torre - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a major health issue worldwide, being
frequently associated with obesity, unbalanced dietary regimens, and reduced physical …

Adjuvant treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: prospect of immunotherapy

ZJ Brown, TF Greten, B Heinrich - Hepatology, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Cell‐fate determination is influenced by interactions between master transcription factors
(TFs) and cis‐regulatory elements. Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 alpha (HNF4A), a liver …

Activity-dependent human brain coding/noncoding gene regulatory networks

L Lipovich, F Dachet, J Cai, S Bagla, K Balan, H Jia… - Genetics, 2012 - academic.oup.com
While most gene transcription yields RNA transcripts that code for proteins, a sizable
proportion of the genome generates RNA transcripts that do not code for proteins, but may …

[PDF][PDF] T‐cell factor 4 and β‐catenin chromatin occupancies pattern zonal liver metabolism in mice

A Gougelet, C Torre, P Veber, C Sartor, L Bachelot… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
β‐catenin signaling can be both a physiological and oncogenic pathway in the liver. It
controls compartmentalized gene expression, allowing the liver to ensure its essential …