Reactive astrocytes promote the metastatic growth of breast cancer stem-like cells by activating Notch signalling in brain.

abstract：:Transferring large or multiple genes into primary human stem/progenitor cells is challenged by restrictions in vector capacity, and this hurdle limits the success of gene therapy. A paradigm is Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), an incurable disorder caused by mutations in the largest human gene: dystrophin. The combi...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Benedetti S,Uno N,Hoshiya H,Ragazzi M,Ferrari G,Kazuki Y,Moyle LA,Tonlorenzi R,Lombardo A,Chaouch S,Mouly V,Moore M,Popplewell L,Kazuki K,Katoh M,Naldini L,Dickson G,Messina G,Oshimura M,Cossu G,Tedesco FS

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure entails the inability of the heart to pump blood to vital organs. One of the main risk factors for heart failure is the development of pathological hypertrophy. In this issue of EMBO Molecular Medicine, Li and coworkers show that NCoR1, a co-repressor of transcription factors, inhibits the transcriptiona...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Grund A,Heineke J

更新日期：2019-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The zinc transporter protein ZIP13 plays critical roles in bone, tooth, and connective tissue development, and its dysfunction is responsible for the spondylocheirodysplastic form of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (SCD-EDS, OMIM 612350). Here, we report the molecular pathogenic mechanism of SCD-EDS caused by two different mut...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Bin BH,Hojyo S,Hosaka T,Bhin J,Kano H,Miyai T,Ikeda M,Kimura-Someya T,Shirouzu M,Cho EG,Fukue K,Kambe T,Ohashi W,Kim KH,Seo J,Choi DH,Nam YJ,Hwang D,Fukunaka A,Fujitani Y,Yokoyama S,Superti-Furga A,Ikegawa S,

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenic growth factors have recently been linked to tissue metabolism. We have used genetic gain- and loss-of function models to elucidate the effects and mechanisms of action of vascular endothelial growth factor-B (VEGF-B) in the heart. A cardiomyocyte-specific VEGF-B transgene induced an expanded coronary arteri...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Kivelä R,Bry M,Robciuc MR,Räsänen M,Taavitsainen M,Silvola JM,Saraste A,Hulmi JJ,Anisimov A,Mäyränpää MI,Lindeman JH,Eklund L,Hellberg S,Hlushchuk R,Zhuang ZW,Simons M,Djonov V,Knuuti J,Mervaala E,Alitalo K

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a widespread agreement from patient and professional organisations alike that the safety of stem cell therapeutics is of paramount importance, particularly for ex vivo autologous gene therapy. Yet current technology makes it difficult to thoroughly evaluate the behaviour of genetically corrected stem cells be...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Droz-Georget Lathion S,Rochat A,Knott G,Recchia A,Martinet D,Benmohammed S,Grasset N,Zaffalon A,Besuchet Schmutz N,Savioz-Dayer E,Beckmann JS,Rougemont J,Mavilio F,Barrandon Y

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Translational read-through-inducing drugs (TRIDs) promote read-through of nonsense mutations, placing them in the spotlight of current gene-based therapeutic research. Here, we compare for the first time the relative efficacies of new-generation aminoglycosides NB30, NB54 and the chemical compound PTC124 on retinal to...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Goldmann T,Overlack N,Möller F,Belakhov V,van Wyk M,Baasov T,Wolfrum U,Nagel-Wolfrum K

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On November 14 last year, the British Guardian published an account from an anonymous whistleblower at Google, accusing the company of misconduct in regard to handling sensitive health data. The whistleblower works for Project Nightingale, an attempt by Google to get into the lucrative US healthcare market, by storing...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Schneble CO,Elger BS,Shaw DM

更新日期：2020-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last century, vaccination has been the most effective medical intervention to reduce death and morbidity caused by infectious diseases. It is believed that vaccines save at least 2-3 million lives per year worldwide. Smallpox has been eradicated and polio has almost disappeared worldwide through global vaccine ...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Delany I,Rappuoli R,De Gregorio E

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disturbances in the morphology and function of mitochondria cause neurological diseases, which can affect the central and peripheral nervous system. The i-AAA protease YME1L ensures mitochondrial proteostasis and regulates mitochondrial dynamics by processing of the dynamin-like GTPase OPA1. Mutations in YME1L cause a...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Sprenger HG,Wani G,Hesseling A,König T,Patron M,MacVicar T,Ahola S,Wai T,Barth E,Rugarli EI,Bergami M,Langer T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of human colorectal cancers (CRCs) are initiated by mutations arising in the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) tumour suppressor gene. However, a new class of non-APC mutated CRCs has been defined that have a serrated histopathology and carry the (V600E)BRAF oncogene. Here we have investigated the pathogen...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Carragher LA,Snell KR,Giblett SM,Aldridge VS,Patel B,Cook SJ,Winton DJ,Marais R,Pritchard CA

