2013
Progranulin directly binds to the CRD2 and CRD3 of TNFR extracellular domains
Jian J, Zhao S, Tian Q, Gonzalez-Gugel E, Mundra J, Uddin S, Liu B, Richbourgh B, Brunetti R, Liu C. Progranulin directly binds to the CRD2 and CRD3 of TNFR extracellular domains. FEBS Letters 2013, 587: 3428-3436. PMID: 24070898, PMCID: PMC3826980, DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2013.09.024.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
GEP constitutes a negative feedback loop with MyoD and acts as a novel mediator in controlling skeletal muscle differentiation
Wang D, Bai X, Tian Q, Lai Y, Lin E, Shi Y, Mu X, Feng J, Carlson C, Liu C. GEP constitutes a negative feedback loop with MyoD and acts as a novel mediator in controlling skeletal muscle differentiation. Cellular And Molecular Life Sciences 2011, 69: 1855-1873. PMID: 22179841, PMCID: PMC3319484, DOI: 10.1007/s00018-011-0901-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyoD transcription factorGranulin-epithelin precursorTranscription factorsMyoblast fusionMyotube formationMuscle-specific transcription factorsC2C12 myoblast fusionE-box sequenceSkeletal muscle differentiationFusion of myoblastsNegative feedback loopGrowth factorEmbryonic developmentRegulatory regionsMuscle differentiationSkeletal muscle tissueC2C12 myoblastsRegulatory loopSiRNA approachNovel mediatorAutocrine growth factorJunBKnockdown miceMyoblastsTissue repair