Lamina-associated domains: links with chromosome architecture, heterochromatin, and gene repression

B Van Steensel, AS Belmont - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
In metazoan cell nuclei, hundreds of large chromatin domains are in close contact with the
nuclear lamina. Such lamina-associated domains (LADs) are thought to help organize …

Evaluating the clinical validity of gene-disease associations: an evidence-based framework developed by the clinical genome resource

NT Strande, ER Riggs, AH Buchanan… - The American Journal of …, 2017 - cell.com
With advances in genomic sequencing technology, the number of reported gene-disease
relationships has rapidly expanded. However, the evidence supporting these claims varies …

The Xist lncRNA interacts directly with SHARP to silence transcription through HDAC3

CA McHugh, CK Chen, A Chow, CF Surka, C Tran… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Many long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) affect gene expression, but the mechanisms by
which they act are still largely unknown. One of the best-studied lncRNAs is Xist, which is …

Stem cell differentiation is regulated by extracellular matrix mechanics

LR Smith, S Cho, DE Discher - Physiology, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
Stem cells mechanosense the stiffness of their microenvironment, which impacts
differentiation. Although tissue hydration anti-correlates with stiffness, extracellular matrix …

[HTML][HTML] LBR and lamin A/C sequentially tether peripheral heterochromatin and inversely regulate differentiation

I Solovei, AS Wang, K Thanisch, CS Schmidt, S Krebs… - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
Eukaryotic cells have a layer of heterochromatin at the nuclear periphery. To investigate
mechanisms regulating chromatin distribution, we analyzed heterochromatin organization in …

Lamins: nuclear intermediate filament proteins with fundamental functions in nuclear mechanics and genome regulation

Y Gruenbaum, R Foisner - Annual review of biochemistry, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Lamins are intermediate filament proteins that form a scaffold, termed nuclear lamina, at the
nuclear periphery. A small fraction of lamins also localize throughout the nucleoplasm …

DHCR7: A vital enzyme switch between cholesterol and vitamin D production

AV Prabhu, W Luu, D Li, LJ Sharpe, AJ Brown - Progress in lipid research, 2016 - Elsevier
The conversion of 7-dehydrocholesterol to cholesterol, the final step of cholesterol synthesis
in the Kandutsch-Russell pathway, is catalyzed by the enzyme 7-dehydrocholesterol …

PML isoform II plays a critical role in nuclear lipid droplet formation

Y Ohsaki, T Kawai, Y Yoshikawa, J Cheng… - Journal of Cell …, 2016 - rupress.org
Lipid droplets (LDs) in the nucleus of hepatocyte-derived cell lines were found to be
associated with premyelocytic leukemia (PML) nuclear bodies (NBs) and type I …

Genome organization around nuclear speckles drives mRNA splicing efficiency

P Bhat, A Chow, B Emert, O Ettlin, SA Quinodoz… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The nucleus is highly organized, such that factors involved in the transcription and
processing of distinct classes of RNA are confined within specific nuclear bodies,. One …

Novel players in X inactivation: insights into Xist-mediated gene silencing and chromosome conformation

ST Da Rocha, E Heard - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2017 - nature.com
The nuclear long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) Xist ensures X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) in
female placental mammals. Although Xist is one of the most intensively studied lncRNAs, the …