2019
Transmembrane Protein Aptamer Induces Cooperative Signaling by the EPO Receptor and the Cytokine Receptor β-Common Subunit
He L, Cohen EB, Edwards APB, Xavier-Ferrucio J, Bugge K, Federman RS, Absher D, Myers RM, Kragelund BB, Krause DS, DiMaio D. Transmembrane Protein Aptamer Induces Cooperative Signaling by the EPO Receptor and the Cytokine Receptor β-Common Subunit. IScience 2019, 17: 167-181. PMID: 31279934, PMCID: PMC6614117, DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2019.06.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchErythropoietin receptorPrimary human hematopoietic progenitor cellsProtein aptamerGrowth factor independenceHuman hematopoietic progenitor cellsJAK/STATMurine BaF3 cellsTransmembrane domainCellular processesCytoplasmic tyrosinesCytoplasmic domainHematopoietic progenitor cellsErythroid differentiationBaF3 cellsCommon subunitFactor independenceSerum withdrawalCell deathCooperative signalingEPO receptorEPOR homodimersProgenitor cellsEssential roleSubunitsSignaling
2017
Ezrin links CFTR to TLR4 signaling to orchestrate anti-bacterial immune response in macrophages
Di Pietro C, Zhang PX, O’Rourke T, Murray TS, Wang L, Britto CJ, Koff JL, Krause DS, Egan ME, Bruscia EM. Ezrin links CFTR to TLR4 signaling to orchestrate anti-bacterial immune response in macrophages. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 10882. PMID: 28883468, PMCID: PMC5589856, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11012-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell LineCystic FibrosisCystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance RegulatorCytoskeletal ProteinsDisease Models, AnimalMacrophage ActivationMacrophagesMicePhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktPseudomonas aeruginosaPseudomonas InfectionsSignal TransductionToll-Like Receptor 4ConceptsCystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulatorPI3K/AktFibrosis transmembrane conductance regulatorTransmembrane conductance regulatorPI3K/Akt signalingConductance regulatorAnti-bacterial immune responseAkt signalingAltered localizationEzrinCystic fibrosis diseaseMφ activationAktProtein levelsFibrosis diseaseActivationImmune regulationPhagocytosisInductionDirect linkSignalingRegulatorImmune responseMΦMacrophages