Airway relaxation mechanisms and structural basis of osthole for improving lung function in asthma.

abstract：:This week, Science Signaling highlights research that uses computational and cell biology approaches to uncover the molecular mechanisms underlying diseases of the central nervous system. In particular, research featured explores the neuronal response to stress due to excess excitatory stimuli, multiple roles for pres...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Ferrarelli LK,Gough NR

更新日期：2013-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A system-wide analysis of cell signaling requires detecting and quantifying many different proteins and their posttranslational modification states in the same cellular sample. Here, we present Protocols for two miniaturized, array-based methods, one of which provides detailed information on a central signaling protei...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Luckert K,Gujral TS,Chan M,Sevecka M,Joos TO,Sorger PK,Macbeath G,Pötz O

更新日期：2012-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The organization and renewal capacity of teeth vary greatly among vertebrates. Mammals have only one row of teeth that are renewed at most once, whereas many nonmammalian species have multirowed dentitions and show remarkable capacity to replace their teeth throughout life. Although knowledge on the genetic basis of t...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Mikkola ML

更新日期：2009-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Deoxyhypusine synthase (DHPS) uses the polyamine spermidine to catalyze the hypusine modification of the mRNA translation factor eIF5A and promotes oncogenesis through poorly defined mechanisms. Because germline deletion of Dhps is embryonically lethal, its role in normal postnatal cellular function in vivo remains un...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Levasseur EM,Yamada K,Piñeros AR,Wu W,Syed F,Orr KS,Anderson-Baucum E,Mastracci TL,Maier B,Mosley AL,Liu Y,Bernal-Mizrachi E,Alonso LC,Scott D,Garcia-Ocaña A,Tersey SA,Mirmira RG

更新日期：2019-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragile X syndrome (FXS) mental retardation is caused by loss-of-function mutations in an RNA-binding protein, fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP). Previous studies in patients or animal models of FXS have identified alterations in dendritic spine structure, as well as synaptic plasticity induced by metabotrop...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Ronesi JA,Huber KM

更新日期：2008-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Secreted IgD concentration depends on the presence of microbiota. ...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Mushegian AA

更新日期：2017-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In a mouse model of Parkinson's disease, new evidence shows that l-DOPA, which is used to treat the symptoms of the disease but also causes dyskinesia, results in a persistent activation of the protein kinase mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) in a subset of striatal medium spiny neurons. Moreover, blockade of a spe...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Klann E

更新日期：2009-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevailing view has been that N-terminally truncated p53 family isoforms (ΔNp53, ΔNp63, and DNp73) predominantly counteract cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. Recent progress in the field extend these well-known functions and place these isoforms in the center of a comprehensive regulatory network controlling major ...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Engelmann D,Pützer BM

更新日期：2014-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress is an important contributor to pathological conditions in humans. Hormonal changes that occur during acute and chronic stress situations can affect glucose homeostasis in both healthy people and in those with diabetes. Several studies have reported a negative effect of acute stress on maintenance of blood gluco...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Marcovecchio ML,Chiarelli F

更新日期：2012-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory factor X (Rfx) homologs regulate the transcription of genes necessary for ciliogenesis in invertebrates and vertebrates. Primary cilia are necessary for Hedgehog signaling and regulation of the activity of the transcriptional regulators known as Gli proteins, which are targets of Hedgehog signaling. Here, w...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Ashique AM,Choe Y,Karlen M,May SR,Phamluong K,Solloway MJ,Ericson J,Peterson AS

更新日期：2009-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncontrolled expression of type I interferon (IFN-I) drives autoimmunity, necessitating the need for tight regulation. In this issue, Cao et al reveal a role for the kinase HIPK2 in the transcriptional control of IFN-I during antiviral immune responses. ...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Best SM,Ponia SS

更新日期：2019-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer-associated pain is debilitating. Understanding the mechanisms that cause it can inform drug development that may improve quality of life in patients. Here, we found that the reduced abundance of potassium channels called TRESK in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons sensitized nociceptive sensory neurons and canc...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Yang Y,Li S,Jin ZR,Jing HB,Zhao HY,Liu BH,Liang YJ,Liu LY,Cai J,Wan Y,Xing GG

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Educated natural killer (NK) cells have inhibitory receptors specific for self major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules and kill cancer cells more efficiently than do NK cells that do not have such receptors (hyporesponsive NK cells). The mechanism behind this functional empowerment through education h...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Staaf E,Hedde PN,Bagawath Singh S,Piguet J,Gratton E,Johansson S

更新日期：2018-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A central component of receptor-evoked Ca(2+) signaling is store-operated Ca(2+) entry (SOCE), which is activated by the assembly of STIM1-Orai1 channels in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and plasma membrane (PM) (ER-PM) junctions in response to depletion of ER Ca(2+). We report that STIM2 enhances agonist-mediated activa...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Ong HL,de Souza LB,Zheng C,Cheng KT,Liu X,Goldsmith CM,Feske S,Ambudkar IS

更新日期：2015-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The K+/Cl- cotransporter KCC2 is a molecular switch between excitatory and inhibitory effects of GABAergic inputs into neurons. In a pair of exciting studies, Watanabe et al. and Pisella et al. elucidate the role of KCC2 dephosphorylation in this process and reveal its consequences for neurodevelopment and nervous sys...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Zamponi GW

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence, presentation, and progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) differ between men and women, although β-amyloid (Aβ) deposition is a pathological hallmark of AD in both sexes. Aβ-induced activation of the neuronal glutamate receptor mGluR5 is linked to AD progression. However, we found that mGluR5 exhibits ...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Abd-Elrahman KS,Albaker A,de Souza JM,Ribeiro FM,Schlossmacher MG,Tiberi M,Hamilton A,Ferguson SSG

