2014
Chitinase 3–Like 1 Suppresses Injury and Promotes Fibroproliferative Responses in Mammalian Lung Fibrosis
Zhou Y, Peng H, Sun H, Peng X, Tang C, Gan Y, Chen X, Mathur A, Hu B, Slade MD, Montgomery RR, Shaw AC, Homer RJ, White ES, Lee CM, Moore MW, Gulati M, Lee CG, Elias JA, Herzog EL. Chitinase 3–Like 1 Suppresses Injury and Promotes Fibroproliferative Responses in Mammalian Lung Fibrosis. Science Translational Medicine 2014, 6: 240ra76. PMID: 24920662, PMCID: PMC4340473, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3007096.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisCHI3L1 levelsChitinase 3Lungs of patientsAlternative macrophage activationLevel of apoptosisAcute exacerbationFibroproliferative repairLung transplantationDisease exacerbationInjury phaseAmbulatory patientsEpithelial injuryPulmonary fibrosisIPF populationLung fibrosisMacrophage accumulationCHI3L1 expressionFibrotic phaseDisease progressionProfibrotic roleFibroproliferative responseMacrophage activationMyofibroblast transformationProtective role
2008
Defective p53 engagement after the induction of DNA damage in cells deficient in topoisomerase 3β
Mohanty S, Town T, Yagi T, Scheidig C, Kwan KY, Allore HG, Flavell RA, Shaw AC. Defective p53 engagement after the induction of DNA damage in cells deficient in topoisomerase 3β. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2008, 105: 5063-5068. PMID: 18367668, PMCID: PMC2278186, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0801235105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMurine embryonic fibroblastsDNA damageDependent substrate phosphorylationDNA double-strand breaksType IA topoisomerasesCell cycle checkpointsDNA-damaging agentsS cell cycle checkpointDouble-strand breaksRegulation of totalSubstrate phosphorylationGenomic stabilityDsDNA breaksDNA replicationCycle checkpointsHomologous recombinationDNA repairUnanticipated roleEmbryonic fibroblastsAtaxia telangiectasiaCellular responsesTopoisomerase 3βPhosphorylationRad3Important roleDefective signal transduction in B lymphocytes lacking presenilin proteins
Yagi T, Giallourakis C, Mohanty S, Scheidig C, Shen J, Zheng H, Xavier RJ, Shaw AC. Defective signal transduction in B lymphocytes lacking presenilin proteins. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2008, 105: 979-984. PMID: 18195359, PMCID: PMC2242696, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0707755105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPresenilin proteinsDiverse cellular processesMultiple genomic datasetsPS proteinsSignal transduction eventsWhole-genome datasetsDefective signal transductionNotch family membersCalcium-dependent signalingCellular processesProtein substratesSignal transductionTransduction eventsProtein interactionsPS2 functionUnanticipated roleConditional alleleGenomic datasetsToll-like receptor signalingPathway analysisIntegrative analysisPosttranslational cleavageReceptor signalingRecombinase expressionProtein