RNA-binding proteins in immune regulation: a focus on CCCH zinc finger proteins

M Fu, PJ Blackshear - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2017 - nature.com
Nearly 60 CCCH zinc finger proteins have been identified in humans and mice. These
proteins are involved in the regulation of multiple steps of RNA metabolism, including mRNA …

Post-transcriptional regulation of immune responses and inflammatory diseases by RNA-binding ZFP36 family proteins

S Makita, H Takatori, H Nakajima - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Post-transcriptional regulation is involved in the regulation of many inflammatory genes. Zinc
finger protein 36 (ZFP36) family proteins are RNA-binding proteins involved in messenger …

RNA-binding protein ZFP36/TTP protects against ferroptosis by regulating autophagy signaling pathway in hepatic stellate cells

Z Zhang, M Guo, Y Li, M Shen, D Kong, J Shao… - Autophagy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Ferroptosis is a recently discovered form of programmed cell death, but its regulatory
mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here, we show that the RNA-binding protein …

Ribosome stalling is a signal for metabolic regulation by the ribotoxic stress response

G Snieckute, AV Genzor, AC Vind, L Ryder, M Stoneley… - Cell Metabolism, 2022 - cell.com
Impairment of translation can lead to collisions of ribosomes, which constitute an activation
platform for several ribosomal stress-surveillance pathways. Among these is the ribotoxic …

m6A reader YTHDF2 regulates LPS-induced inflammatory response

R Yu, Q Li, Z Feng, L Cai, Q Xu - International Journal of Molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is an abundant mRNA modification that affects multiple
biological processes, including those involved in the cell stress response and viral infection …

p38MAPK/MK2-dependent phosphorylation controls cytotoxic RIPK1 signalling in inflammation and infection

MB Menon, J Gropengießer, J Fischer, L Novikova… - Nature cell …, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Receptor-interacting protein kinase-1 (RIPK1), a master regulator of cell fate
decisions, was identified as a direct substrate of MAPKAP kinase-2 (MK2) by …

Single-cell transcriptomic analysis in a mouse model deciphers cell transition states in the multistep development of esophageal cancer

J Yao, Q Cui, W Fan, Y Ma, Y Chen, T Liu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is prevalent in some geographical regions of
the world. ESCC development presents a multistep pathogenic process from inflammation to …

RNA-binding proteins control gene expression and cell fate in the immune system

M Turner, MD Díaz-Muñoz - Nature immunology, 2018 - nature.com
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are essential for the development and function of the immune
system. They interact dynamically with RNA to control its biogenesis and turnover by …

ZAKα recognizes stalled ribosomes through partially redundant sensor domains

AC Vind, G Snieckute, M Blasius, C Tiedje, N Krogh… - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
Impairment of ribosome function activates the MAPKKK ZAK, leading to activation of mitogen-
activated protein (MAP) kinases p38 and JNK and inflammatory signaling. The mechanistic …

ZFP36 RNA-binding proteins restrain T cell activation and anti-viral immunity

MJ Moore, NE Blachere, JJ Fak, CY Park, K Sawicka… - Elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
Dynamic post-transcriptional control of RNA expression by RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) is
critical during immune response. ZFP36 RBPs are prominent inflammatory regulators linked …