NKT cell self-reactivity: evolutionary master key of immune homeostasis?

abstract：:Adipocyte is the most predominant cell type in the tumor microenvironment of breast cancer and plays a pivotal role in cancer progression, yet the underlying mechanisms and functional mediators remain elusive. We isolated primary preadipocytes from mammary fat pads of human breast cancer patients and generated mature ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Liu L,Wu Y,Zhang C,Zhou C,Li Y,Zeng Y,Zhang C,Li R,Luo D,Wang L,Zhang L,Tu S,Deng H,Luo S,Chen YG,Xiong X,Yan X

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motile cilia and flagella are microtubule-based organelles important for cell locomotion and extracellular liquid flow through beating. Although axonenal dyneins that drive ciliary beat have been extensively studied in unicellular Chlamydomonas, to what extent such knowledge can be applied to vertebrate is poorly know...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Zhang Y,Chen Y,Zheng J,Wang J,Duan S,Zhang W,Yan X,Zhu X

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deregulation of microRNAs (miRNAs) and c-Myc (Myc) contributes to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) progression, but how miRNAs and Myc regulate each other in hepatocarcinogenesis is still poorly understood. Using a functional screen, we identified miR-129-5p as a miRNA that inhibits HCC cell growth. miR-129-5p targets t...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Han H,Li W,Shen H,Zhang J,Zhu Y,Li Y

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MEK inhibitor has been highlighted as a promising anti-tumor drug but its effect has been reported as varying over a wide range depending on patho-physiological conditions. In this study, we employed a systems approach by combining biochemical experimentation with in silico simulations to investigate the resistance me...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Won JK,Yang HW,Shin SY,Lee JH,Heo WD,Cho KH

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Establishment of the primordial follicle (PF) pool is pivotal for the female reproductive lifespan; however, the mechanism of primordial folliculogenesis is poorly understood. Here, the transcription factor SP1 was shown to be essential for PF formation in mice. Our results showed that SP1 is present in both oocytes a...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Cai H,Liu B,Wang H,Sun G,Feng L,Chen Z,Zhou J,Zhang J,Zhang T,He M,Yang T,Guo Q,Teng Z,Xin Q,Zhou B,Zhang H,Xia G,Wang C

更新日期：2020-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Mdm2 is the key negative regulator of the tumour suppressor p53, making it an attractive target for anti-cancer drug design. We recently identified a new role of Mdm2 in gene repression through its direct interaction with several proteins of the polycomb group (PcG) family. PcG proteins form polycomb repressive comple...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Wienken M,Moll UM,Dobbelstein M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of epigenetic regulators are pervasive in human tumors. ASXL1 is frequently mutated in myeloid malignancies. We previously found that ASXL1 forms together with BAP1 a complex that can deubiquitinylate mono-ubiquitinylated lysine 119 on histone H2A (H2AK119ub1), a Polycomb repressive mark. However, a complete...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Cao L,Xia X,Kong Y,Jia F,Yuan B,Li R,Li Q,Wang Y,Cui M,Dai Z,Zheng H,Christensen J,Zhou Y,Wu X

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) exhibit unique chromatin features, including a permissive transcriptional program and an open, decondensed chromatin state. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which are very similar to ESCs, hold great promise for therapy and basic research. However, the mechanisms by which reprogrammi...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Mattout A,Biran A,Meshorer E

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of dopaminergic neurons are thought to be increased by stimuli that predict reward and decreased by stimuli that predict aversive outcomes. Recent work by Matsumoto and Hikosaka challenges this model by asserting that stimuli associated with either rewarding or aversive outcomes increase the activity of d...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Frank MJ,Surmeier DJ

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse double minute 4 (MDM4) is emerging from the shadow of its more famous relative MDM2 and is starting to steal the limelight, largely due to its therapeutic possibilities. MDM4 is a vital regulator of the tumor suppressor p53. It restricts p53 transcriptional activity and also, at least in development, facilit...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Haupt S,Mejía-Hernández JO,Vijayakumaran R,Keam SP,Haupt Y

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RAD9 regulates multiple cellular processes that influence genomic integrity, and for at least some of its functions the protein acts as part of a heterotrimeric complex bound to HUS1 and RAD1 proteins. RAD9 participates in DNA repair, including base excision repair, homologous recombination repair and mismatch repair,...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Lieberman HB,Bernstock JD,Broustas CG,Hopkins KM,Leloup C,Zhu A

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) replenish all types of blood cells. It is debating whether HSCs in adults solely originate from the aorta-gonad-mesonephros (AGM) region, more specifically, the dorsal aorta, during embryogenesis. Here, we report that somite hematopoiesis, a previously unwitnessed hematopoiesis, can gen...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Qiu J,Fan X,Wang Y,Jin H,Song Y,Han Y,Huang S,Meng Y,Tang F,Meng A

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:E-selectin is a cell-adhesion molecule of the vascular endothelium that promotes essential leukocyte rolling in the early inflammatory response by binding to glycoproteins containing the tetrasaccharide sialyl Lewis(x) (sLe(x)). Efficient leukocyte recruitment under vascular flow conditions depends on an increased lif...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Preston RC,Jakob RP,Binder FP,Sager CP,Ernst B,Maier T

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T-cell intracellular antigen (TIA)-1 and TIA-1-related protein (TIAR) are mRNA-binding proteins that can aggregate within granules under specific stress conditions. In this study, we analyzed TIAR/TIA-1 aggregation under different hypoxic conditions, and studied the effects on the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α in ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Gottschald OR,Malec V,Krasteva G,Hasan D,Kamlah F,Herold S,Rose F,Seeger W,Hänze J

