The implications of alternative pre-mRNA splicing in cell signal transduction

S Choi, N Cho, KK Kim - Experimental & Molecular Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Cells produce multiple mRNAs through alternative splicing, which ensures proteome
diversity. Because most human genes undergo alternative splicing, key components of …

The multifaceted role of STAT3 in NK-cell tumor surveillance

A Witalisz-Siepracka, K Klein, B Zdársky… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is a member of the Janus kinase
(JAK)-STAT pathway, which is one of the key pathways contributing to cancer. STAT3 …

[HTML][HTML] Intrinsic and extrinsic factors determining natural killer cell fate: Phenotype and function

L Zhi, X Wang, Q Gao, W He, C Shang, C Guo… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural killer (NK) cells are derived from hematopoietic stem cells. They belong to the innate
lymphoid cell family, which is an important part of innate immunity. This family plays a role in …

Differential regulation of lineage-determining transcription factor expression in innate lymphoid cell and adaptive T helper cell subsets

D Fang, A Healy, J Zhu - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
CD4 T helper (Th) cell subsets, including Th1, Th2 and Th17 cells, and their innate
counterparts innate lymphoid cell (ILC) subsets consisting of ILC1s, ILC2s and ILC3s …

An immune checkpoint‐related gene signature for predicting survival of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia

F Jiang, XY Wang, MY Wang, Y Mao… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. The aim of this research was to create a new genetic signature of immune
checkpoint‐associated genes as a prognostic method for pediatric acute myeloid leukemia …

Epigenetic regulation of NK cell-mediated antitumor immunity

M Xia, B Wang, Z Wang, X Zhang, X Wang - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Natural killer (NK) cells are critical innate lymphocytes that can directly kill target cells
without prior immunization. NK cell activation is controlled by the balance of multiple …

Clinical potential of kinase inhibitors in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors for the treatment of solid tumors

R Ahn, J Ursini-Siegel - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Oncogenic kinases contribute to immunosuppression and modulate the tumor
microenvironment in solid tumors. Increasing evidence supports the fundamental role of …

Signal transducer and activator of transcription family is a prognostic marker associated with immune infiltration in endometrial cancer

XY Zhou, HY Dai, H Zhang, JL Zhu… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) is a unique protein
family that binds to DNA and plays a vital role in regulating major physiological cellular …

Eomes and T‐bet, a dynamic duo regulating NK cell differentiation

J Zhang, N Rousseaux, T Walzer - Bioessays, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
T‐bet and Eomes are two related transcription factors (TFs) that regulate the differentiation of
cytotoxic lymphocytes such as Natural Killer (NK) cells and CD8 T cells. Recent genome …

The curious case of interferon-1 signaling in cancer

AS Chhipa, V Boscaro, M Gallicchio, S Patel - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cytokines are the crucial signaling proteins that mediate the crosstalks between the cells of
tumor microenvironment (TME). Interferon-1 (IFN-1) are the important cytokines that are …