EMT and stemness: flexible processes tuned by alternative splicing in development and cancer progression

D Pradella, C Naro, C Sette, C Ghigna - Molecular cancer, 2017 - Springer
Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is associated with metastasis formation as well
as with generation and maintenance of cancer stem cells. In this way, EMT contributes to …

Chromatin and epigenetic rearrangements in embryonic stem cell fate transitions

L Sun, X Fu, G Ma, AP Hutchins - Frontiers in cell and developmental …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
A major event in embryonic development is the rearrangement of epigenetic information as
the somatic genome is reprogrammed for a new round of organismal development …

Chromatin accessibility dynamics during iPSC reprogramming

D Li, J Liu, X Yang, C Zhou, J Guo, C Wu, Y Qin, L Guo… - Cell stem cell, 2017 - cell.com
Cell-fate decisions remain poorly understood at the chromatin level. Here, we map
chromatin remodeling dynamics during induction of pluripotent stem cells. ATAC-seq …

Genomic and proteomic resolution of heterochromatin and its restriction of alternate fate genes

JS Becker, RL McCarthy, S Sidoli, G Donahue… - Molecular cell, 2017 - cell.com
Heterochromatin is integral to cell identity maintenance by impeding the activation of genes
for alternate cell fates. Heterochromatic regions are associated with histone 3 lysine 9 …

Phase separation of BuGZ regulates gut regeneration and aging through interaction with m6A regulators

Q Zhang, K Deng, M Liu, S Yang, W Xu, T Feng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Exploring the role of phase separation in intracellular compartment formation is an active
area of research. However, the associations of phase separation with intestinal stem cell …

Diversification of reprogramming trajectories revealed by parallel single-cell transcriptome and chromatin accessibility sequencing

QR Xing, C El Farran, P Gautam, YS Chuah… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Cellular reprogramming suffers from low efficiency especially for the human cells. To
deconstruct the heterogeneity and unravel the mechanisms for successful reprogramming …

Alternative splicing of HSPA12A pre‐RNA by SRSF11 contributes to metastasis potential of colorectal cancer

YJ Pan, FC Huo, MJ Kang, BW Liu… - Clinical and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Dysregulation of alternative splicing (AS) induced by serine/arginine‐rich
proteins has recently been linked to cancer metastasis. Nonetheless, as a member of the …

Global H3. 3 dynamic deposition defines its bimodal role in cell fate transition

HT Fang, CA El Farran, QR Xing, LF Zhang, H Li… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
H3. 3 is a histone variant, which is deposited on genebodies and regulatory elements, by
Hira, marking active transcription. Moreover, H3. 3 is deposited on heterochromatin by …

Proteomics and metabolomics identify molecular mechanisms of aging potentially predisposing for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

RL Mayer, JD Schwarzmeier, MC Gerner… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2018 - ASBMB
B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL), the most common type of leukemia in adults, is
still essentially incurable despite the development of novel therapeutic strategies. This …

Ribosomal proteins regulate 2-cell-stage transcriptome in mouse embryonic stem cells

Y Yi, Y Zeng, TW Sam, K Hamashima, RJR Tan… - Stem Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
A rare sub-population of mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs), the 2-cell-like cell, is defined
by the expression of MERVL and 2-cell-stage-specific transcript (2C transcript). Here, we …