We have shown that p53 and Notch inhibiting mutations, both of which are common in squamous cancers, imbalance
cell fate in this way, generating large mutant clones.
Our current works have focused on screening the chemical libraries to identify and further characterize small molecules that can control stem
cell fate in various systems.
HTT modulates mitotic spindle orientation and
cell fate in mouse cortical progenitors from the ventricular zone.
«We see elements of this framework of primary and secondary cell - fate determinants throughout the hematopoietic system,» said study author Harinder Singh, the Louis Block Professor of Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator at the University of Chicago, «and we suspect such networks also regulate
cell fate in other systems.»
«In addition to advancing our understanding of human embryonic development, the findings suggest we may be able to use metabolites, relatively simple compounds, to alter
cell fate in the treatment of common disorders.»
«Sniffing out stem
cell fates in the nose: Using single - cell RNA sequencing and clever statistical analysis to track stem cells as they mature.»
Genetic approaches in mouse model systems combined with cell biological assays have allowed Professor Lukas Sommer to identify mechanisms regulating stem
cell fates in the developing CNS and in neural crest - derived tissues.
Our findings suggest that pluripotency is determined by the capacity of a mixed population of lineage - biased intermediates to commit to different
cell fates in specific contexts.
Not exact matches
The event will be headlined by a world title match between Triple H and Roman Reigns, as well as a Hell
in a
Cell match between Undertaker and Shane McMahon, with the
fate of WWE hanging
in the balance.
Molecular characterization of the
cells that undergo
cell fate transition upon oncogenic Pik3ca expression demonstrated a profound oncogene - induced reprogramming of these newly formed
cells and identified gene expression signatures, characteristic of the different
cell fate switches, which was predictive of the cancer
cell of origin, tumour type and clinical outcomes
in women with breast cancers.
Now,
in a new study published today, Sept. 8,
in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin - Madison has added a new wrinkle to the
cell differentiation equation, showing that the stiffness of the surfaces on which stem
cells are grown can exert a profound influence on
cell fate.
In contrast to the conversion of alpha
cells, which only concerns a small fraction of the alpha
cell population, the new mechanism involving delta
cell fate change is a more efficient way of offsetting the loss of beta
cells and thus diabetes recovery.
The findings — published today
in Nature — provide significant insights into
cell types
fated to relapse and can help accelerate the quest for new, upfront therapies, says Dr. Dick, a Senior Scientist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, and Professor
in the Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto.
The two - part approach netted a set of mutations seen only at relapse that enabled the team to sift and sort leukemic and normal stem
cells using tools developed
in the Dick lab a few years ago to zero
in on specific
cell types
fated to relapse.
It will be relatively easy for the team to monitor the
fate of the new
cells because they can be seen
in the eye through a microscope.
Although transcription factors are often the ingredients scientists use to induce stem
cell fate, Dalby and Ulijn hypothesize that certain metabolites «fuel» the pathways that result
in variable concentrations of transcription factors that drive these changes.
They discovered novel mechanisms
in cells with the ability to activate pathways that crosstalk one to another and then assemble consolidated responses that decide
cell fate.
In a similar way to how they work in other cells, epigenetic markers push PGCs to their fate during embryonic development, but PGCs are unique because when they develop into sperm and eggs, the epigenetic markers are erase
In a similar way to how they work
in other cells, epigenetic markers push PGCs to their fate during embryonic development, but PGCs are unique because when they develop into sperm and eggs, the epigenetic markers are erase
in other
cells, epigenetic markers push PGCs to their
fate during embryonic development, but PGCs are unique because when they develop into sperm and eggs, the epigenetic markers are erased.
Around 2000, then - postdoc Wagers and other researchers
in Irving Weissman's and Thomas Rando's labs at Stanford revived the method, known as parabiosis, to study the
fate of blood stem
cells and muscle
cells.
This is interesting because it implies that all the instructive mechanisms [for these
cells»
fate] are present
in the adult brain.»
In addition, it provides a marker for
cell fates and insight into the molecular and cellular mechanisms by which FSC progeny diverge into distinct
fates.
Fate «is counting on this patent to raise funding, so they will be relentless»
in pushing their claims, says stem
cell researcher Jeanne Loring of the Scripps Research Institute
in San Diego.
Her research team placed the evolutionarily conserved castor (Cas) gene, which encodes a zinc finger protein,
in a genetic circuit with two other evolutionarily conserved genes, hedgehog (Hh) and eyes absent (Eya), to determine the
fates of specific
cell progeny (daughters).
The article «EGFR signalling controls cellular
fate and pancreatic organogenesis by regulating apicobasal polarity» has been published
in Nature
Cell Biology.
«It's a change
in cell fate, back to neural crest status.»
