Genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors illuminate the spatiotemporal regulation of signaling networks

EC Greenwald, S Mehta, J Zhang - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Cellular signaling networks are the foundation which determines the fate and function of
cells as they respond to various cues and stimuli. The discovery of fluorescent proteins over …

Autoregulatory feedback loops terminating the NF-κB response

F Renner, ML Schmitz - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2009 - cell.com
After nuclear factor (NF)-κB activation, a complex network of negative feedback loops
ensures that the termination of the NF-κB response occurs in a highly organized manner …

Oscillating the local milieu of polymersome interiors via single input-regulated bilayer crosslinking and permeability tuning

G Liu, J Tan, J Cen, G Zhang, J Hu, S Liu - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
The unique permselectivity of cellular membranes is of crucial importance to maintain
intracellular homeostasis while adapting to microenvironmental changes. Although …

Insm1a-mediated gene repression is essential for the formation and differentiation of Müller glia-derived progenitors in the injured retina

R Ramachandran, XF Zhao, D Goldman - Nature cell biology, 2012 - nature.com
In zebrafish, retinal injury stimulates Müller glia (MG) reprograming, allowing them to
generate multipotent progenitors that replace damaged cells and restore vision. Recent …

Delayed coupling theory of vertebrate segmentation

LG Morelli, S Ares, L Herrgen, C Schröter, F Jülicher… - HFSP …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Rhythmic and sequential subdivision of the elongating vertebrate embryonic body axis into
morphological somites is controlled by an oscillating multicellular genetic network termed …

A tale of two rhythms: Locked clocks and chaos in biology

ML Heltberg, S Krishna, LP Kadanoff, MH Jensen - Cell Systems, 2021 - cell.com
The fundamental mechanisms that control and regulate biological organisms exhibit a
surprising level of complexity. Oscillators are perhaps the simplest motifs that produce time …

Finding novel pharmaceuticals in the systems biology era using multiple effective drug targets, phenotypic screening and knowledge of transporters: where drug …

DB Kell - The FEBS Journal, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the sequencing of the human genome, the rate of innovative and successful drug
discovery in the pharmaceutical industry has continued to decrease. Leaving aside …

A synthetic low-frequency mammalian oscillator

M Tigges, N Dénervaud, D Greber… - Nucleic acids …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Circadian clocks have long been known to be essential for the maintenance of physiological
and behavioral processes in a variety of organisms ranging from plants to humans …

Explaining oscillations and variability in the p53-Mdm2 system

CJ Proctor, DA Gray - BMC systems biology, 2008 - Springer
Background In individual living cells p53 has been found to be expressed in a series of
discrete pulses after DNA damage. Its negative regulator Mdm2 also demonstrates …

Simplified models of biological networks

K Sneppen, S Krishna, S Semsey - Annual review of biophysics, 2010 - annualreviews.org
The function of living cells is controlled by complex regulatory networks that are built of a
wide diversity of interacting molecular components. The sheer size and intricacy of …