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MYC transcription factor plays a key role in cell growth control. Enhanced MYC protein stability has been found to promote tumorigenesis. Thus, understanding how MYC stability is controlled may have significant implications for revealing MYC-driven growth regulatory mechanisms in physiological and pathological pro...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Gonzalez-Pecchi V,Kwan AK,Doyle S,Ivanov AA,Du Y,Fu H

更新日期：2020-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Although cancer and neurodegenerative disease are two distinct pathological disorders, emerging evidence indicates that these two types of disease share common mechanisms of genetic and molecular abnormalities. Recent studies show that individual microRNAs (miRNAs) could be involved in the pathology of both diseases, ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Du L,Pertsemlidis A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 immune response has been shown to facilitate cold-induced thermogenesis and browning of white fat. However, whether alternatively activated macrophages produce catecholamine and substantially promote adaptive thermogenesis in adipose tissue remains controversial. Here, we show that tyrosine hydroxylase (TyrH), ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Luo Y,Liu B,Yang X,Ma X,Zhang X,Bragin DE,Yang XO,Huang W,Liu M

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells encountering hypoxic stress conserve resources and energy by downregulating the protein synthesis. Here we demonstrate that one mechanism in this response is the translational repression of TOP mRNAs that encode components of the translational apparatus. This mode of regulation involves TSC and Rheb, as knockout...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Miloslavski R,Cohen E,Avraham A,Iluz Y,Hayouka Z,Kasir J,Mudhasani R,Jones SN,Cybulski N,Rüegg MA,Larsson O,Gandin V,Rajakumar A,Topisirovic I,Meyuhas O

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal tissues are organized in a hierarchical model, whereas at the apex of these hierarchies reside stem cells (SCs) capable of self-renewal and of producing differentiated cellular progenies, leading to normal development and homeostasis. Alike, tumors are organized in a hierarchical manner, with cancer SCs residin...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Koifman G,Aloni-Grinstein R,Rotter V

更新日期：2019-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:For patients with COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2, the damages to multiple organs have been clinically observed. Since most of current investigations for virus-host interaction are based on cell level, there is an urgent demand to probe tissue-specific features associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Based on collected pr...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Feng L,Yin YY,Liu CH,Xu KR,Li QR,Wu JR,Zeng R

更新日期：2020-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Ever since gene targeting or specific modification of genome sequences in mice was achieved in the early 1980s, the reverse genetic approach of precise editing of any genomic locus has greatly accelerated biomedical research and biotechnology development. In particular, the recent development of the CRISPR/Cas9 system...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Wu Q,Shou J

更新日期：2020-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hippo signalling pathway has a crucial role in growth control during development, and its dysregulation contributes to tumorigenesis. Recent studies uncover multiple upstream regulatory inputs into Hippo signalling, which affects phosphorylation of the transcriptional coactivator Yki/YAP/TAZ by Wts/Lats. Here we i...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Huang D,Li X,Sun L,Huang P,Ying H,Wang H,Wu J,Song H

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian fertilization involves membrane events-adhesion, fusion, sperm engulfment, membrane block to polyspermy-whose causes remain largely unknown. Recently, specific oscillations of the sperm in contact with the egg were shown to be necessary for fusion. Using a microfluidic chip to impose the venue for the encoun...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Ravaux B,Favier S,Perez E,Gourier C

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), characterized by the lack of expression of the estrogen receptor, the progesterone receptor, and the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, is an aggressive form of cancer that conveys unpredictable and poor prognosis due to limited treatment options and lack of effective targe...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Liu S,Wang Z,Liu Z,Shi S,Zhang Z,Zhang J,Lin H

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homoeostatic regulation of the light sensor, rhodopsin, is critical for the maintenance of light sensitivity and survival of photoreceptors. The major fly rhodopsin, Rh1, undergoes light-induced endocytosis and degradation, but its protein and mRNA levels remain constant during light/dark cycles. It is not clear how t...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Wang X,Mu Y,Sun M,Han J

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic reprogramming of the parental genome occurs in fertilized oocytes and involves oxidation of 5-methylcytosines (5-mC) to 5-hydroxymethylcytosines (5-hmC) in the paternal pronucleus. Recent work has shown that the maternal genome is protected from this remodeling step by an interaction between a modified hist...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Szabó PE,Pfeifer GP

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously identified that hepatitis B virus (HBV) encodes a microRNA (HBV-miR-3) that restrains HBV replication by targeting the HBV transcript. However, whether HBV-miR-3 affects host innate immunity to modulate HBV replication remains unclear. Here, we examined the vital functions of HBV-miR-3 in the innate immu...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Zhao X,Sun L,Mu T,Yi J,Ma C,Xie H,Liu M,Tang H

更新日期：2020-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly invasive brain tumor with limited therapeutic means and poor prognosis. Recent studies indicate that glioma-initiating cells/glioma stem cells (GICs/GSCs) may be responsible for tumor initiation, infiltration, and recurrence. GICs could aberrantly employ molecular machinery ba...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Li Y,Wang W,Wang F,Wu Q,Li W,Zhong X,Tian K,Zeng T,Gao L,Liu Y,Li S,Jiang X,Du G,Zhou Y

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dying cells actively attract professional phagocytes by sending out soluble 'find-me' signals. The characterization and identification of the corresponding molecular entities have revealed that 'find-me' signals come in different flavors, including peptides, proteins, lipids and complex structures, such as apoptotic m...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Peter C,Wesselborg S,Lauber K

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human colon carcinomas (CCs) represent a growing worldwide problem. One of the pathways that has been negatively implicated in the genesis of CCs is triggered by bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) ligands, which activate BMP receptors leading to the function of SMAD proteins in the nucleus. BMP signaling is altered in f...

journal_title：Journal of molecular cell biology

authors： Lorente-Trigos A,Varnat F,Melotti A,Ruiz i Altaba A

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00