BUD2, encoding an S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase, is required for Arabidopsis growth and development.

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：: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：:Mitochondria have long been considered to be the powerhouse of the living cell, generating energy in the form of the molecule ATP via the process of oxidative phosphorylation. In the past 20 years, it has been recognised that they also play an important role in the implementation of apoptosis, or programmed cell death...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Xu W,Charles IG,Moncada S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During meiotic cell division, proper chromosome synapsis and accurate repair of DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) are required to maintain genomic integrity, loss of which leads to apoptosis or meiotic defects. The mechanisms underlying meiotic chromosome synapsis, DSB repair and apoptosis are not fully understood. Here...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Xu J,Sun X,Jing Y,Wang M,Liu K,Jian Y,Yang M,Cheng Z,Yang C

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular redox homeostasis plays a critical role in determining tumor cells' sensitivity to drug-induced apoptosis. Here we investigated the role of thioredoxin-1 (TRX1), a key component of redox regulation, in arsenic trioxide (As(2)O(3))-induced apoptosis. Over-expression of wild-type TRX1 in HepG(2) cells led ...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Tian C,Gao P,Zheng Y,Yue W,Wang X,Jin H,Chen Q

更新日期：2008-04-01 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 Beclin 1 gene is a haplo-insufficient tumor suppressor and plays an essential role in autophagy. However, the molecular mechanism by which Beclin 1 functions remains largely unknown. Here we report the crystal structure of the evolutionarily conserved domain (ECD) of Beclin 1 at 1.6 Å resolution. Beclin 1 ECD exhi...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Huang W,Choi W,Hu W,Mi N,Guo Q,Ma M,Liu M,Tian Y,Lu P,Wang FL,Deng H,Liu L,Gao N,Yu L,Shi Y

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurodegenerative polyglutamine diseases are caused by an expansion of unstable polyglutamine repeats in various disease proteins. Although these mutant proteins are expressed ubiquitously in neuronal and non-neuronal cells, they cause selective degeneration of specific neuronal populations. Recently, increasing e...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Bradford JW,Li S,Li XJ

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rice Eui (ELONGATED UPPERMOST INTERNODE) gene encodes a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase that deactivates bioactive gibberellins (GAs). In this study, we investigated controlled expression of the Eui gene and its role in plant development. We found that Eui was differentially induced by exogenous GAs and that the Eui...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Zhang Y,Zhu Y,Peng Y,Yan D,Li Q,Wang J,Wang L,He Z

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The highly conserved polycomb group (PcG) proteins maintain heritable transcription repression of the genes essential for development from fly to mammals. However, sporadic reports imply a potential role of PcGs in positive regulation of gene transcription, although systematic investigation of such function and the un...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Lv X,Han Z,Chen H,Yang B,Yang X,Xia Y,Pan C,Fu L,Zhang S,Han H,Wu M,Zhou Z,Zhang L,Li L,Wei G,Zhao Y

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aneuploid with isochromosome or telochromosome is ideal material for exploring the position of centromere in lingkage map. For obtaining these aneuploids in rice, the primary trisomics from triplo-1 to triplo-12 and the aneuploids derived from a triploid of indica rice variety Zhongxian 3037 were carefully investi...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Cheng ZK,Yu HX,Yan CJ,Zhu LH,Gu MH

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amycolatopsis mediterranei is used for industry-scale production of rifamycin, which plays a vital role in antimycobacterial therapy. As the first sequenced genome of the genus Amycolatopsis, the chromosome of strain U32 comprising 10,236,715 base pairs, is one of the largest prokaryotic genomes ever sequenced so far....

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Zhao W,Zhong Y,Yuan H,Wang J,Zheng H,Wang Y,Cen X,Xu F,Bai J,Han X,Lu G,Zhu Y,Shao Z,Yan H,Li C,Peng N,Zhang Z,Zhang Y,Lin W,Fan Y,Qin Z,Hu Y,Zhu B,Wang S,Ding X,Zhao GP

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a core component of raptor-mTOR (mTORC1) and rictor-mTOR (mTORC2) complexes that control diverse cellular processes. Both mTORC1 and mTORC2 regulate several elements downstream of type I insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF-IR) and insulin receptor (InsR). However, it is unk...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Yin Y,Hua H,Li M,Liu S,Kong Q,Shao T,Wang J,Luo Y,Wang Q,Luo T,Jiang Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4)-blocking antibody ipilimumab induces immune-mediated long-term control of metastatic melanoma in a fraction of patients. Although ipilimumab undoubtedly exerts its therapeutic effects via immunostimulation, thus far clinically useful, immunologically relevant biomarkers th...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Hannani D,Vétizou M,Enot D,Rusakiewicz S,Chaput N,Klatzmann D,Desbois M,Jacquelot N,Vimond N,Chouaib S,Mateus C,Allison JP,Ribas A,Wolchok JD,Yuan J,Wong P,Postow M,Mackiewicz A,Mackiewicz J,Schadendorff D,Jaeger

