WD40 repeat proteins: signalling scaffold with diverse functions

BP Jain, S Pandey - The protein journal, 2018 - Springer
The WD40 domain is one of the most abundant and interacting domains in the eukaryotic
genome. In proteins the WD domain folds into a β-propeller structure, providing a platform …

Stress granules and cell signaling: more than just a passing phase?

N Kedersha, P Ivanov, P Anderson - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2013 - cell.com
Stress granules (SGs) contain translationally-stalled mRNAs, associated preinitiation factors,
and specific RNA-binding proteins. In addition, many signaling proteins are recruited to SGs …

Stress granules, P-bodies and cancer

P Anderson, N Kedersha, P Ivanov - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2015 - Elsevier
Cancer cells are exposed to adverse conditions in the tumor microenvironment, and utilize
post-transcriptional control mechanisms to re-program gene expression in ways that …

Specialized ribosomes: a new frontier in gene regulation and organismal biology

S Xue, M Barna - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2012 - nature.com
Historically, the ribosome has been viewed as a complex ribozyme with constitutive rather
than intrinsic regulatory capacity in mRNA translation. However, emerging studies reveal …

[HTML][HTML] Keeping the eIF2 alpha kinase Gcn2 in check

BA Castilho, R Shanmugam, RC Silva… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2014 - Elsevier
The protein kinase Gcn2 is present in virtually all eukaryotes and is of increasing interest
due to its involvement in a large array of crucial biological processes. Some of these are …

Dissecting DNA damage response pathways by analysing protein localization and abundance changes during DNA replication stress

JM Tkach, A Yimit, AY Lee, M Riffle, M Costanzo… - Nature cell …, 2012 - nature.com
Relocalization of proteins is a hallmark of the DNA damage response. We use high-
throughput microscopic screening of the yeast GFP fusion collection to develop a systems …

CAP2 promotes gastric cancer metastasis by mediating the interaction between tumor cells and tumor-associated macrophages

G Zhang, Z Gao, X Guo, R Ma, X Wang… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The metastasis of cancer cells is the main cause of death in patients with gastric cancer
(GC). Mounting evidence has demonstrated the vital importance of tumor-associated …

Genetics and clinical characteristics of hereditary pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas

J Welander, P Söderkvist… - Endocrine-related cancer, 2011 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Pheochromocytomas (PCCs) and paragangliomas (PGLs) are rare neuroendocrine tumors
of the adrenal glands and the sympathetic and parasympathetic paraganglia. They can …

The function of neutrophils in sepsis

MA Kovach, TJ Standiford - Current opinion in infectious diseases, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Neutrophil migration is a coordinated process that is altered at multiple stages during sepsis.
In combination with impaired neutrophil function, these alterations culminate in defective …

Mycobacterial EST12 activates a RACK1–NLRP3–gasdermin D pyroptosis–IL-1β immune pathway

Z Qu, J Zhou, Y Zhou, Y Xie, Y Jiang, J Wu, Z Luo… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Pyroptosis, an inflammatory form of programmed cell death, has been implicated in
eliminating pathogenic infections. However, macrophage pyroptosis–related proteins from …