Spore formation in plants: sporocyteless and more.

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：: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：:Kinesins are microtubule-based motors involved in various intracellular transports. Neurons, flagellated cells, and pigment cells have been traditionally used as model systems to study the cellular functions of kinesins. Here, we report silkworm posterior silkgland (PSG), specialized cells with an extensive endomembra...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Wang Q,Teng J,Shen B,Zhang W,Guo Y,Su X,Zhang C,Yu AC,Chen J

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since its discovery in 1989, researchers strive after a small animal model for Hepatitis C virus infection, so far with very limited success. A study recently published in Nature now for the first time reports the recapitulation of the complete life cycle of this virus in inbred mice with a functional adaptive immune ...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Binder M,Bartenschlager R

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent form of regulated necrosis. It is implicated in various human diseases, including ischemic organ damage and cancer. Here, we report the crucial role of autophagy, particularly autophagic degradation of cellular iron storage proteins (a process known as ferritinophagy), in ferroptosis. ...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Gao M,Monian P,Pan Q,Zhang W,Xiang J,Jiang X

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural stem cells (NSCs) constitute the cellular basis for embryonic brain development and neurogenesis. The process is regulated by NSC niche including neighbor cells such as vascular and glial cells. Since both vascular and glial cells secrete vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and basic fibroblast growth fac...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Xiao Z,Kong Y,Yang S,Li M,Wen J,Li L

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Craniofacial anomalies (CFAs) characterized by birth defects of skull and facial bones are the most frequent congenital disease. Genomic analysis has identified multiple genes responsible for CFAs; however, the underlying genetic mechanisms for the majority of CFAs remain largely unclear. Our previous study revealed t...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Shao R,Liu J,Yan G,Zhang J,Han Y,Guo J,Xu Z,Yuan Z,Liu J,Malumbres M,Wan L,Wei W,Zou W

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent paper in Nature shows that tumor exosomes expressing unique integrins can determine organotropic metastasis by preparing pre-metastatic niche through their integrins-mediated fusion with and fertilization of organ-specific resident cells. ...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Liu Y,Cao X

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cytosolic NADP-IDH (IDH1) has recently been found to be involved in tumorigenesis. Notably, the tumor-derived IDH1 mutations identified so far mainly occur at Arg132, and mutation R132H is the most prevalent one. This mutation impairs the oxidative IDH activity of the enzyme, but renders a new reduction function...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Yang B,Zhong C,Peng Y,Lai Z,Ding J

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous study showed that hydroxyurea (Hu) could induce HEL cells to express human beta-globin gene. However the molecular mechanisms by which the expression of beta-globin gene is activated and regulated are poorly understood. Here we show that the binding patterns between the core DNA sequences (HS2 core sequen...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Zhang SB,Qian RL

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent outbreaks of Zika virus (ZIKV) highlight an urgent need for therapeutics. The protease complex NS2B-NS3 plays essential roles during flaviviral polyprotein processing, and thus represents an attractive drug target. Here, we developed a split luciferase complementation-based high-throughput screening assay to id...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Li Z,Brecher M,Deng YQ,Zhang J,Sakamuru S,Liu B,Huang R,Koetzner CA,Allen CA,Jones SA,Chen H,Zhang NN,Tian M,Gao F,Lin Q,Banavali N,Zhou J,Boles N,Xia M,Kramer LD,Qin CF,Li H

更新日期：2017-08-01 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：:Recent evidence indicates that codon optimality is a broad determinant of mRNA stability. A study by Radhakrishnan et al. in Cell raises the possibility that the conserved DEAD-box protein Dhh1 underlies the phenomenon. ...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Harigaya Y,Parker R

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza A viruses (IAVs), particularly H1N1, H5N1 and H7N9, pose a substantial threat to public health worldwide. Here, we report that MIR2911, a honeysuckle (HS)-encoded atypical microRNA, directly targets IAVs with a broad spectrum. MIR2911 is highly stable in HS decoction, and continuous drinking or gavage feedin...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Zhou Z,Li X,Liu J,Dong L,Chen Q,Liu J,Kong H,Zhang Q,Qi X,Hou D,Zhang L,Zhang G,Liu Y,Zhang Y,Li J,Wang J,Chen X,Wang H,Zhang J,Chen H,Zen K,Zhang CY

