2023
Telomeres cooperate with the nuclear envelope to maintain genome stability
Rai R, Sodeinde T, Boston A, Chang S. Telomeres cooperate with the nuclear envelope to maintain genome stability. BioEssays 2023, 46: e2300184. PMID: 38047499, DOI: 10.1002/bies.202300184.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNuclear envelopeGenome stabilityNuclear envelope ruptureKu70/Ku80Homology-directed recombinationMammalian telomeresChromosome stabilityNuclear laminsShelterin componentsProtein TRF2Envelope ruptureRepair proteinsTelomeresRap1Recent findingsProteinFunction resultsRecombinationDNA sensingForm structuresLaminsTRF2Ku80DNAHomeostasis
2017
Probing the Telomere Damage Response
Rai R, Chang S. Probing the Telomere Damage Response. Methods In Molecular Biology 2017, 1587: 133-138. PMID: 28324505, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6892-3_13.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTelomere dysfunctionDNA damage response signalsDNA damage repair pathwaysTelomere damage responseΓ-H2AXDamage repair pathwaysCheckpoint sensorNbs1 complexReplicative attritionMre11-Rad50Shelterin componentsDamage responseTelomeric DNADysfunctional telomeresRepair pathwaysDownstream effectorsComplete deletionTelomeresDNAPathwayTRF2Chk2Chk1KinaseEffectors
2013
Single strand DNA binding proteins 1 and 2 protect newly replicated telomeres
Gu P, Deng W, Lei M, Chang S. Single strand DNA binding proteins 1 and 2 protect newly replicated telomeres. Cell Research 2013, 23: 705-719. PMID: 23459151, PMCID: PMC3641597, DOI: 10.1038/cr.2013.31.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllelesAnimalsCell LineChromatidsDNA DamageDNA RepairDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA, Single-StrandedGenomic InstabilityHumansMiceMice, KnockoutMitochondrial ProteinsProtein BindingRadiation, IonizingRNA InterferenceRNA, Small InterferingShelterin ComplexTelomereTelomere-Binding ProteinsTelomeric Repeat Binding Protein 2ConceptsGenome stabilitySingle-strand DNAHeterotrimeric protein complexDNA damage responseTelomere end protectionProtein 1Subset of telomeresTelomeric ssDNAProtein complexesTelomeric DNADamage responseG-overhangsEnd protectionConditional knockout miceTelomeresΔ miceDNAPOT1aDevelopmental abnormalitiesStrand DNACritical roleKnockout miceINTS3F allelePOT1b
2011
Probing the Telomere Damage Response
Rai R, Chang S. Probing the Telomere Damage Response. Methods In Molecular Biology 2011, 735: 145-150. PMID: 21461819, PMCID: PMC3690558, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-092-8_14.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTelomere dysfunctionDNA damage response signalsDNA damage repair pathwaysTelomere damage responseΓ-H2AXDamage repair pathwaysCheckpoint sensorNbs1 complexReplicative attritionMre11-Rad50Shelterin componentsDamage responseTelomeric DNADysfunctional telomeresRepair pathwaysDownstream effectorsComplete deletionTelomeresDNAPathwayTRF2Chk2Chk1KinaseEffectors
2010
Defending the end zone: Studying the players involved in protecting chromosome ends
Chan SS, Chang S. Defending the end zone: Studying the players involved in protecting chromosome ends. FEBS Letters 2010, 584: 3773-3778. PMID: 20579983, PMCID: PMC3657741, DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.06.016.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2008
Initiation of Genomic Instability, Cellular Senescence, and Organismal Aging by Dysfunctional Telomeres
Chang S. Initiation of Genomic Instability, Cellular Senescence, and Organismal Aging by Dysfunctional Telomeres. 2008, 57-75. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-73709-4_4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDysfunctional telomeresOrganismal agingCellular senescenceDNA damage responseLinear chromosomesShelterin complexDamage responseTelomeric repeatsGenomic instabilityTelomeric structureTelomeresSenescenceFunction resultsProteinImportant roleChromosomesMouse modelRepeatsTelomeraseDNAProgressive lossP53ActivationComplexesAging