abstract：:Historically, biomedical research has been based on two paradigms. First, measurements of biological behaviors have been based on bulk assays that average over large populations. Second, these behaviors have then been crudely perturbed by systemic administration of therapeutic treatments. Nanotechnology has the potent...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Wong IY,Bhatia SN,Toner M

更新日期：2013-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular senescence limits proliferation of potentially detrimental cells, preventing tumorigenesis and restricting tissue damage. However, the function of senescence in nonpathological conditions is unknown. We found that the human placental syncytiotrophoblast exhibited the phenotype and expressed molecular markers ...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Chuprin A,Gal H,Biron-Shental T,Biran A,Amiel A,Rozenblatt S,Krizhanovsky V

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The histone variants H3.3 and H2A.Z have recently emerged as two of the most important features in transcriptional regulation, the molecular mechanism of which still remains poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the regulation of H3.3 and H2A.Z on chromatin dynamics during transcriptional activation. Our i...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Chen P,Zhao J,Wang Y,Wang M,Long H,Liang D,Huang L,Wen Z,Li W,Li X,Feng H,Zhao H,Zhu P,Li M,Wang QF,Li G

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In meiosis I, homologous chromosomes pair and then attach to the spindle so that the homologs can be pulled apart at anaphase I. The segregation of homologs before pairing would be catastrophic. We describe two mechanisms that prevent this. First, in early meiosis, Ipl1, the budding yeast homolog of the mammalian Auro...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Kim S,Meyer R,Chuong H,Dawson DS

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic morphogenesis is seeded with the establishment and subsequent amplification of polarity cues at key times during the cell cycle, often using (cyclic) nucleotide signals. We discovered that flagellum de- and repolarization in the model prokaryote Caulobacter crescentus is precisely orchestrated through at le...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Davis NJ,Cohen Y,Sanselicio S,Fumeaux C,Ozaki S,Luciano J,Guerrero-Ferreira RC,Wright ER,Jenal U,Viollier PH

更新日期：2013-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) can trigger repressive chromatin, but how they recruit silencing factors remains unclear. In Schizosaccharomyces pombe, heterochromatin assembly on transcribed noncoding pericentromeric repeats requires both RNAi and RNAi-independent mechanisms. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which lacks a ...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Marina DB,Shankar S,Natarajan P,Finn KJ,Madhani HD

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now well appreciated that the apoptosome, which governs caspase-dependent cell death, also drives nonapoptotic caspase activation to remodel cells. However, the determinants that specify whether the apoptosome acts to kill or remodel have yet to be identified. Here we report that Tango7 collaborates with the Dro...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： D'Brot A,Chen P,Vaishnav M,Yuan S,Akey CW,Abrams JM

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastasis accounts for the vast majority of cancer-related deaths, yet the molecular mechanisms that drive metastatic spread remain poorly understood. Here we report that Tks5, which has been linked to the formation of proteolytic cellular protrusions known as invadopodia, undergoes an isoform switch during metastati...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Li CM,Chen G,Dayton TL,Kim-Kiselak C,Hoersch S,Whittaker CA,Bronson RT,Beer DG,Winslow MM,Jacks T

更新日期：2013-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:For a number of human genes that encode transcripts containing inverted repeat Alu elements (IRAlus) within their 3' untranslated region (UTR), product mRNA is efficiently exported to the cytoplasm when the IRAlus, which mediate nuclear retention, are removed by alternative polyadenylation. Here we report a new mechan...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Elbarbary RA,Li W,Tian B,Maquat LE

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hair follicle undergoes a lifelong developmental cycle that depends on the integration between activating and inhibitory signals acting to regulate and guide the proliferation and differentiation of pluripotent epithelial stem cells. The effectors and mechanisms responsible for re-entry of quiescent telogen hair f...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Coulombe PA,Caterina MJ

更新日期：2013-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone post-translational modifications regulate chromatin structure and function largely through interactions with effector proteins that often contain multiple histone-binding domains. While significant progress has been made characterizing individual effector domains, the role of paired domains and how they functi...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Rothbart SB,Dickson BM,Ong MS,Krajewski K,Houliston S,Kireev DB,Arrowsmith CH,Strahl BD

