The biological applications of DNA nanomaterials: current challenges and future directions

W Ma, Y Zhan, Y Zhang, C Mao, X Xie… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
DNA, a genetic material, has been employed in different scientific directions for various
biological applications as driven by DNA nanotechnology in the past decades, including …

Role of β-adrenoceptor signaling in skeletal muscle: implications for muscle wasting and disease

GS Lynch, JG Ryall - Physiological reviews, 2008 - journals.physiology.org
The importance of β-adrenergic signaling in the heart has been well documented, but it is
only more recently that we have begun to understand the importance of this signaling …

Orphan nuclear receptor NR4A1 regulates transforming growth factor-β signaling and fibrosis

K Palumbo-Zerr, P Zerr, A Distler, J Fliehr… - Nature medicine, 2015 - nature.com
Mesenchymal responses are an essential aspect of tissue repair. Failure to terminate this
repair process correctly, however, results in fibrosis and organ dysfunction. Therapies that …

Metabolic signatures of exercise in human plasma

GD Lewis, L Farrell, MJ Wood, M Martinovic… - Science translational …, 2010 - science.org
Exercise provides numerous salutary effects, but our understanding of how these occur is
limited. To gain a clearer picture of exercise-induced metabolic responses, we have …

The cAMP/PKA pathway rapidly activates SIRT1 to promote fatty acid oxidation independently of changes in NAD+

Z Gerhart-Hines, JE Dominy, SM Blättler… - Molecular cell, 2011 - cell.com
The NAD+-dependent deacetylase SIRT1 is an evolutionarily conserved metabolic sensor of
the Sirtuin family that mediates homeostatic responses to certain physiological stresses such …

The NR4A subgroup: immediate early response genes with pleiotropic physiological roles

MA Maxwell, GEO Muscat - Nuclear receptor signaling, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
The nuclear hormone receptor (NR) superfamily includes the orphan NR4A subgroup,
comprised of Nur77 (NR4A1), Nurr1 (NR4A2) and NOR-1 (NR4A3). These NRs are …

Minireview: Nuclear hormone receptor 4A signaling: implications for metabolic disease

MA Pearen, GEO Muscat - Molecular endocrinology, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Numerous members of the nuclear hormone receptor (NR) superfamily have been
demonstrated to regulate metabolic function in a cell-and tissue-specific manner. This …

Catecholamine-dependent β-adrenergic signaling in a pluripotent stem cell model of takotsubo cardiomyopathy

T Borchert, D Hübscher, CI Guessoum… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - jacc.org
Background: Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is characterized by an acute left ventricular
dysfunction and is associated with life-threating complications in the acute phase. The …

Function of Nr4a orphan nuclear receptors in proliferation, apoptosis and fuel utilization across tissues

JA Herring, WS Elison, JS Tessem - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
The Nr4a family of nuclear hormone receptors is composed of three members—
Nr4a1/Nur77, Nr4a2/Nurr1 and Nr4a3/Nor1. While currently defined as ligandless, these …

NR4A orphan nuclear receptors: transcriptional regulators of gene expression in metabolism and vascular biology

Y Zhao, D Bruemmer - Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular …, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
Members of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily, including the peroxisome proliferator–
activated receptor and the liver X receptor subfamilies, orchestrate transcriptional networks …