Liquid–liquid phase separation in human health and diseases

B Wang, L Zhang, T Dai, Z Qin, H Lu, L Zhang… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2021 - nature.com
Emerging evidence suggests that liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) represents a vital
and ubiquitous phenomenon underlying the formation of membraneless organelles in …

Insights into recent findings and clinical application of YAP and TAZ in cancer

JM Franklin, Z Wu, KL Guan - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Decades of research have mapped out the basic mechanics of the Hippo pathway. The
paralogues Yes-associated protein (YAP) and transcriptional co-activator with PDZ-binding …

The Hippo pathway in cancer: YAP/TAZ and TEAD as therapeutic targets in cancer

R Cunningham, CG Hansen - Clinical Science, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Tumorigenesis is a highly complex process, involving many interrelated and cross-acting
signalling pathways. One such pathway that has garnered much attention in the field of …

Control of stem cell renewal and fate by YAP and TAZ

JH Driskill, D Pan - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2023 - nature.com
Complex physiological processes control whether stem cells self-renew, differentiate or
remain quiescent. Two decades of research have placed the Hippo pathway, a highly …

Phase separation of YAP reorganizes genome topology for long-term YAP target gene expression

D Cai, D Feliciano, P Dong, E Flores, M Gruebele… - Nature cell …, 2019 - nature.com
Yes-associated protein (YAP) is a transcriptional co-activator that regulates cell proliferation
and survival by binding to a select set of enhancers for target gene activation. How YAP …

Control of cellular responses to mechanical cues through YAP/TAZ regulation

I Dasgupta, D McCollum - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2019 - ASBMB
To perceive their three-dimensional environment, cells and tissues must be able to sense
and interpret various physical forces like shear, tensile, and compression stress. These …

Phase separation of TAZ compartmentalizes the transcription machinery to promote gene expression

Y Lu, T Wu, O Gutman, H Lu, Q Zhou, YI Henis… - Nature cell …, 2020 - nature.com
TAZ promotes growth, development and tumorigenesis by regulating the expression of
target genes. However, the manner in which TAZ orchestrates the transcriptional responses …

The Hippo pathway in liver homeostasis and pathophysiology

JH Driskill, D Pan - Annual review of pathology: mechanisms of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Studies of the regenerative capacity of the liver have converged on the Hippo pathway, a
serine/threonine kinase cascade discovered in Drosophila and conserved from unicellular …

YAP and TAZ are not identical twins

F Reggiani, G Gobbi, A Ciarrocchi, V Sancisi - Trends in Biochemical …, 2021 - cell.com
Yes-associated protein (YAP) and TAZ (WW domain containing transcription regulator 1, or
WWTR1) are paralog transcriptional regulators, able to integrate mechanical, metabolic, and …

ERBB2 drives YAP activation and EMT-like processes during cardiac regeneration

A Aharonov, A Shakked, KB Umansky, A Savidor… - Nature cell …, 2020 - nature.com
Cardiomyocyte loss after injury results in adverse remodelling and fibrosis, inevitably
leading to heart failure. The ERBB2–Neuregulin and Hippo–YAP signalling pathways are …