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) play a significant role in regulating angiogenesis, the process of new blood vessel formation. Interstitial collagenase (MMP-1), 72 kDa gelatinase A/type IV collagenase (MMP-2), and 92 kDa gelatinase B/type IV collagenase (MMP-9) diss...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Sang QX

更新日期：1998-09-01 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：:There are remarkable disparities among patients of different races with prostate cancer; however, the mechanism underlying this difference remains unclear. Here, we present a comprehensive landscape of the transcriptome profiles of 14 primary prostate cancers and their paired normal counterparts from the Chinese popul...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Ren S,Peng Z,Mao JH,Yu Y,Yin C,Gao X,Cui Z,Zhang J,Yi K,Xu W,Chen C,Wang F,Guo X,Lu J,Yang J,Wei M,Tian Z,Guan Y,Tang L,Xu C,Wang L,Gao X,Tian W,Wang J,Yang H,Wang J,Sun Y

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：: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：:Vascular integrity helps maintain brain microenvironment homeostasis, which is critical for the normal development and function of the central nervous system. It is known that neural cells can regulate brain vascular integrity. However, due to the high complexity of neurovascular interactions involved, understanding o...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Xu B,Zhang Y,Du XF,Li J,Zi HX,Bu JW,Yan Y,Han H,Du JL

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first cell fate choice in the mammalian embryo, the segregation of the inner cell mass (ICM) and trophectoderm (TE), is regulated by the mutually antagonistic effects of the transcription factors, Oct4 and Cdx2, while the pluripotency factor, Nanog, is essential to specify the epiblast. We have analyzed the promot...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Chen L,Yabuuchi A,Eminli S,Takeuchi A,Lu CW,Hochedlinger K,Daley GQ

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is strong relationship between melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) gene variants and human hair color and skin type. Based on a sequencing study of MC1R gene in 50 individuals from the Uygur, Tibetan, Wa and Dai ethnic populations, we discuss the occurrence of 7 mc1r variants consisting of 5 nonsynonymous sites (Val6...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Peng S,Lu XM,Luo HR,Xiang-Yu JG,Zhang YP

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postzygotic single-nucleotide mutations (pSNMs) have been studied in cancer and a few other overgrowth human disorders at whole-genome scale and found to play critical roles. However, in clinically unremarkable individuals, pSNMs have never been identified at whole-genome scale largely due to technical difficulties an...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Huang AY,Xu X,Ye AY,Wu Q,Yan L,Zhao B,Yang X,He Y,Wang S,Zhang Z,Gu B,Zhao HQ,Wang M,Gao H,Gao G,Zhang Z,Yang X,Wu X,Zhang Y,Wei L

更新日期：2014-11-01 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：:The study of the proteins that bind to telomeric DNA in mammals has provided a deep understanding of the mechanisms involved in chromosome-end protection. However, very little is known on the binding of these proteins to nontelomeric DNA sequences. The TTAGGG DNA repeat proteins 1 and 2 (TRF1 and TRF2) bind to mammali...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Simonet T,Zaragosi LE,Philippe C,Lebrigand K,Schouteden C,Augereau A,Bauwens S,Ye J,Santagostino M,Giulotto E,Magdinier F,Horard B,Barbry P,Waldmann R,Gilson E

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gonad development requires a coordinated soma-germline interaction that ensures renewal and differentiation of germline and somatic stem cells to ultimately produce mature gametes. The Drosophila tumour suppressor gene discs large (dlg) encodes a septate junction protein functioning during epithelial polarization, asy...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Papagiannouli F,Mechler BM

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been shown to possess immunosuppressive properties, e.g., by inhibiting T cell proliferation. Activated T cells can also enhance the immunosuppression ability of MSCs. The precise mechanisms underlying MSC-mediated immunosuppression remain largely undefined, altho...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Sheng H,Wang Y,Jin Y,Zhang Q,Zhang Y,Wang L,Shen B,Yin S,Liu W,Cui L,Li N

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While M1 macrophages are highly pro-inflammatory and microbicidal, M2 macrophages and the related tumor associated macrophages (TAMs) regulate tissue remodeling and angiogenesis and can display immunomodulatory activity. In July issue of Cell Research, Zhang et al. show that ROS production, critical for the activation...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Covarrubias A,Byles V,Horng T

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumor suppressor PTEN controls a variety of biological processes including cell proliferation, growth, migration, and death. As a master cellular regulator, PTEN itself is also subjected to deliberated regulation to ensure its proper function. Defects in PTEN regulation have a profound impact on carcinogenesis. In...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Wang X,Jiang X

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00