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transcription factor

“Oh My oD, are you both enhancer and silencer? Where do your muscles stem from?”

For more than 30 years, scientists have studied how the myogenic determination gene number 1 (MyoD) protein binds DNA to modify the gene expression...

Neur-on-aging recovered: GTP closes ATP into the cellular redox workouts

Age is the largest risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (ALD), but the age-related mechanisms that increase risk for ALD are unclear. Although a proposed...

Prostate cancer PROSPERity is out of the BOX: and metastasis “stems” from core HD ACes

Researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center identified a gene that plays a key role in prostate cancer cells that have transitioned...

RanBP2 in cancers: a SUMO fighter on the “surface” to be defeated in the “core”

The nuclear pore complex protein RANBP2 has emerged as a critical factor in the development and progression of various solid malignancies. As a SUMO...

FOXes R 2 clever to go undetected: but when it comes to children, “targeted” shots are needed

Pediatric tumors are a field of oncology that has always had special attention that needs no explanation. Tumors such as neuroblastoma and medulloblastoma are...

Il fattore LXR-beta: un recettore nucleare che dal metabolismo passa al controllo di ansia e depressione

Cos'è LXRβ? LXRβ, che appartiene alla famiglia dei recettori nucleari dei fattori di trascrizione attivati ​​da ligando, controlla il metabolismo del colesterolo e l'infiammazione. Diversi...

AP-1: a keymaster FOStering the JUNction among several tissues by wERKing on the cellular MAPk

AP-1: ID and biological functions AP-1 (Activator Protein-1) is a transcription factor that plays a key role in regulating gene expression involved in a wide...

Aminoacids and fats meet for “malignant” purposes: reexploring antipsychotic drugs paving the way for metabolic wreck

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most lethal brain tumor, with a median survival rate of merely 12-16 months after diagnosis. Despite surgical, radiation and chemotherapy...