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cascades of zygotic gene expression pattern the anterior-posterior (AP) and dorsal-ventral (DV) axes of the early Drosophila embryo. Here, we used the global run-on sequencing assay (GRO-seq) to map the genome-wide RNA polymerase distribution during early Drosophila embryogenesis, thus providing insights into how gene...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Saunders A,Core LJ,Sutcliffe C,Lis JT,Ashe HL

更新日期：2013-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The fission yeast telomerase RNA (TER1) precursor harbors an intron immediately downstream from its mature 3' end. Unlike most introns, which are removed from precursor RNAs by the spliceosome in two sequential but tightly coupled transesterification reactions, TER1 only undergoes the first cleavage reaction during te...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Kannan R,Hartnett S,Voelker RB,Berglund JA,Staley JP,Baumann P

更新日期：2013-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is thought to be an important, possibly essential, component of the process of tumor dissemination and metastasis. About 20%-30% of Hras mutant mouse skin carcinomas induced by chemical initiation/promotion protocols have undergone EMT. Reduced exposure to TPA-induced chronic in...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Wong CE,Yu JS,Quigley DA,To MD,Jen KY,Huang PY,Del Rosario R,Balmain A

更新日期：2013-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Joints form within the developing skeleton through the segmentation and cavitation of initially continuous cartilage condensations. However, the molecular pathways controlling joint formation largely remain to be clarified. In particular, while several critical secreted signals have been identified, no transcription f...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Kan A,Tabin CJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypocretin (orexin; Hcrt)-containing neurons of the hypothalamus are essential for the normal regulation of sleep and wake behaviors and have been implicated in feeding, anxiety, depression, and reward. The absence of these neurons causes narcolepsy in humans and model organisms. However, little is known about the mol...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Dalal J,Roh JH,Maloney SE,Akuffo A,Shah S,Yuan H,Wamsley B,Jones WB,de Guzman Strong C,Gray PA,Holtzman DM,Heintz N,Dougherty JD

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the metazoan germline, piwi proteins and associated piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) provide a defense system against the expression of transposable elements. In the cytoplasm, piRNA sequences guide piwi complexes to destroy complementary transposon transcripts by endonucleolytic cleavage. However, some piwi family m...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Le Thomas A,Rogers AK,Webster A,Marinov GK,Liao SE,Perkins EM,Hur JK,Aravin AA,Tóth KF

更新日期：2013-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The distal appendages (DAPs) of centrioles have been proposed to anchor cilia to the plasma membrane, but their molecular composition, assembly, and exact function in ciliogenesis remain poorly understood. Using quantitative centrosome proteomics and superresolution microscopy, we identified five DAP components, inclu...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Tanos BE,Yang HJ,Soni R,Wang WJ,Macaluso FP,Asara JM,Tsou MF

更新日期：2013-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver is a unique organ with a remarkably high potential to regenerate upon injuries. In severely damaged livers where hepatocyte proliferation is impaired, facultative liver progenitor cells (LPCs) proliferate and are assumed to contribute to regeneration. An expansion of LPCs is often observed in patients with v...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Takase HM,Itoh T,Ino S,Wang T,Koji T,Akira S,Takikawa Y,Miyajima A

更新日期：2013-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptional profiling is a powerful approach for understanding development and disease. Current cell type-specific RNA purification methods have limitations, including cell dissociation trauma or inability to identify all RNA species. Here, we describe "mouse thiouracil (TU) tagging," a genetic and chemical inters...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Gay L,Miller MR,Ventura PB,Devasthali V,Vue Z,Thompson HL,Temple S,Zong H,Cleary MD,Stankunas K,Doe CQ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inspired by a zebrafish mutation, two recent studies by Creanga and colleagues (pp. 1312-1325) and Tukachinsky and colleagues have shed new light on the way in which lipidated Hedgehog proteins are secreted and released from expressing cells, suggesting a model for the sequential action of the Disp and Scube2 proteins...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Ingham PW

