Sodium-activated macrophages: the salt mine expands.

abstract：:Intermittent fasting (IF) has been shown to promote metabolic health in several organisms. Two recent papers show that IF induces white adipose tissue beiging and increases thermogenesis, which improves metabolic health in mice. ...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Kivelä R,Alitalo K

更新日期：2017-11-01 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：:A wide variety of neurons and glial cells differentiate from common precursor cells in the developing nervous system. During this process, Notch-mediated cell-cell interaction is essential for maintenance of dividing cells and subsequent generation of cell type diversity. Activation of Notch inhibits cellular differen...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Kageyama R,Ohtsuka T

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To maintain homeostasis, organs replace cells lost through normal cellular turnover, often through the straightforward replication of existing cells. A recent paper in Nature shows that cells in the liver are not equivalent when it comes to their replicative capacity; rather, a subset of hepatocytes defined by the mai...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Stanger BZ

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence deduced from the amino acid sequence of the scorpion insectotoxin AaIT was chemically synthesized and was expressed in Escherichia coli. The authenticity of this in vitro expressed peptide was confirmed by N-terminal peptide sequencing. Two groups of bioassays, artificial diet incorporation ass...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Ji SJ,Liu F,Li EQ,Zhu YX

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging is associated with many complex diseases. Reliable prediction of the aging process is important for assessing the risks of aging-associated diseases. However, despite intense research, so far there is no reliable aging marker. Here we addressed this problem by examining whether human 3D facial imaging features c...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Chen W,Qian W,Wu G,Chen W,Xian B,Chen X,Cao Y,Green CD,Zhao F,Tang K,Han JD

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：: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

abstract：:The completion of genome sequences and subsequent high-throughput mapping of molecular networks have allowed us to study biology from the network perspective. Experimental, statistical and mathematical modeling approaches have been employed to study the structure, function and dynamics of molecular networks, and begin...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Han JD

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals, the inheritance of mitochondrion and its DNA (mtDNA) is strictly maternal, despite the fact that a sperm can inject up to 100 functional mitochondria into the oocyte during fertilization. The mechanisms responsible for the elimination of the paternal mitochondria remain largely unknown. We report here that...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Zhou Q,Li H,Xue D

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：: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：:Over the past four years, the field of the innate immune response has been highly influenced by the discovery of the IkappaB kinase (IKK)-related kinases, TANK Binding Kinase 1 (TBK1) and IKKi, which regulate the activity of interferon regulatory factor (IRF)-3/IRF-7 and NF-kappaB transcription factors. More recently,...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Clément JF,Meloche S,Servant MJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article profiles current status of spread and control of HIV/AIDS in China. China has a significant population of MSM (men who have sex with men) and they have been becoming very much alive in many ways since 1990s due to recent social changes. Some surveys indicate that great many of MSM are engaged in high-risk...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Zhang BC,Chu QS

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cells, including both pluripotent stem cells and multipotent somatic stem cells, hold great potential for interrogating the mechanisms of tissue development, homeostasis and pathology, and for treating numerous devastating diseases. Establishment of in vitro platforms to faithfully maintain and precisely manipula...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Li W,Jiang K,Wei W,Shi Y,Ding S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficient generation of functional human vascular endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells from pluripotent stem cells is an extensively studied topic and of great interest in the stem cell field. Though thought to be technically complex and difficult, substantial progress has been made towards this direction. Here w...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Yi F,Qu J,Liu GH,Izpisua Belmonte JC

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:The Hippo pathway is a signal transduction pathway that regulates organ growth, stem cell biology, regeneration and cancer. Three recent proteomic studies with Hippo pathway components uncovered extensive networks of interacting proteins revealing novel connections to cell-cell junctions, regulation by vesicle traffic...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Moya IM,Halder G

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunization with inactivated autoreactive T cells is an effective therapeutic approach to ameliorating autoimmune diseases, while the underlying mechanisms that regulate autoreactive T cells are not completely understood. This study tested the hypothesis that T-cell vaccination (TCV) inhibits autoimmune diabetes in m...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Wang M,Yang L,Sheng X,Chen W,Tang H,Sheng H,Xi B,Zang YQ

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphologically, caveolae and lipid rafts are two different membrane structures. They are often reported to share similar lipid and protein compositions, and are considered to be two subtypes of membrane lipid microdomains. By modifying sucrose density gradient flotation centrifugation, which is used to isolate lipid ...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Yao Y,Hong S,Zhou H,Yuan T,Zeng R,Liao K

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：: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：:Long-range chromatin interactions between enhancers and promoters are essential for transcription of many developmentally controlled genes in mammals and other metazoans. Currently, the exact mechanisms that connect distal enhancers to their specific target promoters remain to be fully elucidated. Here, we show that t...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Yan J,Chen SA,Local A,Liu T,Qiu Y,Dorighi KM,Preissl S,Rivera CM,Wang C,Ye Z,Ge K,Hu M,Wysocka J,Ren B

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterotrimeric G proteins are known to function as messengers in numerous signal transduction pathways. The null mutation of RGA (rice heterotrimeric G protein alpha subunit), which encodes the alpha subunit of heterotrimeric G protein in rice, causes severe dwarfism and reduced responsiveness to gibberellic acid in r...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Wang L,Xu YY,Ma QB,Li D,Xu ZH,Chong K

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：: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：:International non-governmental organizations were among the first international actors that responded to the emergence of AIDS crisis in China. Since 1994, the number of international non-governmental organizations and charitable foundations working in AIDS related issue areas in China has grown steadily and substanti...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Wu FS

更新日期：2005-11-01 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：: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：:The PML gene is involved in the t(15;17) translocation of acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL), which generates the oncogenic fusion protein PML (promyelocytic leukaemia protein)-retinoic acid receptor alpha. The PML protein localises to a subnuclear structure called the PML nuclear domain (PML-ND), of which PML is the...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Salomoni P,Ferguson BJ,Wyllie AH,Rich T

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00