ISG15 in antiviral immunity and beyond

YC Perng, DJ Lenschow - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018 - nature.com
The host response to viral infection includes the induction of type I interferons and the
subsequent upregulation of hundreds of interferon-stimulated genes. Ubiquitin-like protein …

ISGylation–a key to lock the cell gates for preventing the spread of threats

C Villarroya-Beltri, S Guerra… - Journal of cell …, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
ABSTRACT Interferon stimulated gene 15 (ISG15) is an ubiquitin-like protein whose
expression and conjugation to targets (ISGylation) is induced by infection, interferon (IFN)-α …

ISG15-dependent activation of the sensor MDA5 is antagonized by the SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease to evade host innate immunity

GQ Liu, JH Lee, ZM Parker, D Acharya, JJ Chiang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Activation of the RIG-I-like receptors, retinoic-acid inducible gene I (RIG-I) and melanoma
differentiation-associated protein 5 (MDA5), establishes an antiviral state by upregulating …

Zebrafish as an emerging model for osteoporosis: a primary testing platform for screening new osteo-active compounds

DJM Bergen, E Kague, CL Hammond - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Osteoporosis is metabolic bone disease caused by an altered balance between bone
anabolism and catabolism. This dysregulated balance is responsible for fragile bones that …

Many roads to symmetry breaking: molecular mechanisms and theoretical models of yeast cell polarity

AB Goryachev, M Leda - Molecular biology of the cell, 2017 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Mathematical modeling has been instrumental in identifying common principles of cell
polarity across diverse systems. These principles include positive feedback loops that are …

A RhoA-FRET biosensor mouse for intravital imaging in normal tissue homeostasis and disease contexts

M Nobis, D Herrmann, SC Warren, S Kadir, W Leung… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Summary The small GTPase RhoA is involved in a variety of fundamental processes in
normal tissue. Spatiotemporal control of RhoA is thought to govern mechanosensing …

More than meets the ISG15: emerging roles in the DNA damage response and beyond

Z Sandy, IC Da Costa, CK Schmidt - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Maintenance of genome stability is a crucial priority for any organism. To meet this priority,
robust signalling networks exist to facilitate error-free DNA replication and repair. These …

CRISPR screens for lipid regulators reveal a role for ER-bound SNX13 in lysosomal cholesterol export

A Lu, F Hsieh, BR Sharma, SR Vaughn, C Enrich… - Journal of Cell …, 2021 - rupress.org
We report here two genome-wide CRISPR screens performed to identify genes that, when
knocked out, alter levels of lysosomal cholesterol or bis (monoacylglycero) phosphate. In …

miR-148b-3p inhibits gastric cancer metastasis by inhibiting the Dock6/Rac1/Cdc42 axis

X Li, M Jiang, D Chen, B Xu, R Wang, Y Chu… - Journal of Experimental …, 2018 - Springer
Background Our previous work showed that some Rho GTPases, including Rho, Rac1 and
Cdc42, play critical roles in gastric cancer (GC); however, how they are regulated in GC …

[HTML][HTML] The interplay between IQGAP1 and small GTPases in cancer metastasis

X Peng, T Wang, H Gao, X Yue, W Bian, J Mei… - Biomedicine & …, 2021 - Elsevier
The metastatic spread of tumor cells to distant anatomical locations is a critical cause for
disease progression and leads to more than 90% of cancer-related deaths. IQ motif …