Molecular signal transduction in vascular cell apoptosis.

abstract：:Neural crest (NC) cells are a migratory cell population synonymous with vertebrate evolution. They generate a wide variety of cell and tissue types during embryonic and adult development including cartilage and bone, connective tissue, pigment and endocrine cells as well as neurons and glia amongst many others. Such i...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Achilleos A,Trainor PA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional roles of memory B and T lymphocytes underlie the phenomenal success of prophylactic vaccinations, which have decreased morbidities and mortalities from infectious diseases globally over the last 50 years. However, it is becoming increasingly appreciated that memory cells are also capable of mediating th...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： DiSpirito JR,Shen H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is the primary cause of infectious mononucleosis and has been shown to be closely associated with various malignancies. Here, we present a complete atomic model of EBV, including the icosahedral capsid, the dodecameric portal and the capsid-associated tegument complex (CATC). Our in situ porta...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Li Z,Zhang X,Dong L,Pang J,Xu M,Zhong Q,Zeng MS,Yu X

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Achieving increased grain productivity has long been the overriding focus of cereal breeding programs. The ideotype approach has been used to improve rice yield potential at the International Rice Research Institute and in China. However, the genetic basis of yield-related traits in rice remains unclear. Here, we show...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Wang S,Wu K,Qian Q,Liu Q,Li Q,Pan Y,Ye Y,Liu X,Wang J,Zhang J,Li S,Wu Y,Fu X

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), also known as the mechanistic target of rapamycin, is a central cell growth regulating kinase that forms large molecular complexes in all eukaryotic cells. A paper recently published in Science reports the architecture of mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1) and provides molecular insights...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Yuan HX,Guan KL

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technologies allowing for specific regulation of endogenous genes are valuable for the study of gene functions and have great potential in therapeutics. We created the CRISPR-on system, a two-component transcriptional activator consisting of a nuclease-dead Cas9 (dCas9) protein fused with a transcriptional activation ...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Cheng AW,Wang H,Yang H,Shi L,Katz Y,Theunissen TW,Rangarajan S,Shivalila CS,Dadon DB,Jaenisch R

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian cell totipotency is a subject that has fascinated scientists for generations. A long lasting question whether some of the somatic cells retains totipotency was answered by the cloning of Dolly at the end of the 20th century. The dawn of the 21st has brought forward great expectations in harnessing the power ...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Pan GJ,Chang ZY,Schöler HR,Pei D

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although VEGFR-3 deficiency disrupts blood vascular development during early embryogenesis, the underlying mechanism was not clear. To characterize its function in angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis, we employed two genetically modified mouse models in this study, targeting the coding region for the ligand-binding dom...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Zhang L,Zhou F,Han W,Shen B,Luo J,Shibuya M,He Y

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various systems by using electric pulse, calcium, or polyethylene glycol have been developed in the past decade for the in vitro fusion of plant gametes. These in vitro systems provide a new way to study the fertilization mechanisms of plants. In this study, we developed a bovine serum albumin (BSA)-mediated fusion sy...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Peng XB,Sun MX,Yang HY

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) carries out tumor suppressor activity in epithelial and lymphoid cells, whereas telomerase is required for most cancers. Although the molecular mechanisms by which TGF-beta acts as a tumor suppressor are yet to be fully established, a link between TGFb and its tumor suppresso...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Li H,Xu D,Toh BH,Liu JP

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LRP16 was previously identified as an estrogen-induced gene in breast cancer cells. The responsiveness of LRP16 to estrogen and its functional effects in endometrial cancer (EC) cells are still unclear. Here, we show that the mRNA level and promoter activity of the LRP16 gene were significantly increased by 17beta-est...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Meng YG,Han WD,Zhao YL,Huang K,Si YL,Wu ZQ,Mu YM

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Wnt/β-catenin pathway plays important roles in the differentiation of multiple cell types, including mesenchymal stem cells. Using a cell-based chemical screening assay with a synthetic chemical library of 270 000 compounds, we identified the compound SKL2001 as a novel agonist of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway and unc...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Gwak J,Hwang SG,Park HS,Choi SR,Park SH,Kim H,Ha NC,Bae SJ,Han JK,Kim DE,Cho JW,Oh S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N6-methyladenine (N6-mA) of DNA is an emerging epigenetic mark in mammalian genome. Levels of N6-mA undergo drastic fluctuation during early embryogenesis, indicative of active regulation. Here we show that the 2-oxoglutarate-dependent oxygenase ALKBH1 functions as a nuclear eraser of N6-mA in unpairing regions (e.g.,...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Zhang M,Yang S,Nelakanti R,Zhao W,Liu G,Li Z,Liu X,Wu T,Xiao A,Li H

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In quorum sensing (QS) process, bacteria regulate gene expression by utilizing small signaling molecules called autoinducers in response to a variety of environmental cues. Autoinducer 2 (AI-2), a QS signaling molecule proposed to be involved in interspecies communication, is produced by many species of gram-negative ...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Xue T,Zhao L,Sun H,Zhou X,Sun B

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor initiation and growth depend on its microenvironment in which cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in tumor stroma play an important role. Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and interleukin (IL)-6 signal pathways are involved in the crosstalk between tumor and stromal cells. However, how PGE2-mediated signaling modulates t...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Li P,Shan JX,Chen XH,Zhang D,Su LP,Huang XY,Yu BQ,Zhi QM,Li CL,Wang YQ,Tomei S,Cai Q,Ji J,Li JF,Chouchane L,Yu YY,Sun FZ,Xu ZH,Liu BY,Zhu ZG

