2013
Chapter Nine Dissecting the Functional Interplay Between the TOR Pathway and the Cilium in Zebrafish
Yuan S, Zhao L, Sun Z. Chapter Nine Dissecting the Functional Interplay Between the TOR Pathway and the Cilium in Zebrafish. Methods In Enzymology 2013, 525: 159-189. PMID: 23522470, DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-397944-5.00009-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTOR pathwayCilia length controlGreen alga ChlamydomonasKupffer's vesiclePatterning defectsCiliary precursorsNutrient cuesCiliopathic phenotypesVertebrate modelTranslational regulationAlga ChlamydomonasCilia morphologyFunctional interplayEmbryonic organsFluid flow generationZebrafishCellular growthCilia lengthMajor regulatorChlamydomonasRapamycin (mTOR) pathwayLength controlCiliary motilityFundamental processesMechanistic relationship
2012
Target-of-rapamycin complex 1 (Torc1) signaling modulates cilia size and function through protein synthesis regulation
Yuan S, Li J, Diener DR, Choma MA, Rosenbaum JL, Sun Z. Target-of-rapamycin complex 1 (Torc1) signaling modulates cilia size and function through protein synthesis regulation. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2012, 109: 2021-2026. PMID: 22308353, PMCID: PMC3277533, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1112834109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBody PatterningCiliaEvolution, MolecularGene Knockdown TechniquesGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 betaHumansMovementOrgan SizeProtein BiosynthesisRheologyRibosomal Protein S6 KinasesSignal TransductionTranscription FactorsTuberous Sclerosis Complex 1 ProteinTumor Suppressor ProteinsZebrafishZebrafish ProteinsConceptsCilia lengthRibosomal protein S6 kinase 1Protein S6 kinase 1Protein synthesisLeft-right body asymmetryProtein synthesis regulationS6 kinase 1Vertebrate developmentTOR pathwayCilium sizeZebrafish developmentCilia assemblyTreatment of embryosDownstream substratesCilia morphologyEnvironmental cuesSynthesis regulationFluid flow generationKinase 1Cellular antennaHuman disordersCilia motilityUpstream inhibitorProper functionCiliary function