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Human diseases of the SSU processome
Sondalle SB, Baserga SJ. Human diseases of the SSU processome. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta 2013, 1842: 758-764. PMID: 24240090, PMCID: PMC4058823, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2013.11.004.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsNorth American Indian childhood cirrhosisSSU processome componentsSSU processomeBowen-Conradi syndromeHuman diseasesSmall subunit processomeProduction of ribosomesRibosomal protein assemblyLarge ribonucleoproteinRibosome biogenesisFunctional ribosomesEukaryotic cellsProcessomeProtein assembliesCellular machinesRibosomesRNA cleavageProtein synthesisRibonucleoproteinEukaryotesCirhinAssemblyRRNAsRibosomopathiesBiogenesisThe pre-rRNA processing factor DEF is rate limiting for the pathogenesis of MYCN-driven neuroblastoma
Tao T, Sondalle SB, Shi H, Zhu S, Perez-Atayde AR, Peng J, Baserga SJ, Look AT. The pre-rRNA processing factor DEF is rate limiting for the pathogenesis of MYCN-driven neuroblastoma. Oncogene 2017, 36: 3852-3867. PMID: 28263972, PMCID: PMC5501763, DOI: 10.1038/onc.2016.527.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDigestive organ expansion factorSmall ribosomal subunitPeripheral sympathetic nervous systemPre-ribosomal RNA processingTransgenic zebrafish modelOverexpression of MYCNNeuroblastoma cellsRibosome biogenesisSSU processomeNucleolar factorsRNA processingSympathetic nervous systemRibosomal subunitZebrafish modelHuman neuroblastoma cell lineTumor growth rateHuman neuroblastoma cellsNeuroblastoma cell linesNovel siteZebrafishCell linesNervous systemHuman neuroblastomaDisease penetranceNeuroblastoma
2023
Human nucleolar protein 7 (NOL7) is required for early pre-rRNA accumulation and pre-18S rRNA processing
McCool M, Bryant C, Huang H, Ogawa L, Farley-Barnes K, Sondalle S, Abriola L, Surovtseva Y, Baserga S. Human nucleolar protein 7 (NOL7) is required for early pre-rRNA accumulation and pre-18S rRNA processing. RNA Biology 2023, 20: 257-271. PMID: 37246770, PMCID: PMC10228412, DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2023.2217392.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPre-rRNA accumulationRibosome biogenesisNonessential roleEukaryotic ribosome biogenesisEssential cellular processesNucleolar stress responsePre-rRNA levelsRRNA processingLikely orthologCellular processesAssociated proteinsTumor suppressorStress responseHuman cellsProtein synthesisProtein 7Human counterpartBiogenesisYeastOrthologsHomologSubcomplexAccumulationRRNATranscription