Ribosome biogenesis in disease: new players and therapeutic targets

L Jiao, Y Liu, XY Yu, X Pan, Y Zhang, J Tu… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
The ribosome is a multi-unit complex that translates mRNA into protein. Ribosome
biogenesis is the process that generates ribosomes and plays an essential role in cell …

Ribosomal proteins and human diseases: molecular mechanisms and targeted therapy

J Kang, N Brajanovski, KT Chan, J Xuan… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Ribosome biogenesis and protein synthesis are fundamental rate-limiting steps for cell
growth and proliferation. The ribosomal proteins (RPs), comprising the structural parts of the …

p53 at the crossroad of DNA replication and ribosome biogenesis stress pathways

MS Lindström, J Bartek, A Maya-Mendoza - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2022 - nature.com
Despite several decades of intense research focused on understanding function (s) and
disease-associated malfunction of p53, there is no sign of any “mid-life crisis” in this rapidly …

The ARTS of p53-dependent mitochondrial apoptosis

Q Hao, J Chen, H Lu, X Zhou - Journal of Molecular Cell Biology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The tumor-suppressive activity of p53 is largely attributed to its ability to induce cell death,
including apoptosis, through transcription-dependent and transcription-independent …

The orchestration of cell-cycle reentry and ribosome biogenesis network is critical for cardiac repair

Y Wang, J Tu, W Wu, Y Xu, Y Li, X Pan, B Liu… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Myocardial infarction (MI) is a severe global clinical condition with widespread
prevalence. The adult mammalian heart's limited capacity to generate new cardiomyocytes …

DCAF13-mediated K63-linked ubiquitination of RNA polymerase I promotes uncontrolled proliferation in Breast Cancer

ZZ Yang, B Yang, H Yan, X Ma, B Tian, B Zheng… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
Hyperactivation of ribosome biogenesis (RiBi) drives cancer progression, yet the role of RiBi-
associated proteins (RiBPs) in breast cancer (BC) is underexplored. In this study, we …

Glucose limitation protects cancer cells from apoptosis induced by pyrimidine restriction and replication inhibition

M Nam, W Xia, AH Mir, A Jerrett, JB Spinelli… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Cancer cells often experience nutrient-limiting conditions because of their robust
proliferation and inadequate tumour vasculature, which results in metabolic adaptation to …

[HTML][HTML] Meis1 supports leukemogenesis through stimulation of ribosomal biogenesis and Myc

MP Garcia-Cuellar, A Prinz, RK Slany - Haematologica, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The homeobox transcription factors HoxA9 and Meis1 are causally involved in the etiology
of acute myeloid leukemia. While HoxA9 alone immortalizes cells, cooperation with Meis1 is …

Koumine induces apoptosis in Cyprinus carpio liver cells by regulating JAK-STAT and p53 signaling pathways

D Wang, Q Wang, Z Zuo, Z Dong, J He, X Ye… - Fish & Shellfish …, 2023 - Elsevier
Koumine is an alkaloid with significant anti-anxiety, anticancer cell proliferation, and
analgesic activities, and our previous studies have shown that koumine can be used as an …

The ribosomal protein L22 binds the MDM4 pre-mRNA and promotes exon skipping to activate p53 upon nucleolar stress

J Jansen, KE Bohnsack, S Böhlken-Fascher… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
The tumor suppressor p53 and its antagonists MDM2 and MDM4 integrate stress signaling.
For instance, dysbalanced assembly of ribosomes in nucleoli induces p53. Here, we show …