Glucocorticoid receptor control of transcription: precision and plasticity via allostery

ER Weikum, MT Knuesel, EA Ortlund… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2017 - nature.com
The glucocorticoid receptor (GR) is a constitutively expressed transcriptional regulatory
factor (TRF) that controls many distinct gene networks, each uniquely determined by …

Treating the Side Effects of Exogenous Glucocorticoids; Can We Separate the Good From the Bad?

R Pofi, G Caratti, DW Ray, JW Tomlinson - Endocrine Reviews, 2023 - academic.oup.com
It is estimated that 2% to 3% of the population are currently prescribed systemic or topical
glucocorticoid treatment. The potent anti-inflammatory action of glucocorticoids to deliver …

Genome reading by the NF-κB transcription factors

MC Mulero, VYF Wang, T Huxford… - Nucleic acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The NF-κB family of dimeric transcription factors regulates transcription by selectively
binding to DNA response elements present within promoters or enhancers of target genes …

Fighting the fire: mechanisms of inflammatory gene regulation by the glucocorticoid receptor

L Escoter-Torres, G Caratti, A Mechtidou… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
For many decades, glucocorticoids have been widely used as the gold standard treatment
for inflammatory conditions. Unfortunately, their clinical use is limited by severe adverse …

A guide to changing paradigms of glucocorticoid receptor function—a model system for genome regulation and physiology

S Vettorazzi, D Nalbantoglu, JCM Gebhardt… - The FEBS …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The glucocorticoid receptor (GR) is a bona fide ligand‐regulated transcription factor. Cloned
in the 80s, the GR has become one of the best‐studied and clinically most relevant members …

Comprehensive study of nuclear receptor DNA binding provides a revised framework for understanding receptor specificity

A Penvose, JL Keenan, D Bray, V Ramlall… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The type II nuclear receptors (NRs) function as heterodimeric transcription factors with the
retinoid X receptor (RXR) to regulate diverse biological processes in response to …

Power-law behavior of transcription factor dynamics at the single-molecule level implies a continuum affinity model

DA Garcia, G Fettweis, DM Presman… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Single-molecule tracking (SMT) allows the study of transcription factor (TF) dynamics in the
nucleus, giving important information regarding the diffusion and binding behavior of these …

Expanding the repertoire of DNA shape features for genome-scale studies of transcription factor binding

J Li, JM Sagendorf, TP Chiu, M Pasi… - Nucleic acids …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Uncovering the mechanisms that affect the binding specificity of transcription factors (TFs) is
critical for understanding the principles of gene regulation. Although sequence-based …

Flexibility and structure of flanking DNA impact transcription factor affinity for its core motif

VR Yella, D Bhimsaria, D Ghoshdastidar… - Nucleic acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Spatial and temporal expression of genes is essential for maintaining phenotype integrity.
Transcription factors (TFs) modulate expression patterns by binding to specific DNA …

CRISPR/Cas9 screen for genome‐wide interrogation of essential MYC‐bound E‐boxes in cancer cells

M Kazimierska, M Podralska, M Żurawek… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The transcription factor MYC is a proto‐oncogene with a well‐documented essential role in
the pathogenesis and maintenance of several types of cancer. MYC binds to specific E‐box …