更新日期：2012-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:How muscle diversity is generated in the vertebrate body is poorly understood. In the limb, dorsal and ventral muscle masses constitute the first myogenic diversification, as each gives rise to distinct muscles. Myogenesis initiates after muscle precursor cells (MPCs) have migrated from the somites to the limb bud and...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Anderson C,Williams VC,Moyon B,Daubas P,Tajbakhsh S,Buckingham ME,Shiroishi T,Hughes SM,Borycki AG

更新日期：2012-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified a genetic variant of moderate effect size at 6p21.1 associated with erythrocyte traits in humans. We show that this variant affects an erythroid-specific enhancer of CCND3. A Ccnd3 knockout mouse phenocopies these erythroid phenotypes, with a dramatic increase in...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Sankaran VG,Ludwig LS,Sicinska E,Xu J,Bauer DE,Eng JC,Patterson HC,Metcalf RA,Natkunam Y,Orkin SH,Sicinski P,Lander ES,Lodish HF

更新日期：2012-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Directed cell motility is at the basis of biological phenomena such as development, wound healing, and metastasis. It has been shown that substrate attachments mediate motility by coupling the cell's cytoskeleton with force generation. However, it has been unclear how the persistence of cell directionality is facilita...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Katz ZB,Wells AL,Park HY,Wu B,Shenoy SM,Singer RH

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alu repetitive sequences are the most abundant short interspersed DNA elements in the human genome. Full-length Alu elements are composed of two tandem sequence monomers, the left and right Alu arms, both derived from the 7SL signal recognition particle RNA. Since Alu elements are common in protein-coding genes, they ...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Jády BE,Ketele A,Kiss T

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of numerous cancer types is believed to be driven by a subpopulation of poorly differentiated cells, often referred to as cancer stem cells (CSCs), that have the capacity for self-renewal, tumor initiation, and generation of nontumorigenic progeny. Despite their potentially key role in tumor establishment and m...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Janiszewska M,Suvà ML,Riggi N,Houtkooper RH,Auwerx J,Clément-Schatlo V,Radovanovic I,Rheinbay E,Provero P,Stamenkovic I

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this issue of Genes & Development, Wierzbicki and colleagues (pp. 1825-1836) examine the current model of RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) by determining genome-wide distributions of RNA polymerase V (Pol V) occupancy, siRNAs, and DNA methylation. Their data support the key role of base-pairing between Pol V tra...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Zhang H,Zhu JK

更新日期：2012-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common pediatric CNS malignancy. We identify EAG2 as an overexpressed potassium channel in MBs across different molecular and histological subgroups. EAG2 knockdown not only impairs MB cell growth in vitro, but also reduces tumor burden in vivo and enhances survival in xenograft studie...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Huang X,Dubuc AM,Hashizume R,Berg J,He Y,Wang J,Chiang C,Cooper MK,Northcott PA,Taylor MD,Barnes MJ,Tihan T,Chen J,Hackett CS,Weiss WA,James CD,Rowitch DH,Shuman MA,Jan YN,Jan LY

更新日期：2012-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:TDP-43 is a critical RNA-binding factor associated with pre-mRNA splicing in mammals. Its expression is tightly autoregulated, with loss of this regulation implicated in human neuropathology. We demonstrate that TDP-43 overexpression in humans and mice activates a 3' untranslated region (UTR) intron, resulting in exci...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Avendaño-Vázquez SE,Dhir A,Bembich S,Buratti E,Proudfoot N,Baralle FE

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Class Ia phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K) is required for oncogenic receptor-mediated transformation; however, the individual roles of the two commonly expressed class Ia PI3K isoforms in oncogenic receptor signaling have not been elucidated in vivo. Here, we show that genetic ablation of p110α blocks tumor format...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Utermark T,Rao T,Cheng H,Wang Q,Lee SH,Wang ZC,Iglehart JD,Roberts TM,Muller WJ,Zhao JJ

