abstract：:Accumulating evidence indicates that the mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET) and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) are basic mechanisms for cell fate conversion and may help us understand both physiologic and pathologic processes such as development and carcinogenesis. Here, we further suggest that mammalian...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Zheng H,Hutchins AP,Pan G,Li Y,Pei D,Pei G

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wor1 (white-opaque switching regulator 1) is a master regulator of the white-opaque switching in Candida albicans, an opportunistic human fungal pathogen, and is associated with its pathogenicity and commensality. Wor1 contains a conserved DNA-binding region at the N-terminus, consisting of two conserved segments (WOP...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Zhang S,Zhang T,Yan M,Ding J,Chen J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implantation involves complex signaling networks, which direct morphological and molecular transformation of the embryo and the uterus and establish the trajectory of normal pregnancy. The recent work by Zhang et al. published in Cell Research, identifies the transcriptional regulator, Rbpj, as essential for uterine c...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Robinson JF,Fisher SJ

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent paper published in Nature reports sensory nerve fibers in the skin that give local immune cells important instructions for the organization of an immune response; in this particular case the cooperation between the nervous and immune systems had disastrous consequences, namely an auto-destruction of the skin....

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Odoardi F,Neuhuber W,Flügel A

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is an intracellular degradation process to clear up aggregated proteins or aged and damaged organelles. The Beclin1-Vps34-Atg14L complex is essential for autophagosome formation. However, how the complex formation is regulated is unclear. Here, we show that Dapper1 (Dpr1) acts as a critical regulator of the ...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Ma B,Cao W,Li W,Gao C,Qi Z,Zhao Y,Du J,Xue H,Peng J,Wen J,Chen H,Ning Y,Huang L,Zhang H,Gao X,Yu L,Chen YG

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RIG-I belongs to a type of intracellular pattern recognition receptors involved in the recognition of viral RNA by the innate immune system. A report by Peisley et al. published in Nature provides the crystal structure of human RIG-I revealing a tetrameric architecture of the RIG-I 2-CARD domain bound by three K63-lin...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Zhu S,Jackson R,Flavell RA

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hedgehog (Hh) signaling plays vital roles in animal development and tissue homeostasis, and its misregulation causes congenital diseases and several types of cancer. Suppressor of Fused (Su(fu)) is a conserved inhibitory component of the Hh signaling pathway, but how it is regulated remains poorly understood. Here we ...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Liu C,Zhou Z,Yao X,Chen P,Sun M,Su M,Chang C,Yan J,Jiang J,Zhang Q

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA methylation is a fundamental epigenetic mechanism governing regulation of gene expression during mammalian development. A recent study published in Nature shows a novel long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) arising from the CEBPA gene locus (termed ecCEBPA) that is critical for regulation of DNA methylation at this site thr...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Lai F,Shiekhattar R

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：:Several studies have demonstrated the clonal transmission of distinct differentiation and self-renewal properties in hematopoietic stem cells during the regeneration of blood production in transplanted recipients. A recent publication now identifies Vwf expression as a discriminating marker of a hematopoietic stem cel...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Knapp DJ,Eaves CJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The year of 2013 marked the 50th anniversary of C de Duve's coining of the term "autophagy" for the degradation process of cytoplasmic constituents in the lysosome/vacuole. This year we regretfully lost this great scientist, who contributed much during the early years of research to the field of autophagy. Soon after ...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Ohsumi Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:DNA methylation and demethylation regulate many crucial biological processes in mammals and are linked to many diseases. Active DNA demethylation is believed to be catalyzed by TET proteins and a putative DNA decarboxylase that may share some similarities in sequence, structure and catalytic mechanism with isoorotate ...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Xu S,Li W,Zhu J,Wang R,Li Z,Xu GL,Ding J

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：: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：:Paramyxoviruses evade antiviral immune response using a small nonstructural protein, V, which binds to the host dsRNA sensor MDA5 and prevents it from activating the interferon signaling pathway. A recent crystal structure of the V protein in complex with MDA5, published in Science, revealed that V disrupts the struct...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Wu B,Hur S

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mice treated with antibiotics to deplete commensal microbiota, there is a significant overhaul of host cellular disposition and function with CX3CR1+ mononuclear phagocytic cells carrying pathogenic and non-pathogenic administered bacteria to the (messenteric lymph node) MLN, resulting in T cell stimulation and IgA...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Dasgupta S,Kasper DL

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airway epithelial cells are key initial innate immune responders in the fight against respiratory viruses, primarily via the secretion of antiviral and proinflammatory cytokines that act in an autocrine/paracrine fashion to trigger the establishment of an antiviral state. It is currently thought that the early antivir...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Fink K,Martin L,Mukawera E,Chartier S,De Deken X,Brochiero E,Miot F,Grandvaux N

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Why stem cell numbers decline with age is a major question in regenerative biology and medicine. Skeletal muscle has emerged as a powerful paradigm to address this issue. Recently, genetic and cell marking strategies were used to uncover a new and causal relationship between muscle stem cells and differentiated fibers...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Tajbakhsh S

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive and complex neurodegenerative disease in which the γ-secretase-mediated amyloid-β (Aβ) pathology plays an important role. We found that a multifunctional protein, β-arrestin1, facilitated the formation of NCT/APH-1 (anterior pharynx-defective phenotype 1) precomplex and mature...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Liu X,Zhao X,Zeng X,Bossers K,Swaab DF,Zhao J,Pei G

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：: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：:Plant responses to developmental and environmental cues are often mediated by calcium (Ca(2+)) signals that are transmitted by diverse calcium sensors. The calcineurin B-like (CBL) protein family represents calcium sensors that decode calcium signals through specific interactions with a group of CBL-interacting protei...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Tang RJ,Liu H,Yang Y,Yang L,Gao XS,Garcia VJ,Luan S,Zhang HX