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inherited familial Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by small increases in the ratio of Aβ42 versus Aβ40 peptide which is thought to drive the amyloid plaque formation in the brain of these patients. Little is known however whether ageing, the major risk factor for sporadic AD, affects amyloid beta-peptide (Aβ...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Guix FX,Wahle T,Vennekens K,Snellinx A,Chávez-Gutiérrez L,Ill-Raga G,Ramos-Fernandez E,Guardia-Laguarta C,Lleó A,Arimon M,Berezovska O,Muñoz FJ,Dotti CG,De Strooper B

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in POLG disrupt mtDNA replication and cause devastating diseases often with neurological phenotypes. Defining disease mechanisms has been hampered by limited access to human tissues, particularly neurons. Using patient cells carrying POLG mutations, we generated iPSCs and then neural stem cells. These neural...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Liang KX,Kristiansen CK,Mostafavi S,Vatne GH,Zantingh GA,Kianian A,Tzoulis C,Høyland LE,Ziegler M,Perez RM,Furriol J,Zhang Z,Balafkan N,Hong Y,Siller R,Sullivan GJ,Bindoff LA

更新日期：2020-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal epilepsy represents one of the most common chronic CNS diseases. The high incidence of drug resistance, devastating comorbidities, and insufficient responsiveness to surgery pose unmet medical challenges. In the quest of novel, disease-modifying treatment strategies of neuropeptides represent promising candidate...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Agostinho AS,Mietzsch M,Zangrandi L,Kmiec I,Mutti A,Kraus L,Fidzinski P,Schneider UC,Holtkamp M,Heilbronn R,Schwarzer C

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The search for non-invasive systemic biomarkers of response to PD-L1/PD-1 blockade immunotherapy is currently a priority in oncoimmunology. In contrast to classical tumor biomarkers, the identification of clinically useful immunological biomarkers is certainly a challenge, as anti-cancer immune responses depend on the...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Zuazo M,Arasanz H,Bocanegra A,Chocarro L,Vera R,Escors D,Kagamu H,Kochan G

更新日期：2020-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional maximum-tolerated dose (MTD) chemotherapy relies on periodic, massive cancer cell ablation events followed by treatment-free intermissions, stereotypically resulting in resistance, relapse, and mortality. Furthermore, MTD chemotherapy can promote metastatic dissemination via activation of a transcriptiona...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Schito L,Rey S,Xu P,Man S,Cruz-Muñoz W,Kerbel RS

更新日期：2020-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Shah et al have recently reported the first successful sequencing of the entire genome of a solid tumour (Shah et al, 2009). Philippe Bedard and Christos Sotiriou analyse their findings as well as the challenges of applying the study of cancer genomes to clinical cancer care. ...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Bedard PL,Sotiriou C

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Baricitinib is an oral Janus kinase (JAK)1/JAK2 inhibitor approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that was independently predicted, using artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, to be useful for COVID-19 infection via proposed anti-cytokine effects and as an inhibitor of host cell viral propagation. W...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Stebbing J,Krishnan V,de Bono S,Ottaviani S,Casalini G,Richardson PJ,Monteil V,Lauschke VM,Mirazimi A,Youhanna S,Tan YJ,Baldanti F,Sarasini A,Terres JAR,Nickoloff BJ,Higgs RE,Rocha G,Byers NL,Schlichting DE,Nirula A

更新日期：2020-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Growing evidence supports that LKB1-deficient KRAS-driven lung tumors represent a unique therapeutic challenge, displaying strong cancer plasticity that promotes lineage conversion and drug resistance. Here we find that murine lung tumors from the KrasLSL-G12D/+ ; Lkb1flox/flox (KL) model show strong plasticity, which...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Tong X,Chen Y,Zhu X,Ye Y,Xue Y,Wang R,Gao Y,Zhang W,Gao W,Xiao L,Chen H,Zhang P,Ji H

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Initiating neoplastic cell transformation events are of paramount importance for the comprehension of regeneration and vanguard oncogenic processes but are difficult to characterize and frequently clinically overlooked. In epithelia, pre-neoplastic transformation stages are often distinguished by the appearance of phe...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Regalo G,Leutz A

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging is associated with redox imbalance according to the redox theory of aging. Consistently, a mouse model of premature aging (LmnaG609G/+ ) showed an increased level of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) and a reduced basal antioxidant capacity, including loss of the NADPH-coupled glutathione redox system....

