Bonnet, Julia Rigal, Lise Mondesert, Odile Morin, Renaud Corsaut, Gaëlle Vigneau, Mathieu Ducommun, Bernard Lobjois, Valérie
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Cell Division
BackgroundCancer cell aggregation is a key process involved in the formation of tumor cell clusters. It has recently been shown that clusters of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have an increased metastatic potential compared to isolated circulating tumor cells. Several widely used chemotherapeutic agents that target the cytoskeleton microtubules and...
Yang, Kaiying Zhang, Xuepeng Chen, Linwen Chen, Siyuan Ji, Yi
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BackgroundInfantile hemangioma (IH) is the most common benign tumor in children. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play a critical role in tumorigenesis. However, the expression levels and biological functions of lncRNAs in IH have not been well-studied. This study aimed to analyze the expression profile of lncRNAs and mRNAs in proliferating and involu...
Lemonnier, Tom Dupré, Aude Jessus, Catherine
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Cell Division
Cell division is orchestrated by the phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of thousands of proteins. These post-translational modifications underlie the molecular cascades converging to the activation of the universal mitotic kinase, Cdk1, and entry into cell division. They also govern the structural events that sustain the mechanics of cell divisi...
Liu, Xinyu Li, Conghui Zheng, Kang Zhao, Xiaofeng Xu, Xiaofeng Yang, Aifen Yi, Min Tao, Huaping Xie, Binghua Qiu, Mengsheng
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BackgroundReprogramming somatic cells to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) has opened new therapeutic possibilities. However, karyotypic abnormalities detected in iPSCs compromised their utility, especially chromosomal aberrations found at early passages raised serious safety concerns. The mechanism underlying the chromosomal abnormality in ea...
Mitchell, Ellen Mellor, Charlotte E. L. Purba, Talveen S.
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BackgroundXMU-MP-1 is an inhibitor of the Hippo pathway kinases MST1/2 and has been shown to promote the downstream activation of the pro-proliferative, pro-regenerative and anti-apoptotic transcriptional regulator YAP1. We tested whether XMU-MP-1 can activate YAP1 in a model human mini-organ, namely the hair follicle, to determine whether it can b...
Alao, John P. Sunnerhagen, Per
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The evolutionarily conserved Cdc25 phosphatase is an essential protein that removes inhibitory phosphorylation moieties on the mitotic regulator Cdc2. Together with the Wee1 kinase, a negative regulator of Cdc2 activity, Cdc25 is thus a central regulator of cell cycle progression in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. The expression and activity of Cdc25 is...
Chen, Si-qi Li, Jia-qi Wang, Xiao-qiao Lei, Wen-jing Li, Hao Wan, Jiao Hu, Zheng Zou, Yao-wei Wu, Xiao-yu Niu, Hong-xin
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BackgroundThe enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) is a histone methyltransferase and induces the trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27me3) in the promoter of many key genes; EZH2 acts as a transcriptional repressor and is an epigenetic regulator for several cancers. However, the role of EZH2 in nonneoplastic diseases, such as kidney diseases...
Li, Zhuojie Wu, Chenxi Ding, Xiang Li, Wenzhe Xue, Lei
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BackgroundApoptosis plays pivotal roles in organ development and tissue homeostasis, with its major function to remove unhealthy cells that may compromise the fitness of the organism. Toll signaling, with the ancient evolutionary origin, regulates embryonic dorsal–ventral patterning, axon targeting and degeneration, and innate immunity. Using Droso...
She, Zhen-Yu Zhong, Ning Yu, Kai-Wei Xiao, Yu Wei, Ya-Lan Lin, Yang Li, Yue-Ling Lu, Ming-Hui
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Cell Division
BackgroundMicrotubule organization is essential for bipolar spindle assembly and chromosome segregation, which contribute to genome stability. Kinesin-5 Eg5 is known to be a crucial regulator in centrosome separation and spindle assembly in mammalian somatic cells, however, the functions and mechanisms of Eg5 in male meiotic cell division remain la...
Dong, Chengyuan Zhang, Junwen Fang, Sheng Liu, Fusheng
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BackgroundRecurrence of Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) seems to be the rule despite combination therapies. Cell invasion and cell proliferation are major reasons for recurrence of GBM. And insulin-like growth factor binding protein 5 (IGFBP5) is the most conserved of the IGFBPs and is frequently dysregulated in cancers and metastatic tissues.Results...