Lung endothelial cells regulate pulmonary fibrosis through FOXF1/R-Ras signaling

F Bian, YW Lan, S Zhao, Z Deng, S Shukla… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Pulmonary fibrosis results from dysregulated lung repair and involves multiple cell types.
The role of endothelial cells (EC) in lung fibrosis is poorly understood. Using single cell RNA …

Endothelial progenitor cells stimulate neonatal lung angiogenesis through FOXF1-mediated activation of BMP9/ACVRL1 signaling

G Wang, B Wen, Z Deng, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Pulmonary endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) are critical for neonatal lung angiogenesis
and represent a subset of general capillary cells (gCAPs). Molecular mechanisms through …

Therapeutic potential of endothelial progenitor cells in pulmonary diseases

OA Kolesnichenko, JA Whitsett, TV Kalin… - American Journal of …, 2021 - atsjournals.org
Compromised alveolar development and pulmonary vascular remodeling are hallmarks of
pediatric lung diseases such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and alveolar capillary …

PAX3-FOXO1 uses its activation domain to recruit CBP/P300 and shape RNA Pol2 cluster distribution

Y Asante, K Benischke, I Osman, QA Ngo… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Activation of oncogenic gene expression from long-range enhancers is initiated by the
assembly of DNA-binding transcription factors (TF), leading to recruitment of co-activators …

Ultra-high dose-rate proton FLASH improves tumor control

S Shukla, T Saha, N Rama, A Acharya, T Le… - Radiotherapy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background and purpose Proton radiotherapy (PRT) offers potential benefits over other
radiation modalities, including photon and electron radiotherapy. Increasing the rate at …

Dynamic opposition of histone modifications

AM Garzón-Porras, E Chory, BE Gryder - ACS Chemical Biology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Gene transcription does not only require writers of active histone modifications; on-site
opposition by erasers is essential for many genes. Here, we propose the concept of dynamic …

Novel FOXF1-stabilizing compound tanfe stimulates lung angiogenesis in alveolar capillary dysplasia

A Pradhan, L Che, V Ustiyan, AA Reza… - American journal of …, 2023 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins (ACDMPV) is
linked to heterozygous mutations in the FOXF1 (Forkhead Box F1) gene, a key …

Upregulation of the AMPK-FOXO1-PDK4 pathway is a primary mechanism of pyruvate dehydrogenase activity reduction in tafazzin-deficient cells

Z Liang, T Ralph-Epps, MW Schmidtke, P Lazcano… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Barth syndrome (BTHS) is a rare disorder caused by mutations in the TAFAZZIN gene.
Previous studies from both patients and model systems have established metabolic …

Improving anti-tumor efficacy of low-dose Vincristine in rhabdomyosarcoma via the combination therapy with FOXM1 inhibitor RCM1

J Donovan, Z Deng, F Bian, S Shukla… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a highly metastatic soft-tissue sarcoma that often develops
resistance to current therapies, including vincristine. Since the existing treatments have not …

FOXF1 promotes tumor vessel normalization and prevents lung cancer progression through FZD4

F Bian, C Goda, G Wang, YW Lan, Z Deng… - EMBO Molecular …, 2024 - embopress.org
Cancer cells re-program normal lung endothelial cells (EC) into tumor-associated
endothelial cells (TEC) that form leaky vessels supporting carcinogenesis. Transcriptional …