Because the precise activation of Hox genes is essential for a
cell's
fate, «the research should prove extremely useful
in developing novel embryonic stem
cell - based therapies, Mazzoni adds.
Nishimura suspected that genotoxic stressors, such as radiation or harsh chemicals, might play a role
in the stem
cells»
fate, because they've been implicated
in other signs of aging.
After this initial color assignment, the color information was propagated
in time using the tracking information, thus providing a color - coded single -
cell resolution
fate map.
«But our work shows it's possible to change the
fate of scar - forming
cells in the heart, and this could potentially benefit people who have heart attacks,» Ubil said.
Every
cell in the body uses phosphorylation, the process of adding a chemical tag to control a protein's function and
fate, such as when it moves from one part of a
cell to another or binds to other proteins.
In work published this week in Cell, Tavazoie and his colleagues describe how fluctuations in the amount of tRNAs can have a dramatic impact not only on the fate of a single cell, but also on diseases like metastatic breast cance
In work published this week
in Cell, Tavazoie and his colleagues describe how fluctuations in the amount of tRNAs can have a dramatic impact not only on the fate of a single cell, but also on diseases like metastatic breast cance
in Cell, Tavazoie and his colleagues describe how fluctuations in the amount of tRNAs can have a dramatic impact not only on the fate of a single cell, but also on diseases like metastatic breast can
Cell, Tavazoie and his colleagues describe how fluctuations
in the amount of tRNAs can have a dramatic impact not only on the fate of a single cell, but also on diseases like metastatic breast cance
in the amount of tRNAs can have a dramatic impact not only on the
fate of a single
cell, but also on diseases like metastatic breast can
cell, but also on diseases like metastatic breast cancer.
This study provides experimental evidence which shows the important role of RNA levels
in the controlling the
fate of embryonic stem
cells, and shows an understanding of RNA's ability to differentiate stem
cells at the molecular level.
The Eveland laboratory's research findings, «Brassinosteroids modulate meristem
fate and differentiation of unique inflorescence morphology
in Setaria viridis,» were recently published
in the journal The Plant
Cell.
Germ
cells, irrespective of the sexual
fate (to become sperm or eggs), have the potential to feminize the body
in medaka.
In their latest study, they generated three different medaka mutants to demonstrate that the feminizing effect of germ
cells is not a result of the progression of gametogenesis or a sexual
fate decision of germ
cells.
If so, it could make
cell fate more resilient to random mutations
in a plant's genetic code, even when such changes keep some gene - regulating proteins from binding their intended DNA targets.
In that case, the genetic information within the chromosome copies remains the same, but the type of
cell, or «
cell fate,» is different.
Each ended up taking on the characteristics of its new neighbors, implying that the environment that they grew up
in strongly influenced the
fate of these
cells.
Researchers have identified a set of DNA - binding proteins
in the roots of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana that work
in combination to help precursor
cells selectively read different parts of the same genetic script and acquire their different
fates.
At the GSA Drosophila Research Conference, TinTin Su, Ph.D., will report that a dying Drosophila melanogaster larvae
cell alerts neighboring
cells that they are
in danger of suffering a similar
fate.
Using genetic methods to map the
fate of the
cells, the scientists could demonstrate that astrocytes
in this area formed immature nerve
cells, which then developed into mature nerve
cells.
Using her new culture system, she joined forces with colleagues to research which
cells in an embryo contribute to which parts of the adult animal, a process called
fate - mapping.
This was,
in a sense, a possible molecular answer to the hunch about early mammalian
fates voiced by Arthur Hertig of the two -
celled embryo half a century earlier.
Another provocative observation from the new study was that transient gene expression events during brain development set up broad distinctions
in neural
fate between
cells in different areas
in the cerebral cortex.
The images depict what might be called embryology
in flagrante: micrographs of sperm
cells, trailing accordion - like pleats of white zags as they streak across a vast blue ocean of ooplasm; a multihued blastocyst
in the process of hatching out of the egg's zona pellucida; and egg
cells with a fringe of glowing,
fate - determining proteins, looking a bit like a solar eclipse inside a
cell.
A print of that first micrograph of a two -
celled human embryo is now framed and hangs on the wall above the desk
in David Albertini's small, crowded office at Tufts University where, 30 years after he cleaned the monkey cages
in Southborough, he conducts research trying to figure out how the
fate of those two
cells is determined.
But whether similar
fates befell the vast majority of proteins
in normal
cells remained unclear.
Because of the consistency among many
cells, they concluded that TCF - 1 control of T -
cell fate is fundamentally important
in determining what a
cell will become.
Nonetheless, it has become increasingly clear that the
fate of an embryo may be cast
in the ovarian follicles, where egg
cells are built.
In their experiments, about 20 percent of embryonic stem
cells lacking the microRNA exhibited expanded
fate potential.