Mechanisms of small cell lung cancer metastasis

J Ko, MM Winslow, J Sage - EMBO molecular medicine, 2021 - embopress.org
Metastasis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in cancer patients. However, the
molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the ability of cancer cells to metastasize …

Astrocytes and disease: a neurodevelopmental perspective

AV Molofsky, R Krenick, E Ullian, H Tsai… - Genes & …, 2012 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Astrocytes are no longer seen as a homogenous population of cells. In fact, recent studies
indicate that astrocytes are morphologically and functionally diverse and play critical roles in …

[HTML][HTML] A transcription factor atlas of directed differentiation

J Joung, S Ma, T Tay, KR Geiger-Schuller… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Transcription factors (TFs) regulate gene programs, thereby controlling diverse cellular
processes and cell states. To comprehensively understand TFs and the programs they …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell RNA-seq analysis of infiltrating neoplastic cells at the migrating front of human glioblastoma

S Darmanis, SA Sloan, D Croote, M Mignardi… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary brain cancer in adults and is notoriously
difficult to treat because of its diffuse nature. We performed single-cell RNA sequencing …

Developmental genetics of vertebrate glial–cell specification

DH Rowitch, AR Kriegstein - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Oligodendrocytes and astrocytes are macroglial cells of the vertebrate central nervous
system. These cells have diverse roles in the maintenance of neurological function. In the …

[HTML][HTML] Human transcription factor protein interaction networks

H Göös, M Kinnunen, K Salokas, Z Tan, X Liu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Transcription factors (TFs) interact with several other proteins in the process of
transcriptional regulation. Here, we identify 6703 and 1536 protein–protein interactions for …

NFIA is a gliogenic switch enabling rapid derivation of functional human astrocytes from pluripotent stem cells

J Tchieu, EL Calder, SR Guttikonda… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The mechanistic basis of gliogenesis, which occurs late in human development, is poorly
understood. Here we identify nuclear factor IA (NFIA) as a molecular switch inducing human …

[HTML][HTML] Nfib promotes metastasis through a widespread increase in chromatin accessibility

SK Denny, D Yang, CH Chuang, JJ Brady, JS Lim… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Metastases are the main cause of cancer deaths, but the mechanisms underlying metastatic
progression remain poorly understood. We isolated pure populations of cancer cells from …

[PDF][PDF] Agenesis of the corpus callosum: genetic, developmental and functional aspects of connectivity

LK Paul, WS Brown, R Adolphs… - Nature Reviews …, 2007 - authors.library.caltech.edu
Agenesis of the corpus callosum (AgCC), a failure to develop the large bundle of fibers that
connect the cerebral hemispheres, occurs in 1: 4000 individuals. Genetics, animal models …

A novel function of the proneural factor Ascl1 in progenitor proliferation identified by genome-wide characterization of its targets

DS Castro, B Martynoga, C Parras… - Genes & …, 2011 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Proneural genes such as Ascl1 are known to promote cell cycle exit and neuronal
differentiation when expressed in neural progenitor cells. The mechanisms by which …