Blog of Signaling Pathways

Suppressing HER3 signaling by interfering with its Sec61-dependent contranlational translocation

3976 views | Feb 03 2015

Ruiz-Saenz et al. demonstrated a novel approach specifically reduces HER3 expression. [Read the Full Post]

A protocol for human pluripotent stem cell differentiation into endoderm related cells

7510 views | Feb 02 2015

Diekmann et al. showed a detailed protocol started from a defined cell number of dispersed single cells of three different human ESC lines, and one human iPSC line. [Read the Full Post]

Unexpected role of Notch signaling on directing the trophectoderm lineage in the mouse blastocyst

6521 views | Jan 30 2015

Rayon et al. showed that Notch signaling plays a key role in mediating TE-specific expression of Cdx2, though interaction with the transcription factor TEAD4. [Read the Full Post]

Alternative functions of K-RAS in endocrine tumors

2763 views | Jan 29 2015

Chamberlian et al. found K-RAS suppresses the growth in pancreatic endocrine cells, in contrast to its promoting effect on other cancer cells. [Read the Full Post]

A novel role of Semaphorin3A on the increase of vascular permeability

6199 views | Jan 28 2015

Hou et al. identified Semaphorin3A (Sema3A) as a critical factor mediates vascular permeability and contributes to ischemic brain damage. [Read the Full Post]

The distribution of primary cilia in the mouse embyo

4981 views | Jan 27 2015

Bangs et al. demonstrate the time and location that primary cilia appear in the mouse embryo. [Read the Full Post]

STIM2 promotes store-operated calcium entry via enhancing recruitment of STIM1 to the ER-PM junctions

2498 views | Jan 26 2015

Ong et al. found STIM2 promotes STIM1 recruitment in endoplasmic reticulum- plasma membrane junctions at low stimulus intensities, results in the enhancement of store-operated calcium entry. [Read the Full Post]

ESKM, a novel therapeutic agent for sensitive and resistant PH+ leukemias

15365 views | Jan 23 2015

Dubrovsky et al. developed an antibody, ESKM, which is therapeutically effective on acute and chronic leukemias in murine models. [Read the Full Post]

The inhibition of class I histone deacetylases by butyrate can suppress acute gout arthritis

5130 views | Jan 22 2015

Cleophas et al. found high concentration of short-chain fatty acid butyrate provides anti-inflammatory effect by inhibiting of histone deacetylases (HDACs) in acute gout arthritis. [Read the Full Post]

MAPK cascade promotes early axonal degeneration in response to injury

6127 views | Jan 21 2015

By using traumatic injury as a model, Yang et al. demonstrated a critical role of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade in early axonal degeneration in response to injury. [Read the Full Post]

BUB1 plays a key role in promoting TGF-β signaling

7892 views | Jan 20 2015

By using human kinome siRNA screen and a live-cell reporter for TGF-β receptor (TGFBR) activity, Nyati et al. identified the kinase budding uninhibited by benzimidazoles-1 (BUB1) plays a critical role in regulating TGF-β signaling. [Read the Full Post]

Butyrate acts as an suppressor against colonic tumor in gnotobiotic mouse models

5391 views | Jan 19 2015

Donohoe et al. demonstrated dietary fiber suppress tumor progress in a microbiota- and butyrate-dependent manner. [Read the Full Post]

Snail also acts as a transactivator for the expression of tumor-associated cytokines

6851 views | Jan 16 2015

Hsu et al. demonstrated the underlying mechanism of Snail-mediated target gene transactivation, and also identified several target genes. [Read the Full Post]

The new finding of PI3K signaling regulation provides a novel therapeutic strategy for luminal breast cancer

8458 views | Jan 15 2015

Costa et al. found the high efficiency of p110α inhibition by BYL719 is attenuated due to p110β accumulation. [Read the Full Post]

Tofacitinib promotes myeloid-derived suppressor cells expansion and reduces disease severity of arthritis SKG mice

6951 views | Jan 14 2015

Nishimura et al. revealed that tofacitinib has effect on promoting MDSCs expansion and ameliorating arthritis in SKG mice. [Read the Full Post]

The important role of Cav1 in inducing peritoneal membrane epithelial-mesenchymal transition and fibrosis

2876 views | Jan 13 2015

Strippoli et al. found Caveolin-1 (Cav1) acts as a critical factor in the increasing epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), thickness, and fibrosis of peritoneum during peritoneal dialysis. [Read the Full Post]

The mechanism of kinase independent AKT in promoting cancer development

6075 views | Jan 12 2015

Vivanco et al. revealed the mechanism and emphasized a kinase-independent function of AKT in regulating cancer cell survival. [Read the Full Post]

Inflammatory signaling plays a critical role in vertebrates embryonic hematopoiesis

2540 views | Jan 09 2015

He et al. found inflammatory signaling is critical in zebrafish and mouse embryonic hematopoiesis without infection or pathological inflammation. [Read the Full Post]

Generate hypothalamic neurons from hESCs and human iPSCs

4015 views | Jan 08 2015

Wang et al. reported a protocol of differeiciating human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) into hypothalamic cells. [Read the Full Post]

The mechanism of resistance to JAK2 inhibitor in myeloproliferative neoplasms patients

12603 views | Jan 07 2015

Winter et al. identified the underlying mechanism of the emerging JAK2 inhibitor therapy resistance in MPNs patients, and found the RAS and pathways mediated by AKT and ERK contribute to the resistance. [Read the Full Post]