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:TRPML1 (transient receptor potential mucolipin 1) is a Ca2+-permeable, nonselective cation channel localized to the membranes of endosomes and lysosomes and is not present or functional on the plasma membrane. Ca2+ released from endosomes and lysosomes into the cytosol through TRPML1 channels is vital for trafficking,...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Thakore P,Pritchard HAT,Griffin CS,Yamasaki E,Drumm BT,Lane C,Sanders KM,Feng Earley Y,Earley S

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Although many anticancer drugs that target receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) provide clinical benefit, their long-term use is limited by resistance that is often attributed to increased abundance or activation of another RTK that compensates for the inhibited receptor. To uncover common and unique features in the signa...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Wagner JP,Wolf-Yadlin A,Sevecka M,Grenier JK,Root DE,Lauffenburger DA,MacBeath G

更新日期：2013-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation can generate short-term, functional anucleate cytoplasts and trigger loss of cell viability. We demonstrated that the necroptotic cell death effector mixed lineage kinase domain-like (MLKL) translocated from the cytoplasm to the plasma membrane and stimulated downstream NA...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： D'Cruz AA,Speir M,Bliss-Moreau M,Dietrich S,Wang S,Chen AA,Gavillet M,Al-Obeidi A,Lawlor KE,Vince JE,Kelliher MA,Hakem R,Pasparakis M,Williams DA,Ericsson M,Croker BA

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The LKB1 serine-threonine kinase is a tumor suppressor that is inactivated in a large number of sporadic human lung non-small cell carcinomas (NSCLCs) and cervical cancers. Genetic deletion of LKB1 in various mouse tissues results in tumorigenesis, and loss of LKB1 increases metastasis in a mouse model of NSCLC. LKB1 ...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Shaw RJ

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) are implicated in a broad spectrum of cellular activities, such as growth, proliferation, differentiation, migration, and metabolism. Activation of class I PI3Ks by mutation or overexpression correlates with the development and maintenance of various human cancers. These PI3Ks are he...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Vadas O,Burke JE,Zhang X,Berndt A,Williams RL

更新日期：2011-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of protein synthesis by phosphorylation of the alpha subunit of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 (eIF2) at Ser(51) occurs as a result of the activation of a family of kinases in response to various forms of stress. Although some consequences of eIF2alpha phosphorylation are cytoprotective, phospho...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Mounir Z,Krishnamoorthy JL,Robertson GP,Scheuner D,Kaufman RJ,Georgescu MM,Koromilas AE

更新日期：2009-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:For the first 30 years since its discovery, reversible protein acetylation has been studied and understood almost exclusively in the context of histone modification and gene transcription. With the discovery of non-histone acetylated proteins and acetylation-modifying enzymes in cellular compartments outside the nucle...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Norris KL,Lee JY,Yao TP

更新日期：2009-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The complexity of the signaling network that is initiated by members of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) superfamily continues to increase. In addition, Smads, which were originally identified as key transducers of TGF-beta signals, are beginning to emerge as players in other TGF-beta-independent process...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Gough NR

更新日期：2008-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The diacylglycerol kinases (DGKs) attenuate diacylglycerol (DAG)-mediated signals by catalyzing the conversion of DAG to phosphatidic acid. In T lymphocytes, the antigen-stimulated generation of DAG links signal strength to the intensity and duration of signaling by the Ras-extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) ...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Mérida I,Andrada E,Gharbi SI,Ávila-Flores A

更新日期：2015-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of microbes and initiation of an innate immune response occur through pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), which are critical for the production of inflammatory cytokines and activation of the cellular microbicidal machinery. In particular, the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by the NADPH ox...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Billings EA,Lee CS,Owen KA,D'Souza RS,Ravichandran KS,Casanova JE

更新日期：2016-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:When we are frightened, our hearts beat more rapidly and forcefully so we can fight more intensely or run away faster. This fight-or-flight response is triggered by the release of norepinephrine from neurons of the sympathetic nervous system. Norepinephrine activates the classic β-adrenergic receptor-heterotrimeric G(...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Hell JW

更新日期：2010-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) link an antigen recognition domain to intracellular signaling domains to redirect T cell specificity and function. T cells expressing CARs with CD28/CD3ζ or 4-1BB/CD3ζ signaling domains are effective at treating refractory B cell malignancies but exhibit differences in effector functi...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Salter AI,Ivey RG,Kennedy JJ,Voillet V,Rajan A,Alderman EJ,Voytovich UJ,Lin C,Sommermeyer D,Liu L,Whiteaker JR,Gottardo R,Paulovich AG,Riddell SR

更新日期：2018-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute cardiorespiratory responses to O2 deficiency are essential for physiological homeostasis. The prototypical acute O2-sensing organ is the carotid body, which contains glomus cells expressing K+ channels whose inhibition by hypoxia leads to transmitter release and activation of nerve fibers terminating in the brai...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Moreno-Domínguez A,Ortega-Sáenz P,Gao L,Colinas O,García-Flores P,Bonilla-Henao V,Aragonés J,Hüttemann M,Grossman LI,Weissmann N,Sommer N,López-Barneo J

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the complex dynamics of growth factor signaling requires both mechanistic and kinetic information. Although signaling dynamics have been studied for pathways downstream of receptor tyrosine kinases and G protein (heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide-binding protein)-coupled receptors, they have not been inv...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Vizán P,Miller DS,Gori I,Das D,Schmierer B,Hill CS

更新日期：2013-12-10 00:00:00