Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) belong to the TGF-β superfamily of structurally related signaling pro teins that regulate a wide array of cellular functions. The key step in BMP signal transduction is the BMP re...
The integration of newborn neurons into functional neuronal networks requires migration of cells to their final position in the developing brain, the growth and arborization of neuronal processes and the formation of ...
We apologize to those whose work we could not cite due to space limitations. Y Chen is supported by grams from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31271579), National Key Basic Research Program of China (2013CB910900), American Heart Association postdoctoral fellowship (10POST3640046), Kunming Institute of Zoology startup foundation and Chinese Academy of Sciences. J Jiang is supported by grants from NIH (GM067045 and GM061269), CPRIT (RPI00561) and Welch foundation 0-1603), and is a Eugene McDermott Endowed Schol-ar of Biomedical Science at UTSW.
Hedgehog (Hh) signaling plays pivotal roles in embryonic development and adult tissue homeostasis, and its de-regulation leads to numerous human disorders including cancer. Binding of Hh to Patched (Ptc), a twelve...
Acknowledgments We thank Drs Natlie G Ahn (University of Colorado), Piero Crespo (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientFficas), Xos6 R Bustelo (University of Salamanca), Robert J Kay (University of British Columbia) and Juan S Bonifacino (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) for generously providing the plasmids. This work was supported by research grants from Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2007CB947100 to YC and 2010CB529506 to YP and ZW), National Natural Science Foundation of China (30830037 and 81021002 to YC and 30971660 to YP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (KSCX2- EW-R-08 to YC.), and Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (2009KIP207 to YP).
Ras plays a pivotal role in many cellular activities, and its subcellular compartmentalization provides spatial and temporal selectivity. Here we report a mode of spatial regulation of Ras signaling in the Golgi appar...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30800613), the 973 Program (2010CB529600, 2007CB947300), the 863 Program (2009AA022701), the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Science and Technology Program (09DJ1400601), the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai, China (Grant No. 08ZR1411000), the National Key Project for the Investigation of New Drugs (2008ZX09312-003), the Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project (B205), and the General Research Fund of Hong Kong (HKU760608M). The coauthor, Xizhi Guo, was supported by the "Pujiang Talent" Project (08PJ1407200).
Brachydactyly type A1 (BDAI), the first recorded Mendelian autosomal dominant disorder in humans, is characterized by a shortening or absence of the middle phalanges. Heterozygous missense mutations in the Indian He...
Potassium (K^+) channel function is fundamental to many physiological processes. However, components and mech- anisms regulating the activity of plant K^+channels remain poorly understood. Here, we show that the c...
The IKB kinase/NF-kB signaling pathway has been diseases. Increased activation of NF-kB is often detected implicated in the pathogenesis of several inflammatory in both immune and non-immune cells in tissues affected ...
Caspase-1-mediated IL-1β production is generally controlled by two pathways. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) recognize pathogen-derived products and induce NF-KB-dependent pro-IL-1β transcription; NOD-like receptors (...
Ephrin ligands interact with Eph receptors to regulate a wide variety of biological and pathological processes. Recent studies have identified several downstream pathways that mediate the functions of these receptors....
The copper-binding, membrane-anchored, cellular prion protein (PrP~) has two constitutive cleavage sites producing distinct N- and C-terminal fragments (N1/C1 and N2/C2). Using RK13 cells expressing either human P...