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Villa-Bellosta R

更新日期：2020-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial (mt) diseases are multisystem disorders due to mutations in nuclear or mtDNA genes. Among the latter, more than 50% are located in transfer RNA (tRNA) genes and are responsible for a wide range of syndromes, for which no effective treatment is available at present. We show that three human mt aminoacyl-t...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Perli E,Giordano C,Pisano A,Montanari A,Campese AF,Reyes A,Ghezzi D,Nasca A,Tuppen HA,Orlandi M,Di Micco P,Poser E,Taylor RW,Colotti G,Francisci S,Morea V,Frontali L,Zeviani M,d'Amati G

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progression to severe disease is a difficult problem in treating coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The purpose of this study is to explore changes in markers of severe disease in COVID-19 patients. Sixty-nine severe COVID-19 patients were included. Patients with severe disease showed significant lymphocytopenia. El...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Liu T,Zhang J,Yang Y,Ma H,Li Z,Zhang J,Cheng J,Zhang X,Zhao Y,Xia Z,Zhang L,Wu G,Yi J

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We survive because we adapted to a world of microorganisms. All our epithelial surfaces participate in keeping up an effective barrier against microbes while not initiating ongoing inflammatory processes and risking collateral damage to the host. Major players in this scenario are antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). Such b...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Ostaff MJ,Stange EF,Wehkamp J

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Follistatin-like 1 (Fstl1) is a secreted protein that is acutely induced in heart following myocardial infarction (MI). In this study, we investigated cell type-specific regulation of Fstl1 and its function in a murine model of MI Fstl1 was robustly expressed in fibroblasts and myofibroblasts in the infarcted area com...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Maruyama S,Nakamura K,Papanicolaou KN,Sano S,Shimizu I,Asaumi Y,van den Hoff MJ,Ouchi N,Recchia FA,Walsh K

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunotherapeutic approaches are currently the most advanced treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Antibodies against amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) bind to amyloid plaques and induce their clearance by microglia via Fc receptor-mediated phagocytosis. Dysfunctions of microglia may play a pivotal role in AD pathogenesis and...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Xiang X,Werner G,Bohrmann B,Liesz A,Mazaheri F,Capell A,Feederle R,Knuesel I,Kleinberger G,Haass C

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic toxicities have severely limited the clinical application of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) as an anticancer agent. Activity-on-Target cytokines (AcTakines) are a novel class of immunocytokines with improved therapeutic index. A TNF-based AcTakine targeted to CD13 enables selective activation of the tumor neovas...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Huyghe L,Van Parys A,Cauwels A,Van Lint S,De Munter S,Bultinck J,Zabeau L,Hostens J,Goethals A,Vanderroost N,Verhee A,Uzé G,Kley N,Peelman F,Vandekerckhove B,Brouckaert P,Tavernier J

更新日期：2020-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene therapy critically relies on vectors that combine high transduction efficiency with a high degree of target specificity and that can be administered through a safe intravenous route. The lack of suitable vectors, especially for gene therapy of brain disorders, represents a major obstacle. Therefore, we applied an...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Körbelin J,Dogbevia G,Michelfelder S,Ridder DA,Hunger A,Wenzel J,Seismann H,Lampe M,Bannach J,Pasparakis M,Kleinschmidt JA,Schwaninger M,Trepel M

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hearing relies on mechanically gated ion channels present in the actin-rich stereocilia bundles at the apical surface of cochlear hair cells. Our knowledge of the mechanisms underlying the formation and maintenance of the sound-receptive structure is limited. Utilizing a large-scale forward genetic screen in mice, gen...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Dunbar LA,Patni P,Aguilar C,Mburu P,Corns L,Wells HR,Delmaghani S,Parker A,Johnson S,Williams D,Esapa CT,Simon MM,Chessum L,Newton S,Dorning J,Jeyarajan P,Morse S,Lelli A,Codner GF,Peineau T,Gopal SR,Alagramam K

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) play key roles in the pathogenesis of different human diseases, but the cross-talk between FGFs and other cytokines remains largely unexplored. We identified an unexpected antagonistic effect of FGFs on the interferon (IFN) signaling pathway. Genetic or pharmacological inhibition of FG...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Maddaluno L,Urwyler C,Rauschendorfer T,Meyer M,Stefanova D,Spörri R,Wietecha M,Ferrarese L,Stoycheva D,Bender D,Li N,Strittmatter G,Nasirujjaman K,Beer HD,Staeheli P,Hildt E,Oxenius A,Werner S

更新日期：2020-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription factors of the MYC family play pivotal roles in the initiation and progression of human cancers. High oncogenic level of MYC invades low-affinity sites and enhancer sequences, which subsequently alters the transcriptome, causes metabolic imbalance, and induces stress response. The endoplasmic reticul...

journal_title：EMBO molecular medicine

authors： Zhang T,Li N,Sun C,Jin Y,Sheng X

更新日期：2020-05-08 00:00:00