mRNAs, proteins and the emerging principles of gene expression control

C Buccitelli, M Selbach - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Gene expression involves transcription, translation and the turnover of mRNAs and proteins.
The degree to which protein abundances scale with mRNA levels and the implications in …

Aneuploidy as a driver of human cancer

E Sdeor, H Okada, R Saad, T Ben-Yishay… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Aneuploidy, an abnormal chromosome composition, is a major contributor to cancer
development and progression and an important determinant of cancer therapeutic …

Increasing the throughput of sensitive proteomics by plexDIA

J Derks, A Leduc, G Wallmann, RG Huffman… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Current mass spectrometry methods enable high-throughput proteomics of large sample
amounts, but proteomics of low sample amounts remains limited in depth and throughput. To …

AUTACs: cargo-specific degraders using selective autophagy

D Takahashi, J Moriyama, T Nakamura, E Miki… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
Protein silencing represents an essential tool in biomedical research. Targeted protein
degradation (TPD) strategies exemplified by PROTACs are rapidly emerging as modalities …

Natural proteome diversity links aneuploidy tolerance to protein turnover

J Muenzner, P Trébulle, F Agostini, H Zauber… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Accessing the natural genetic diversity of species unveils hidden genetic traits, clarifies gene
functions and allows the generalizability of laboratory findings to be assessed. One notable …

Cancer aneuploidies are shaped primarily by effects on tumour fitness

J Shih, S Sarmashghi, N Zhakula-Kostadinova… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Aneuploidies—whole-chromosome or whole-arm imbalances—are the most prevalent
alteration in cancer genomes,. However, it is still debated whether their prevalence is due to …

Multi-omic measurements of heterogeneity in HeLa cells across laboratories

Y Liu, Y Mi, T Mueller, S Kreibich, EG Williams… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Reproducibility in research can be compromised by both biological and technical variation,
but most of the focus is on removing the latter. Here we investigate the effects of biological …

Increased dosage of DYRK1A leads to congenital heart defects in a mouse model of Down syndrome

E Lana-Elola, R Aoidi, M Llorian, D Gibbins… - Science translational …, 2024 - science.org
Down syndrome (DS) is caused by trisomy of human chromosome 21 (Hsa21). DS is a gene
dosage disorder that results in multiple phenotypes including congenital heart defects. This …

Cystathionine-β-synthase: molecular regulation and pharmacological inhibition

K Zuhra, F Augsburger, T Majtan, C Szabo - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cystathionine-β-synthase (CBS), the first (and rate-limiting) enzyme in the transsulfuration
pathway, is an important mammalian enzyme in health and disease. Its biochemical …

Down syndrome

SE Antonarakis, BG Skotko, MS Rafii… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Trisomy 21, the presence of a supernumerary chromosome 21, results in a collection of
clinical features commonly known as Down syndrome (DS). DS is among the most …