Search Results - "Zhu, Lihua J"
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Uncoupling lifespan and healthspan in Caenorhabditis elegans longevity mutants
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (20-01-2015)“…Aging research has been very successful at identifying signaling pathways and evolutionarily conserved genes that extend lifespan with the assumption that an…”
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Thioredoxin-Interacting Protein Mediates ER Stress-Induced β Cell Death through Initiation of the Inflammasome
Published in Cell metabolism (08-08-2012)“…Recent clinical and experimental evidence suggests that endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress contributes to the life-and-death decisions of β cells during the…”
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Therapeutic genome editing by combined viral and non-viral delivery of CRISPR system components in vivo
Published in Nature biotechnology (01-03-2016)“…Cas9-mediated gene editing corrects hereditary tyrosinemia in a mouse model. The combination of Cas9, guide RNA and repair template DNA can induce precise gene…”
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Jmjd3-Mediated H3K27me3 Dynamics Orchestrate Brown Fat Development and Regulate White Fat Plasticity
Published in Developmental cell (07-12-2015)“…Progression from brown preadipocytes to adipocytes engages two transcriptional programs: the expression of adipogenic genes common to both brown fat (BAT) and…”
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ChIPpeakAnno: a Bioconductor package to annotate ChIP-seq and ChIP-chip data
Published in BMC bioinformatics (11-05-2010)“…Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) followed by high-throughput sequencing (ChIP-seq) or ChIP followed by genome tiling array analysis (ChIP-chip) have become…”
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CRISPRseek: a bioconductor package to identify target-specific guide RNAs for CRISPR-Cas9 genome-editing systems
Published in PloS one (23-09-2014)“…CRISPR-Cas systems are a diverse family of RNA-protein complexes in bacteria that target foreign DNA sequences for cleavage. Derivatives of these complexes…”
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The Three-Dimensional Architecture of a Bacterial Genome and Its Alteration by Genetic Perturbation
Published in Molecular cell (21-10-2011)“…We have determined the three-dimensional (3D) architecture of the Caulobacter crescentus genome by combining genome-wide chromatin interaction detection,…”
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Tead and AP1 Coordinate Transcription and Motility
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (09-02-2016)“…The Tead family transcription factors are the major intracellular mediators of the Hippo-Yap pathway. Despite the importance of Hippo signaling in…”
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Lats1/2 Sustain Intestinal Stem Cells and Wnt Activation through TEAD-Dependent and Independent Transcription
Published in Cell stem cell (07-05-2020)“…Intestinal homeostasis is tightly regulated by complex yet poorly understood signaling networks. Here, we demonstrate that Lats1/2, the core Hippo kinases, are…”
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miR-221 Is Required for Endothelial Tip Cell Behaviors during Vascular Development
Published in Developmental cell (14-02-2012)“…Angiogenesis requires coordination of distinct cell behaviors between tip and stalk cells. Although this process is governed by regulatory interactions between…”
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TRIM37 is a new histone H2A ubiquitin ligase and breast cancer oncoprotein
Published in Nature (London) (04-12-2014)“…The RING finger protein TRIM37 is encoded by a gene that is amplified in certain breast cancers, but its function is unknown; here, it is shown to…”
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Targeted gene inactivation in zebrafish using engineered zinc-finger nucleases
Published in Nature biotechnology (01-06-2008)“…Direct genomic manipulation at a specific locus is still not feasible in most vertebrate model organisms. In vertebrate cell lines, genomic lesions at a…”
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Vegfc acts through ERK to induce sprouting and differentiation of trunk lymphatic progenitors
Published in Development (Cambridge) (15-10-2016)“…Vascular endothelial growth factor C (Vegfc) activates its receptor, Flt4, to induce lymphatic development. However, the signals that act downstream of Flt4 in…”
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Transcription factor Hlx controls a systematic switch from white to brown fat through Prdm16-mediated co-activation
Published in Nature communications (12-07-2017)“…Browning of subcutaneous white fat (iWAT) involves several reprograming events, but the underlying mechanisms are incompletely understood. Here we show that…”
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Global Promotion of Alternative Internal Exon Usage by mRNA 3′ End Formation Factors
Published in Molecular cell (04-06-2015)“…The mechanisms that regulate alternative precursor mRNA (pre-mRNA) splicing are largely unknown. Here, we perform an RNAi screen to identify factors required…”
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MELK Promotes Melanoma Growth by Stimulating the NF-κB Pathway
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (05-12-2017)“…Melanoma accounts for more than 80% of skin cancer-related deaths, and current therapies provide only short-term benefit to patients. Here, we show in melanoma…”
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BCR-ABL suppresses autophagy through ATF5-mediated regulation of mTOR transcription
Published in Blood (08-09-2011)“…The oncoprotein BCR-ABL transforms myeloid progenitor cells and is responsible for the development of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). In transformed cells,…”
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YAP/TAZ Activation Drives Uveal Melanoma Initiation and Progression
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (03-12-2019)“…Uveal melanoma (UM), the most common ocular malignancy, is characterized by GNAQ/11 mutations. Hippo/YAP and Ras/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) emerge…”
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A therapeutically targetable mechanism of BCR-ABL-independent imatinib resistance in chronic myeloid leukemia
Published in Science translational medicine (03-09-2014)“…Resistance to the BCR-ABL inhibitor imatinib mesylate (IM) poses a major problem for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). IM resistance often…”
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Genetic and pharmacological reactivation of the mammalian inactive X chromosome
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (02-09-2014)“…X-chromosome inactivation (XCI), the random transcriptional silencing of one X chromosome in somatic cells of female mammals, is a mechanism that ensures equal…”
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