Amino acid metabolism in health and disease

ZN Ling, YF Jiang, JN Ru, JH Lu, B Ding… - Signal Transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Amino acids are the building blocks of protein synthesis. They are structural elements and
energy sources of cells necessary for normal cell growth, differentiation and function. Amino …

Emerging role of glioma stem cells in mechanisms of therapy resistance

F Eckerdt, LC Platanias - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Glioblastoma is among the most lethal cancers in humans. Glioblastomas
exhibit a striking heterogeneity, which is maintained by a highly plastic, adaptable …

A mycobacterial effector promotes ferroptosis-dependent pathogenicity and dissemination

L Qiang, Y Zhang, Z Lei, Z Lu, S Tan, P Ge… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is a lipid peroxidation-driven and iron-dependent programmed cell death
involved in multiple physical processes and various diseases. Emerging evidence suggests …

PRMT3-mediated arginine methylation of IGF2BP1 promotes oxaliplatin resistance in liver cancer

Y Shi, Y Niu, Y Yuan, K Li, C Zhong, Z Qiu, K Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Although oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy has been effective in the treatment of
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), primary or acquired resistance to oxaliplatin remains a …

Thymidine kinase 1 drives hepatocellular carcinoma in enzyme-dependent and-independent manners

Q Li, L Zhang, Q Yang, M Li, X Pan, J Xu, C Zhong… - Cell Metabolism, 2023 - cell.com
Metabolic reprogramming plays a crucial role in the development of hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC). However, the key drivers of metabolic reprogramming underlying HCC …

Using mass spectrometry imaging to map fluxes quantitatively in the tumor ecosystem

M Schwaiger-Haber, E Stancliffe… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Tumors are comprised of a multitude of cell types spanning different microenvironments.
Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) has the potential to identify metabolic patterns within the …

Principles of nucleosome recognition by chromatin factors and enzymes

RK McGinty, S Tan - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
The recent torrent of structures of chromatin complexes determined by cryoelectron
microscopy provides an opportunity to discern general principles for how chromatin factors …

Histone modifications in drug-resistant cancers: From a cancer stem cell and immune evasion perspective

ML **, KW Jeong - Experimental & Molecular Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
The development and immune evasion of cancer stem cells (CSCs) limit the efficacy of
currently available anticancer therapies. Recent studies have shown that epigenetic …

MAPP unravels frequent co-regulation of splicing and polyadenylation by RNA-binding proteins and their dysregulation in cancer

M Bak, E van Nimwegen, IU Kouzel, T Gur… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Maturation of eukaryotic pre-mRNAs via splicing and polyadenylation is modulated across
cell types and conditions by a variety of RNA-binding proteins (RBPs). Although there exist …

[HTML][HTML] Promising role of protein arginine methyltransferases in overcoming anti-cancer drug resistance

Y Zhu, T **a, DQ Chen, X **ong, L Shi, Y Zuo… - Drug Resistance …, 2024 - Elsevier
Drug resistance remains a major challenge in cancer treatment, necessitating the
development of novel strategies to overcome it. Protein arginine methyltransferases …