Musashi RNA-binding proteins as cancer drivers and novel therapeutic targets

AE Kudinov, J Karanicolas, EA Golemis… - Clinical Cancer Research, 2017 - AACR
Aberrant gene expression that drives human cancer can arise from epigenetic
dysregulation. Although much attention has focused on altered activity of transcription …

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR):“pioneer member” of the basic-helix/loop/helix per-Arnt-sim (bHLH/PAS) family of “sensors” of foreign and endogenous signals

DW Nebert - Progress in lipid research, 2017 - Elsevier
The basic-helix/loop/helix per-Arnt-sim (bHLH/PAS) family comprises many transcription
factors, found throughout all three kingdoms of life; bHLH/PAS members “sense” …

[HTML][HTML] IL4I1 is a metabolic immune checkpoint that activates the AHR and promotes tumor progression

A Sadik, LFS Patterson, S Öztürk, SR Mohapatra… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) activation by tryptophan (Trp) catabolites enhances tumor
malignancy and suppresses anti-tumor immunity. The context specificity of AHR target …

Suppression of m6A reader Ythdf2 promotes hematopoietic stem cell expansion

Z Li, P Qian, W Shao, H Shi, XC He, M Gogol, Z Yu… - Cell research, 2018 - nature.com
Transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) from human umbilical cord blood
(hUCB) holds great promise for treating a broad spectrum of hematological disorders …

Stem cells applications in regenerative medicine and disease therapeutics

RS Mahla - International journal of cell biology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Regenerative medicine, the most recent and emerging branch of medical science, deals
with functional restoration of tissues or organs for the patient suffering from severe injuries or …

LncRNA LINC00942 promotes chemoresistance in gastric cancer by suppressing MSI2 degradation to enhance c‐Myc mRNA stability

Y Zhu, B Zhou, X Hu, S Ying, Q Zhou… - Clinical and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Chemoresistance to cisplatin (DDP) remains a major challenge in advanced
gastric cancer (GC) treatment. Although accumulating evidence suggests an association …

Cancer progression by reprogrammed BCAA metabolism in myeloid leukaemia

A Hattori, M Tsunoda, T Konuma, M Kobayashi, T Nagy… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Reprogrammed cellular metabolism is a common characteristic observed in various
cancers,. However, whether metabolic changes directly regulate cancer development and …

Autophagy in stem cells: repair, remodelling and metabolic reprogramming

P Boya, P Codogno, N Rodriguez-Muela - Development, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
Autophagy is a catabolic pathway by which cellular components are delivered to the
lysosome for degradation and recycling. Autophagy serves as a crucial intracellular quality …

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 …

MLLT3 governs human haematopoietic stem-cell self-renewal and engraftment

V Calvanese, AT Nguyen, TJ Bolan, A Vavilina, T Su… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Limited knowledge of the mechanisms that govern the self-renewal of human
haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), and why this fails in culture, have impeded the expansion …