Search Results - "Mason, Frank M."
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Apical domain polarization localizes actin–myosin activity to drive ratchet-like apical constriction
Published in Nature cell biology (01-08-2013)“…Apical constriction promotes epithelia folding, which changes tissue architecture. During Drosophila gastrulation, mesoderm cells exhibit repeated contractile…”
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SETD2 Haploinsufficiency for Microtubule Methylation Is an Early Driver of Genomic Instability in Renal Cell Carcinoma
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (15-06-2018)“…Loss of the short arm of chromosome 3 (3p) occurs early in >95% of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). Nearly ubiquitous 3p loss in ccRCC suggests…”
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Combined Dusp4 and p53 loss with Dbf4 amplification drives tumorigenesis via cell cycle restriction and replication stress escape in breast cancer
Published in Breast cancer research : BCR (18-07-2022)“…Deregulated signaling pathways are a hallmark feature of oncogenesis and driver of tumor progression. Dual specificity protein phosphatase 4 (DUSP4) is a…”
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Ribosome subunit attrition and activation of the p53-MDM4 axis dominate the response of MLL-rearranged cancer cells to WDR5 WIN site inhibition
Published in eLife (29-04-2024)“…The chromatin-associated protein WD Repeat Domain 5 (WDR5) is a promising target for cancer drug discovery, with most efforts blocking an arginine-binding…”
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CD28 costimulation drives tumor-infiltrating T cell glycolysis to promote inflammation
Published in JCI insight (20-08-2020)“…Metabolic reprogramming dictates the fate and function of stimulated T cells, yet these pathways can be suppressed in T cells in tumor microenvironments. We…”
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Crumbling under Pressure
Published in Developmental cell (20-04-2015)“…In order for an organism to maintain its form, it must be able to withstand physical perturbation, including the pull of gravity. A recent study in Nature from…”
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RhoA GTPase inhibition organizes contraction during epithelial morphogenesis
Published in The Journal of cell biology (29-08-2016)“…During morphogenesis, contraction of the actomyosin cytoskeleton within individual cells drives cell shape changes that fold tissues. Coordination of…”
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Actomyosin Pulsing in Tissue Integrity Maintenance during Morphogenesis
Published in Trends in cell biology (01-04-2017)“…The actomyosin cytoskeleton is responsible for many changes in cell and tissue shape. For a long time, the actomyosin cytoskeleton has been known to exhibit…”
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The mitochondrial fission protein DRP1 influences memory CD8+ T cell formation and function
Published in Journal of leukocyte biology (29-03-2024)“…Pharmacological methods for promoting mitochondrial elongation suggest that effector T cells can be altered to support a memory T cell-like metabolic state…”
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Dynamics of hydraulic and contractile wave-mediated fluid transport during Drosophila oogenesis
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (09-03-2021)“…From insects to mice, oocytes develop within cysts alongside nurse-like sister germ cells. Prior to fertilization, the nurse cells’ cytoplasmic contents are…”
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Molecular determinants for α-tubulin methylation by SETD2
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (01-07-2021)“…Post-translational modifications to tubulin are important for many microtubule-based functions inside cells. It was recently shown that methylation of tubulin…”
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Loss of Gα12/13 exacerbates apical area dependence of actomyosin contractility
Published in Molecular biology of the cell (07-11-2016)“…During development, coordinated cell shape changes alter tissue shape. In the Drosophila ventral furrow and other epithelia, apical constriction of hundreds of…”
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Mitochondrial dysregulation and glycolytic insufficiency functionally impair CD8 T cells infiltrating human renal cell carcinoma
Published in JCI insight (15-06-2017)“…Cancer cells can inhibit effector T cells (Teff) through both immunomodulatory receptors and the impact of cancer metabolism on the tumor microenvironment…”
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SETD2 safeguards the genome against isochromosome formation
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (26-09-2023)“…Isochromosomes are mirror-imaged chromosomes with simultaneous duplication and deletion of genetic material which may contain two centromeres to create…”
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Tuning cell shape change with contractile ratchets
Published in Current opinion in genetics & development (01-10-2011)“…Throughout the lifespan of an organism, shape changes are necessary for cells to carry out their essential functions. Nowhere is this more dramatic than…”
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Bi-modal Regulation of a Formin by srGAP2
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (25-02-2011)“…The maintenance of rapid and efficient actin dynamics in vivo requires coordination of filament assembly and disassembly. This regulation requires temporal and…”
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The Huntingtin-interacting protein SETD2/HYPB is an actin lysine methyltransferase
Published in Science advances (02-10-2020)“…The methyltransferase SET domain-containing 2 (SETD2) was originally identified as Huntingtin (HTT) yeast partner B. However, a SETD2 function associated with…”
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Drug screening in human physiologic medium identifies uric acid as an inhibitor of rigosertib efficacy
Published in JCI insight (30-05-2024)“…The nonphysiological nutrient levels found in traditional culture media have been shown to affect numerous aspects of cancer cell physiology, including how…”
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Subset-specific mitochondrial stress and DNA damage shape T cell responses to fever and inflammation
Published in Science immunology (20-09-2024)“…Heat is a cardinal feature of inflammation, yet its impacts on immune cells remain uncertain. We show that moderate-grade fever temperatures (39°C) increased…”
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SH3 domain-based phototrapping in living cells reveals Rho family GAP signaling complexes
Published in Science signaling (29-11-2011)“…Rho family GAPs [guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) activating proteins] negatively regulate Rho family GTPase activity and therefore modulate signaling events…”
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