Mapping the human protein interactome.

abstract：:A recent study led by Professor Rob Martienssen in Cell showed that 3'-tRNA-derived small RNAs can suppress long terminal repeat retrotransposon activity in mammalian cells by mechanisms independent of DNA-associated epigenetic marks, suggesting how the genome may defend itself from retrotransposon invasion during epi...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Zhang Y,Shi J,Chen Q

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circular RNAs (circRNAs) were only recently discovered as a new class of noncoding RNAs, functionally still largely uncharacterized. Three publications that appeared concurrently in Cell Research and Molecular Cell provide initial evidence for certain endogenous circRNAs coding for proteins. ...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Schneider T,Bindereif A

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-beta utilizes a multitude of intracellular signaling pathways in addition to Smads to regulate a wide array of cellular functions. These non-canonical, non-Smad pathways are activated directly by ligand-occupied receptors to reinforce, attenuate, or otherwise modulate downstream cellular res...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Zhang YE

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Inflammasomes are multi-component signaling complexes critical to the initiation of pyroptotic cell death in response to invading pathogens and cellular damage. A number of innate immune receptors have been reported to serve as inflammasome sensors. Activation of these sensors leads to the proteolytic activation of ca...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Christgen S,Place DE,Kanneganti TD

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：:Critical epigenetic regulation of primate embryogenesis entails DNA methylome changes. Here we report genome-wide composition, patterning, and stage-specific dynamics of DNA methylation in pre-implantation rhesus monkey embryos as well as male and female gametes studied using an optimized tagmentation-based whole-geno...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Gao F,Niu Y,Sun YE,Lu H,Chen Y,Li S,Kang Y,Luo Y,Si C,Yu J,Li C,Sun N,Si W,Wang H,Ji W,Tan T

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thymus provides the essential microenvironment for T-cell development and maturation. Thymic epithelial cells (TECs), which are composed of thymic cortical epithelial cells (cTECs) and thymic medullary epithelial cells (mTECs), have been well documented to be critical for these tightly regulated processes. It has ...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Zhang L,Sun L,Zhao Y

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PI3P) plays essential roles in vesicular trafficking, organelle biogenesis and autophagy. Two class III phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3KC3) complexes have been identified in mammals, the ATG14L complex (PI3KC3-C1) and the UVRAG complex (PI3KC3-C2). PI3KC3-C1 is crucial for autophag...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Ma M,Liu JJ,Li Y,Huang Y,Ta N,Chen Y,Fu H,Ye MD,Ding Y,Huang W,Wang J,Dong MQ,Yu L,Wang HW

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RIG-I belongs to a type of intracellular pattern recognition receptors involved in the recognition of viral RNA by the innate immune system. A report by Peisley et al. published in Nature provides the crystal structure of human RIG-I revealing a tetrameric architecture of the RIG-I 2-CARD domain bound by three K63-lin...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Zhu S,Jackson R,Flavell RA

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytosine methylation of genomic DNA controls gene expression and maintains genome stability. How a specific DNA sequence is targeted for methylation by a methyltransferase is largely unknown. Here, we show that histone H3 tails lacking lysine 4 (K4) methylation function as an allosteric activator for methyltransferase...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Li BZ,Huang Z,Cui QY,Song XH,Du L,Jeltsch A,Chen P,Li G,Li E,Xu GL

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant responses to developmental and environmental cues are often mediated by calcium (Ca(2+)) signals that are transmitted by diverse calcium sensors. The calcineurin B-like (CBL) protein family represents calcium sensors that decode calcium signals through specific interactions with a group of CBL-interacting protei...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Tang RJ,Liu H,Yang Y,Yang L,Gao XS,Garcia VJ,Luan S,Zhang HX

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：:MicroRNA (miRNA) biogenesis is finely controlled by complex layers of post-transcriptional regulators, including RNA-binding proteins (RBPs). Here, we show that an RBP, QKI5, activates the processing of primary miR-124-1 (pri-124-1) during erythropoiesis. QKI5 recognizes a distal QKI response element and recruits Micr...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Wang F,Song W,Zhao H,Ma Y,Li Y,Zhai D,Pi J,Si Y,Xu J,Dong L,Su R,Zhang M,Zhu Y,Ren X,Miao F,Liu W,Li F,Zhang J,He A,Shan G,Hui J,Wang L,Yu J