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：:One of the two X chromosomes in cells of female mammals is transcriptionally silenced in a process known as X chromosome inactivation (XCI). Initiation of XCI is regulated by the ubiquitin ligase Rnf12/RLIM, but the mechanisms by which Rnf12/RLIM mediates this process has been a mystery. A recent study by Gontan et al...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Bach I

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：:UV-B (280-315 nm) is an integral part of solar radiation and can act either as a stress inducer or as a developmental signal. In recent years, increasing attention has been paid to the low-fluence UV-B-induced photomorphogenic response and several key players in this response have been identified, which include UVR8 (...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Jiang L,Wang Y,Li QF,Björn LO,He JX,Li SS

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SRC-3/AIB1 (steroid receptor coactivator 3/amplified in breast cancer 1) is an authentic oncogene that contributes to the development of drug resistance and poor disease-free survival in cancer patients. Autophagy is also an important cell death mechanism that has tumor suppressor function. In this study, we identifie...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Wu MY,Fu J,Xu J,O'Malley BW,Wu RC

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are remarkable disparities among patients of different races with prostate cancer; however, the mechanism underlying this difference remains unclear. Here, we present a comprehensive landscape of the transcriptome profiles of 14 primary prostate cancers and their paired normal counterparts from the Chinese popul...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Ren S,Peng Z,Mao JH,Yu Y,Yin C,Gao X,Cui Z,Zhang J,Yi K,Xu W,Chen C,Wang F,Guo X,Lu J,Yang J,Wei M,Tian Z,Guan Y,Tang L,Xu C,Wang L,Gao X,Tian W,Wang J,Yang H,Wang J,Sun Y

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During meiotic cell division, proper chromosome synapsis and accurate repair of DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) are required to maintain genomic integrity, loss of which leads to apoptosis or meiotic defects. The mechanisms underlying meiotic chromosome synapsis, DSB repair and apoptosis are not fully understood. Here...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Xu J,Sun X,Jing Y,Wang M,Liu K,Jian Y,Yang M,Cheng Z,Yang C

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enucleation of erythroblasts during terminal differentiation is unique to mammals. Although erythroid enucleation has been extensively studied, only a few genes, including retinoblastoma protein (Rb), have been identified to regulate nuclear extrusion. It remains largely undefined by which signaling molecules, the ext...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Schultze SM,Mairhofer A,Li D,Cen J,Beug H,Wagner EF,Hui L

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Beclin 1 gene is a haplo-insufficient tumor suppressor and plays an essential role in autophagy. However, the molecular mechanism by which Beclin 1 functions remains largely unknown. Here we report the crystal structure of the evolutionarily conserved domain (ECD) of Beclin 1 at 1.6 Å resolution. Beclin 1 ECD exhi...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Huang W,Choi W,Hu W,Mi N,Guo Q,Ma M,Liu M,Tian Y,Lu P,Wang FL,Deng H,Liu L,Gao N,Yu L,Shi Y

更新日期：2012-03-01 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：:Neural crest (NC) cells are a migratory cell population synonymous with vertebrate evolution. They generate a wide variety of cell and tissue types during embryonic and adult development including cartilage and bone, connective tissue, pigment and endocrine cells as well as neurons and glia amongst many others. Such i...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Achilleos A,Trainor PA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multipotent neural stem/progenitor cells hold great promise for cell therapy. The reprogramming of fibroblasts to induced pluripotent stem cells as well as mature neurons suggests a possibility to convert a terminally differentiated somatic cell into a multipotent state without first establishing pluripotency. Here, w...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Sheng C,Zheng Q,Wu J,Xu Z,Wang L,Li W,Zhang H,Zhao XY,Liu L,Wang Z,Guo C,Wu HJ,Liu Z,Wang L,He S,Wang XJ,Chen Z,Zhou Q

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oct4 is a well-known transcription factor that plays fundamental roles in stem cell self-renewal, pluripotency, and somatic cell reprogramming. However, limited information is available on Oct4-associated protein complexes and their intrinsic protein-protein interactions that dictate Oct4's critical regulatory activit...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Ding J,Xu H,Faiola F,Ma'ayan A,Wang J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Wnt/β-catenin pathway plays important roles in the differentiation of multiple cell types, including mesenchymal stem cells. Using a cell-based chemical screening assay with a synthetic chemical library of 270 000 compounds, we identified the compound SKL2001 as a novel agonist of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway and unc...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Gwak J,Hwang SG,Park HS,Choi SR,Park SH,Kim H,Ha NC,Bae SJ,Han JK,Kim DE,Cho JW,Oh S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonic hematopoiesis is a complex process. Elucidating the mechanism regulating hematopoietic differentiation from pluripotent stem cells would allow us to establish a strategy to efficiently generate hematopoietic cells. However, the mechanism governing the generation of hematopoietic progenitors from human embryo...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Wang C,Tang X,Sun X,Miao Z,Lv Y,Yang Y,Zhang H,Zhang P,Liu Y,Du L,Gao Y,Yin M,Ding M,Deng H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drosophila Wingless (Wg) acts as a morphogen during development. Wg secretion is controlled by a seven-pass transmembrane cargo Wntless (Wls). We have recently identified retromer as a key regulator involved in Wls trafficking. As sorting nexin (SNX) molecules are essential components of the retromer complex, we hypot...

journal_title：Cell research

authors： Zhang P,Wu Y,Belenkaya TY,Lin X

更新日期：2011-12-01 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