A guide to membraneless organelles and their various roles in gene regulation

T Hirose, K Ninomiya, S Nakagawa… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Membraneless organelles (MLOs) are detected in cells as dots of mesoscopic size. By
undergoing phase separation into a liquid-like or gel-like phase, MLOs contribute to …

Exosome biogenesis: machinery, regulation, and therapeutic implications in cancer

QF Han, WJ Li, KS Hu, J Gao, WL Zhai, JH Yang… - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
Exosomes are well-known key mediators of intercellular communication and contribute to
various physiological and pathological processes. Their biogenesis involves four key steps …

Modulating biomolecular condensates: a novel approach to drug discovery

DM Mitrea, M Mittasch, BF Gomes, IA Klein… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
In the past decade, membraneless assemblies known as biomolecular condensates have
been reported to play key roles in many cellular functions by compartmentalizing specific …

Liquid–liquid phase separation drives cellular function and dysfunction in cancer

S Mehta, J Zhang - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Cancer is a disease of uncontrollably reproducing cells. It is governed by biochemical
pathways that have escaped the regulatory bounds of normal homeostatic balance. This …

[HTML][HTML] Formation, function, and pathology of RNP granules

N Ripin, R Parker - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granules are diverse membrane-less organelles that form through
multivalent RNA-RNA, RNA-protein, and protein-protein interactions between RNPs. RNP …

OpenCell: Endogenous tagging for the cartography of human cellular organization

NH Cho, KC Cheveralls, AD Brunner, K Kim… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Elucidating the wiring diagram of the human cell is a central goal of the postgenomic era.
We combined genome engineering, confocal live-cell imaging, mass spectrometry, and data …

A framework for understanding the functions of biomolecular condensates across scales

AS Lyon, WB Peeples, MK Rosen - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2021 - nature.com
Biomolecular condensates are found throughout eukaryotic cells, including in the nucleus, in
the cytoplasm and on membranes. They are also implicated in a wide range of cellular …

Deciphering molecular interactions by proximity labeling

W Qin, KF Cho, PE Cavanagh, AY Ting - Nature methods, 2021 - nature.com
Many biological processes are executed and regulated through the molecular interactions of
proteins and nucleic acids. Proximity labeling (PL) is a technology for tagging the …

Intracellular mRNA transport and localized translation

S Das, M Vera, V Gandin, RH Singer… - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Fine-tuning cellular physiology in response to intracellular and environmental cues requires
precise temporal and spatial control of gene expression. High-resolution imaging …

[HTML][HTML] G3BP1 is a tunable switch that triggers phase separation to assemble stress granules

P Yang, C Mathieu, RM Kolaitis, P Zhang, J Messing… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
The mechanisms underlying ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granule assembly, including the basis
for establishing and maintaining RNP granules with distinct composition, are unknown. One …