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse sp56 is considered as one of the candidates for mouse zona pellucida 3 (mZP3) receptor. Up to date, its homologue has only been cloned from guinea pig, namely AM67. Based on the cDNA sequence of mouse sp56, we designed a pair of primer to amplify its homologue from rat testis cDNA. Using RT-PCR, two fragments of...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： He XB,Yan YC,Li YP,Koide SS

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA damage can, but does not always, induce cell death. While several pathways linking DNA damage signals to mitochondria-dependent and -independent death machineries have been elucidated, the connectivity of these pathways is subject to regulation by multiple other factors that are not well understood. We have propos...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Borges HL,Linden R,Wang JY

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:Leptin is the protein product encoded by the obese (ob) gene. It is a circulating hormone produced primarily by the adipose tissue. ob/ob mice with mutations of the gene encoding leptin become morbidly obese, infertile, hyperphagic, hypothermic, and diabetic. Since the cloning of leptin in 1994, our knowledge in body ...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Huang L,Li C

更新日期：2000-06-01 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

abstract：:Previously, mouse bone marrow-derived stem cells (MSC) treated with the unspecific DNA methyltransferase inhibitor 5-azacytidine were reported to differentiate into cardiomyocytes. The aim of the present study was to investigate the efficiency of a similar differentiation strategy in human mononuclear cells obtained f...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Balana B,Nicoletti C,Zahanich I,Graf EM,Christ T,Boxberger S,Ravens U

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to analyze the mechanism of immuno-modulation by LPS on murine peritoneal suppressor macrophages, we have, using RNase protection assay, checked the changes of mRNA expression pattern of several cytokine genes during the immuno-modulation. It has been found that, after treating peritoneal suppressor macrophag...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Feng WG,Chang ZL

更新日期：1998-12-01 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：:Wor1 (white-opaque switching regulator 1) is a master regulator of the white-opaque switching in Candida albicans, an opportunistic human fungal pathogen, and is associated with its pathogenicity and commensality. Wor1 contains a conserved DNA-binding region at the N-terminus, consisting of two conserved segments (WOP...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Zhang S,Zhang T,Yan M,Ding J,Chen J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo genome editing represents a powerful strategy for both understanding basic biology and treating inherited diseases. However, it remains a challenge to develop universal and efficient in vivo genome-editing tools for tissues that comprise diverse cell types in either a dividing or non-dividing state. Here, we d...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Suzuki K,Yamamoto M,Hernandez-Benitez R,Li Z,Wei C,Soligalla RD,Aizawa E,Hatanaka F,Kurita M,Reddy P,Ocampo A,Hishida T,Sakurai M,Nemeth AN,Nuñez Delicado E,Campistol JM,Magistretti P,Guillen P,Rodriguez Esteban C,G

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：:All known subtypes of influenza A viruses are maintained in wild waterfowl, the natural reservoir of these viruses. Influenza A viruses are isolated from a variety of animal species with varying morbidity and mortality rates. More importantly, influenza A viruses cause respiratory disease in humans with potentially fa...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Neumann G,Chen H,Gao GF,Shu Y,Kawaoka Y

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophils (Eos) have been long considered as end-stage effector cells in the hierarchical hematopoietic system. Numerous lines of evidence have suggested that Eos are multifunctional leukocytes with respect to the initiation, propagation and regulation of various inflammatory or immune reactions, especially in aller...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Zhang C,Yi W,Li F,Du X,Wang H,Wu P,Peng C,Luo M,Hua W,Wong CC,Lee JJ,Li W,Chen Z,Ying S,Ju Z,Shen H

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The muscle protein myosin binding protein C (MyBPC) is a large multi-domain protein whose role in the sarcomere is complex and not yet fully understood. Mutations in MyBPC are strongly associated with the heart disease familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC) and these experiments of nature have provided some insigh...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Oakley CE,Hambly BD,Curmi PM,Brown LJ

更新日期：2004-04-01 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