2023
7SK methylation by METTL3 promotes transcriptional activity
Perez-Pepe M, Desotell A, Li H, Li W, Han B, Lin Q, Klein D, Liu Y, Goodarzi H, Alarcón C. 7SK methylation by METTL3 promotes transcriptional activity. Science Advances 2023, 9: eade7500. PMID: 37163588, PMCID: PMC10171809, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ade7500.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscriptional elongationTranscriptional responseAdaptive transcriptional responseHeterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteinsElongation factor complexPositive transcription elongation factor complexGrowth factorExtracellular signalsRNA modificationsRNA 7SKEpidermal growth factorCell signalingInduces phosphorylationMethyltransferase 3Nuclear ribonucleoproteinFactor complexTranscriptional activityUnknown functionMethylationMETTL3RibonucleoproteinPhosphorylationTEFbElongationSignaling
2021
A murine model of the human CREBRFR457Q obesity-risk variant does not influence energy or glucose homeostasis in response to nutritional stress
Kanshana JS, Mattila PE, Ewing MC, Wood AN, Schoiswohl G, Meyer AC, Kowalski A, Rosenthal SL, Gingras S, Kaufman BA, Lu R, Weeks DE, McGarvey ST, Minster RL, Hawley NL, Kershaw EE. A murine model of the human CREBRFR457Q obesity-risk variant does not influence energy or glucose homeostasis in response to nutritional stress. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0251895. PMID: 34520472, PMCID: PMC8439463, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251895.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMurine modelGlucose homeostasisEnergy/glucose homeostasisOdds of diabetesOdds of obesityObesity risk variantsAlternative preclinical modelsPromotes obesityPreclinical modelsKnockin miceObesityDiabetesStrong heritable componentExtensive phenotypic analysisMissense variantsOrthologous variantDiseaseMiceOddsAdaptive transcriptional responseExtreme nutritional stressNutritional stressHomeostasisGenetic contributionRegulatory factors
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