更新日期：2012-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidimensional cancer genome analysis and validation has defined Quaking (QKI), a member of the signal transduction and activation of RNA (STAR) family of RNA-binding proteins, as a novel glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) tumor suppressor. Here, we establish that p53 directly regulates QKI gene expression, and QKI prote...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Chen AJ,Paik JH,Zhang H,Shukla SA,Mortensen R,Hu J,Ying H,Hu B,Hurt J,Farny N,Dong C,Xiao Y,Wang YA,Silver PA,Chin L,Vasudevan S,Depinho RA

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For all newborn mammals, mother's milk is the perfect nourishment, crucial for their postnatal development. Here we report that, unexpectedly, maternal western diet consumption in mice causes the production of toxic milk that contains excessive long chain and saturated fatty acids, which triggers ceramide accumulation...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Du Y,Yang M,Lee S,Behrendt CL,Hooper LV,Saghatelian A,Wan Y

更新日期：2012-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we demonstrate that RNF4, a highly conserved small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO)-targeted ubiquitin E3 ligase, plays a critical role in the response of mammalian cells to DNA damage. Human cells in which RNF4 expression was ablated by siRNA or chicken DT40 cells with a homozygous deletion of the RNF4 gene displa...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Yin Y,Seifert A,Chua JS,Maure JF,Golebiowski F,Hay RT

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lineage commitment studies in mammary glands have focused on identifying cell populations that display stem or progenitor properties. However, the mechanisms that control cell fate have been incompletely explored. Herein we show that zinc finger protein 157 (Zfp157) is required to establish the balance between luminal...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Oliver CH,Khaled WT,Frend H,Nichols J,Watson CJ

更新日期：2012-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription factor Ebf1 is an important determinant of early B lymphopoiesis. To gain insight into the functions of Ebf1 at distinct stages of differentiation, we conditionally inactivated Ebf1. We found that Ebf1 is required for the proliferation, survival, and signaling of pro-B cells and peripheral B-cell sub...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Györy I,Boller S,Nechanitzky R,Mandel E,Pott S,Liu E,Grosschedl R

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear receptor Rev-erbα regulates circadian rhythm and metabolism, but its effects are modest and it has been considered to be a secondary regulator of the cell-autonomous clock. Here we report that depletion of Rev-erbα together with closely related Rev-erbβ has dramatic effects on the cell-autonomous clock as ...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Bugge A,Feng D,Everett LJ,Briggs ER,Mullican SE,Wang F,Jager J,Lazar MA

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast SAGA (Spt-Ada-Gcn5-acetyltransferase) coactivator complex exerts functions in gene expression, including activator interaction, histone acetylation, histone deubiquitination, mRNA export, chromatin recognition, and regulation of the basal transcription machinery. These diverse functions involve distinct modu...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Spedale G,Timmers HT,Pijnappel WW

更新日期：2012-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell cycle progression is dependent on two major waves of gene expression. Early cell cycle gene expression occurs during G1/S to generate factors required for DNA replication, while late cell cycle gene expression begins during G2 to prepare for mitosis. Here we demonstrate that the MuvB complex-comprised of LIN9, LI...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Sadasivam S,Duan S,DeCaprio JA

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Rbfox proteins (Rbfox1, Rbfox2, and Rbfox3) regulate the alternative splicing of many important neuronal transcripts and have been implicated in a variety of neurological disorders. However, their roles in brain development and function are not well understood, in part due to redundancy in their activities. Here w...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Gehman LT,Meera P,Stoilov P,Shiue L,O'Brien JE,Meisler MH,Ares M Jr,Otis TS,Black DL

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages play critical roles in events ranging from host defense to obesity and cancer, where they infiltrate affected tissues and orchestrate immune responses in tandem with the remodeling of the extracellular matrix (ECM). Despite the dual roles played by macrophages in inflammation, the functions of macrophage-d...

journal_title：Genes & development

authors： Shimizu-Hirota R,Xiong W,Baxter BT,Kunkel SL,Maillard I,Chen XW,Sabeh F,Liu R,Li XY,Weiss SJ

更新日期：2012-02-15 00:00:00