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptional activator-like effectors (TALEs) have emerged as powerful tools for genome editing. A recent study published by Cell Research reports that fusion of thioredoxin to TALEs unlocks their full potential in live-cell imaging to accurately analyze genome instability, telomere attrition and epigenetic alterat...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Taneja R,Kennedy BK

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) gene family play important roles in vertebrate neurogenesis. In this study, confocal microscopy-based fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) is used to monitor bHLH protein-protein interactions under various physiological conditions. Tissue-specific bHLH activators, ...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Wang C,Bian W,Xia C,Zhang T,Guillemot F,Jing N

更新日期：2006-06-01 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：:NF-κBs are a family of transcription factors that control a number of essential cellular functions including immune responses, cell proliferation and antiapoptosis. NF-κB activities are tightly regulated through upstream signaling molecules and downstream feedback loops. In this review, structural discoveries in the N...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Zheng C,Yin Q,Wu H

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：: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：:Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated malignancy with a complex tumor ecosystem. How the interplay between tumor cells, EBV, and the microenvironment contributes to NPC progression and immune evasion remains unclear. Here we performed single-cell RNA sequencing on ~104,000 cells from...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Jin S,Li R,Chen MY,Yu C,Tang LQ,Liu YM,Li JP,Liu YN,Luo YL,Zhao Y,Zhang Y,Xia TL,Liu SX,Liu Q,Wang GN,You R,Peng JY,Li J,Han F,Wang J,Chen QY,Zhang L,Mai HQ,Gewurz BE,Zhao B,Young LS,Zhong Q,Bai F,

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Directional migration of leukocytes is indispensable to innate immunity for host defense. However, recruitment of leukocytes to a site of tissue injury also constitutes a leading cause for inflammatory responses. Mechanistically, it involves a cascade of cellular events precisely regulated by temporal and spatial pres...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Geng JG

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of naturally occurring small non-coding RNAs that target protein-coding mRNAs at the post-transcriptional level. Our previous studies suggest that mir-21 functions as an oncogene and has a role in tumorigenesis, in part through regulation of the tumor suppressor gene tropomyosin 1 (TPM1)...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Zhu S,Wu H,Wu F,Nie D,Sheng S,Mo YY

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. ...

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：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide type I receptor (PAC1R) belongs to the secretin receptor family and is widely distributed in the central neural system and peripheral organs. Abnormal activation of the receptor mediates trigeminovascular activation and sensitization, which is highly related to mi...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Wang J,Song X,Zhang D,Chen X,Li X,Sun Y,Li C,Song Y,Ding Y,Ren R,Harrington EH,Hu LA,Zhong W,Xu C,Huang X,Wang HW,Ma Y

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cotton fibers elongate rapidly after initiation of elongation, eventually leading to the deposit of a large amount of cellulose. To reveal features of cotton fiber cells at the fast elongation and the secondary cell wall synthesis stages, we compared the respective transcriptomes and metabolite profiles. Comparative a...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Gou JY,Wang LJ,Chen SP,Hu WL,Chen XY

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Menopause is associated with dyslipidemia and an increased risk of cardio-cerebrovascular disease. The classic view assumes that the underlying mechanism of dyslipidemia is attributed to an insufficiency of estrogen. In addition to a decrease in estrogen, circulating follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels become el...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Guo Y,Zhao M,Bo T,Ma S,Yuan Z,Chen W,He Z,Hou X,Liu J,Zhang Z,Zhu Q,Wang Q,Lin X,Yang Z,Cui M,Liu L,Li Y,Yu C,Qi X,Wang Q,Zhang H,Guan Q,Zhao L,Xuan S,Yan H,Lin Y,Wang L,Li Q,Song Y,Gao L,Zhao

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) family ligands play essential roles in regulating a variety of cellular processes including proliferation, differentiation and survival. Expression of Drosophila TNF ortholog Eiger (Egr) induces JNK-dependent cell death, while the roles of caspases in this process remain elusive. To further...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Ma X,Huang J,Yang L,Yang Y,Li W,Xue L

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CRISPR-Cas9 and CRISPR-Cpf1 systems have been successfully harnessed for genome editing. In the CRISPR-Cas9 system, the preordered A-form RNA seed sequence and preformed protein PAM-interacting cleft are essential for Cas9 to form a DNA recognition-competent structure. Whether the CRISPR-Cpf1 system employs a similar ...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Gao P,Yang H,Rajashankar KR,Huang Z,Patel DJ

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00