Free Radical Biology and Medicine: Thioredoxin reductase-1 levels are associated with NRF2 pathway activation and tumor recurrence in non-small cell lung cancer (Bishop Lab)

October 26, 2021

 MarinaDelgoboa  Rosângela MayerGonçalvesag  Marco AntônioDelazerib  MarceloFalchettia  AlessandroZandonáb  RaquelNascimento das Nevesa  KarolineAlmeidaa  Adriane CristinaFagundesa  Daniel PensGelainc  João IsidroFracassod  Guilherme Baroni deMacêdod  LeonardoPriorid  NicklasBassanie  Alexander James RoyBishopef  Cassiano MateusForcelinib  José Cláudio FonsecaMoreirac1  AlfeuZanotto-Filhoa1 Highlights • Amid 64 redox genes, TXNRD1 shows association with poor survival in NSCLC. • High TXNRD1 levels predict poor DFS and DMFS in [...]

JoVE: Paramagnetic Relaxation Enhancement for Detecting and Characterizing Self-Associations of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins (Libich Lab)

October 13, 2021

 Courtney N. Johnson1, David S. Libich1 Abstract Intrinsically disordered proteins and intrinsically disordered regions within proteins make up a large and functionally significant part of the human proteome. The highly flexible nature of these sequences allows them to form weak, long-range, and transient interactions with diverse biomolecular partners. Specific yet low-affinity interactions promote promiscuous binding [...]

Frontiers in Molecular BioScience: Structural Characterization of the RNA-Binding Protein SERBP1 Reveals Intrinsic Disorder and Atypical RNA Binding Modes (Libich & Penalva labs)

October 13, 2021

 Antoine Baudin, 1 , 2 , † Alma K. Moreno-Romero, 1 , 2 Xiaoping Xu, 1 , 2 Emily E. Selig, 1 , 2 , † Luiz O. F. Penalva, 1 , 3 and David S. Libich 1 , 2 ,* † Abstract RNA binding proteins (RBPs) are essential for critical biological processes such as translation regulation and mRNA processing, and misfunctions of these proteins are associated with diseases such as cancer and neurodegeneration. SERBP1 (SERPINE1 [...]

Journal of Virology: MULTIPLEXED SIV-SPECIFIC PAIRED RNA-GUIDED CAS9 NICKASES INACTIVATE PROVIRAL DNA (Lai)

September 23, 2021

Authors: Lisa M Smith, Jason T. Ladner, Vida L. Hodara, Laura M. Parodi, R. Alan Harris, Jessica E. Callery, Zhao Lai, Yi Zou, Muthuswamy Raveedran, Jeffrey Rogers, and Luis D. Giavedoni Abstract Human and simian immunodeficiency virus infections establish a lifelong reservoir of cells harboring an integrated proviral genome. Genome editing CRISPR-associated Cas9 nucleases, combined […]

MDPI: Design and Characterization of a Cell-Penetrating Peptide Derived from the SOX2 Transcription Factor (Blancafort)

September 10, 2021

Neha S. Gandhi Edina Wang Anabel Sorolla Yu Jie Kan Adil Malik Jyotsna Batra Kimberly A. Young Wan Jun Tie Pilar Blancafort Ricardo L. Mancera Abstract SOX2 is an oncogenic transcription factor overexpressed in nearly half of the basal-like triple-negative breast cancers associated with very poor outcomes. Targeting and inhibiting SOX2 is clinically relevant as […]

European Journal of Cancer: Coronary artery disease surveillance among childhood, adolescent and young adult cancer survivors: A systematic review and recommendations from the International Late Effects of Childhood Cancer Guideline Harmonization Group (Aune)

September 9, 2021

Elvira C.van Dalena Renée L.Muldera EugeneSuhb Matthew J.Ehrhardtc Gregory J.Auned EditBardief Bradley J.Bensong JuttaBergler-Kleinh Ming H.Cheni EvaFreyf UlrikeHennewigj LianeLockwoodk UllaMartinssonl  MonicaMuracam  Helenavan der Pala  ChrisPlummern  KatrinScheinemannopq  ChristinaSchinderars  Daniel A.Mulrooneyc Highlights • Cancer survivors are at risk for premature coronary artery disease (CAD). • Especially survivors treated with radiotherapy exposing the heart. • This guideline provides […]

Cancer Research: SNAI2-mediated repression of BIM protects rhabdomyosarcoma from ionizing radiation (Houghton, Ignatius, & Zheng Labs)

August 31, 2021

Long Wang, Nicole R. Hensch, Kathryn Bondra, Prethish Sreenivas, Xiang R. Zhao, Jiangfei Chen, Rodrigo Moreno Campos, Kunal Baxi, Angelina V. Vaseva, Benjamin D. Sunkel, Berkley E. Gryder, Silvia Pomella, Benjamin Z. Stanton, Siyuan Zheng, Eleanor Y. Chen, Rossella Rota, Javed Khan, Peter J. Houghton and Myron S. Ignatius Abstract Ionizing radiation (IR) and chemotherapy are mainstays of treatment for patients with rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), yet the molecular mechanisms that underlie the success or failure of radiotherapy remain unclear. The transcriptional repressor SNAI2 was previously identified as a key regulator of IR sensitivity in […]