Molecular mechanisms of heat shock factor 1 regulation

SW Kmiecik, MP Mayer - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2022 - cell.com
To thrive and to fulfill their functions, cells need to maintain proteome homeostasis even in
the face of adverse environmental conditions or radical restructuring of the proteome during …

Roles of heat shock factor 1 beyond the heat shock response

J Barna, P Csermely, T Vellai - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2018 - Springer
Various stress factors leading to protein damage induce the activation of an evolutionarily
conserved cell protective mechanism, the heat shock response (HSR), to maintain protein …

Reversible phase separation of HSF1 is required for an acute transcriptional response during heat shock

H Zhang, S Shao, Y Zeng, X Wang, Y Qin, Q Ren… - Nature cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Heat-shock transcription factor 1 (HSF1) orchestrates the fast and vast cellular response to
heat shock through increased expression of heat-shock proteins. However, how HSF1 …

Repetitive elements in aging and neurodegeneration

KE Copley, J Shorter - Trends in Genetics, 2023 - cell.com
Repetitive elements (REs), such as transposable elements (TEs) and satellites, comprise
much of the genome. Here, we review how TEs and (peri) centromeric satellite DNA may …

The role of non-coding RNAs in glioma

A Goenka, DM Tiek, X Song, RP Iglesia, M Lu, B Hu… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
For decades, research in cancer biology has been focused on the protein-coding fraction of
the human genome. However, with the discovery of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), it has …

Decoding the role of satellite DNA in genome architecture and plasticity—An evolutionary and clinical affair

S Louzada, M Lopes, D Ferreira, F Adega, A Escudeiro… - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Repetitive DNA is a major organizational component of eukaryotic genomes, being
intrinsically related with their architecture and evolution. Tandemly repeated satellite DNAs …

Satellite RNAs: emerging players in subnuclear architecture and gene regulation

K Ninomiya, T Yamazaki, T Hirose - The EMBO journal, 2023 - embopress.org
Satellite DNA is characterized by long, tandemly repeated sequences mainly found in
centromeres and pericentromeric chromosomal regions. The recent advent of telomere‐to …

SRSF7 maintains its homeostasis through the expression of Split-ORFs and nuclear body assembly

V Königs, C de Oliveira Freitas Machado… - Nature structural & …, 2020 - nature.com
SRSF7 is an essential RNA-binding protein whose misexpression promotes cancer. Here,
we describe how SRSF7 maintains its protein homeostasis in murine P19 cells using an …

Dark matter of primate genomes: satellite DNA repeats and their evolutionary dynamics

SF Ahmad, W Singchat, M Jehangir, A Suntronpong… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
A substantial portion of the primate genome is composed of non-coding regions, so-called
“dark matter”, which includes an abundance of tandemly repeated sequences called satellite …

Transcription regulation by biomolecular condensates

G Pei, H Lyons, P Li, BR Sabari - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Biomolecular condensates regulate transcription by dynamically compartmentalizing the
transcription machinery. Classic models of transcription regulation focus on the recruitment …