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta adrenergic receptors (βARs) mediate physiologic responses to the catecholamines epinephrine and norepinephrine released by the sympathetic nervous system. While the hormone epinephrine binds β1AR and β2AR with similar affinity, the smaller neurotransmitter norepinephrine is approximately tenfold selective for the...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Xu X,Kaindl J,Clark MJ,Hübner H,Hirata K,Sunahara RK,Gmeiner P,Kobilka BK,Liu X

更新日期：2020-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyamines are implicated in regulating various developmental processes in plants, but their exact roles and how they govern these processes still remain elusive. We report here an Arabidopsis bushy and dwarf mutant, bud2, which results from the complete deletion of one member of the small gene family that encodes S-a...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Ge C,Cui X,Wang Y,Hu Y,Fu Z,Zhang D,Cheng Z,Li J

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term "lineage reprogramming" is typically used to describe the conversion of one differentiated somatic cell type into another without transit through a pluripotent intermediate. Two recent reports in Nature demonstrate that such a conversion can be achieved in the heart in situ, and suggest a novel, regenerative ...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Xu H,Yi BA,Chien KR

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of Ese-2, an Ets family transcription factor, in gene regulation is not known. In this study, the interaction between Ese-2 and cytokeratin 18 (K18) intron 1 was characterized in lung epithelial cells. Reporter gene assays showed Ese-2 was able to upregulate K18 intron 1 enhanced reporter gene expression by a...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Yaniw D,Hu J

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While studying the neural precursor cell intermediate filament protein known as nestin in the developing mouse brain, we observed a strong cross-reaction of our nestin antibody with a 50 kDa protein that appeared on embryonic day 10 and continued to accumulate until postnatal day 1. Here we report evidence that this p...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Kong LW,Ding XY,Kitani H,Shiurba R,Jing NH

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Entry into mitosis is driven by signaling cascades of mitotic kinases. Our recent studies show that TTK, a kinetochore-associated protein kinase, interacts with CENP-E, a mitotic kinesin located to corona fiber of kinetochore. Using immunoelectron microscopy, here we show that TTK is present at the nuclear pore adjace...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Dou Z,Sawagechi A,Zhang J,Luo H,Brako L,Yao XB

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type I interferon (IFN) production plays pivotal roles in host antiviral innate immune responses, but an excessive production of type I IFN leads to the development of immunopathological conditions. Investigations on the regulatory mechanisms underlying host type I IFN production are currently of great interest. Here,...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Zheng Q,Hou J,Zhou Y,Yang Y,Xie B,Cao X

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA methylation and demethylation regulate many crucial biological processes in mammals and are linked to many diseases. Active DNA demethylation is believed to be catalyzed by TET proteins and a putative DNA decarboxylase that may share some similarities in sequence, structure and catalytic mechanism with isoorotate ...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Xu S,Li W,Zhu J,Wang R,Li Z,Xu GL,Ding J

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wnt/β-catenin signaling is essential for the initiation of dorsal-ventral patterning during vertebrate embryogenesis. Maternal β-catenin accumulates in dorsal marginal nuclei during cleavage stages, but its critical target genes essential for dorsalization are silent until mid-blastula transition (MBT). Here, we find ...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Wei S,Dai M,Liu Z,Ma Y,Shang H,Cao Y,Wang Q

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High sodium consumption has been raising interest as a putative environmental factor linking Western lifestyle to the growing epidemic of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Now Zhang and colleagues show that high sodium drives macrophage to acquire a new proinflammatory effector phenotype with a distinct signature,...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Lucca LE,Hafler DA

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:KDR (kinase insert domain receptor) phosphorylation induces several effects which lead eventually to cell proliferation and survival. The precise mechanisms by which KDR, once it is activated, communicates with the nucleus are starting to be understood but have not yet been completely unravelled. Two in vitro studies ...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Blazquez C,Cook N,Micklem K,Harris AL,Gatter KC,Pezzella F

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular biological activities are tightly controlled by intracellular signaling processes initiated by extracellular signals. Protein tyrosine phosphatases, which remove phosphate groups from phosphorylated signaling molecules, play equally important tyrosine roles as protein tyrosine kinases in signal transduction. ...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Qu CK

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a neuromuscular disorder often considered to be the third most common muscular dystrophy. Deletions reducing the copy number of the D4Z4 repeat in the distal end of the 4q arm are the main genetic cause of the disease. The recently highlighted research has identified a ...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Vizoso M,Esteller M

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein ubiquitination by E3 ubiquitin ligases plays an important role in cancer development. In this study, we provide experimental evidence that a RING-finger-containing protein RNF13 is an ER/Golgi membrane-associated E3 ubiquitin ligase and its RING finger domain is required for the ubiquitin ligase activity. Immu...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Zhang Q,Meng Y,Zhang L,Chen J,Zhu D

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human carcinomas are comprised of complex mixtures of tumor cells that are known to compete indirectly for nutrients and growth factors. Whether tumor cells could also compete directly, for example by elimination of rivals, is not known. Here we show that human cells can directly compete by a mechanism of engulfment c...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Sun Q,Luo T,Ren Y,Florey O,Shirasawa S,Sasazuki T,Robinson DN,Overholtzer M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00