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Cripto forms a complex with activin and type II activin receptors and can block activin signaling [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2003
Activin, nodal, Vg1, and growth and differentiation factor 1 are members of the transforming growth factor β superfamily and signal via the activin type II (ActRII/IIB) and type I (ALK4) serine/threonine kinase receptors. Unlike activins, however, signaling by nodal, Vg1, and growth and differentiation factor 1 requires a coreceptor from the epidermal ...
Peter C, Gray, Craig A, Harrison, Wylie, Vale   +2 more
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Chemical Screening Identifies Danofloxacin as a Self‐Renewal Agonist of Embryonic Stem Cells through Alleviation of HDAC1‐Mediated Deacetylation of Tert and Prdm10

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study identified Danofloxacin as a novel supporter of the maintenance of mouse embryonic stem cell (ESC) pluripotency. It functions partially by inhibiting HDAC1, which increases specific histone acetylation marks and activates key genes like Tert and Prdm10.
Yan Zhang, Junxiang Ji, Baoxing Dong, Zhenhua Zhu, Xucheng Lv, Peng Chen, Wenqiang Liu, Min Zhou, Shou‐Dong Ye   +8 more
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Senescence marker activin A is increased in human diabetic kidney disease: association with kidney function and potential implications for therapy

BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, 2019
Objective Activin A, an inflammatory mediator implicated in cellular senescence-induced adipose tissue dysfunction and profibrotic kidney injury, may become a new target for the treatment of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) and chronic kidney diseases.
Hui Tang, Lilach O Lerman, Xiaohui Bian, Tomás P Griffin, Xiangyang Zhu, Md Nahidul Islam, Sabena M Conley, Alfonso Eirin, Paula M O’Shea, Allyson K Palmer, Sandra M Herrmann, Ramila A Mehta, John R Woollard, Andrew D Rule, James L Kirkland, Tamar Tchkonia, Stephen C Textor, Matthew D Griffin, LaTonya J Hickson   +18 more
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SerpinA3 is an Endogenous TGF‐β Receptor Antagonist that Attenuates Cardiac Fibroblast Activation and Fibrotic Remodeling

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
SerpinA3 acts as an endogenous TGF‐β receptor antagonist that binds to the extracellular domain of TGFR‐1, thereby preventing TGFR‐1–TGFR‐2 complex formation. This receptor‐level blockade suppresses TGF‐β/Smad2/3 signaling, attenuates cardiac fibroblast activation, and extracellular matrix deposition, and ultimately alleviates pressure overload–induced
Hui Wang, Jieyu Cui, Chunlu Huang, Wanyi Guo, Tong Liu, Yi Zhu, Shuai Shao, Kangyin Chen, Jinlong He, Qiankun Bao   +9 more
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A therapeutic target for CKD: activin A facilitates TGFβ1 profibrotic signaling

Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters, 2023
Background TGFβ1 is a major profibrotic mediator in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Its direct inhibition, however, is limited by adverse effects. Inhibition of activins, also members of the TGFβ superfamily, blocks TGFβ1 profibrotic effects, but the ...
Asfia Soomro, Mohammad Khajehei, Renzhong Li, Kian O’Neil, Dan Zhang, Bo Gao, Melissa MacDonald, Masao Kakoki, Joan C. Krepinsky   +8 more
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Grtp1 Safeguards Against Paternal Reproductive Aging and Intergenerational Behavioral Deficits by Preserving Redox Homeostasis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study identifies that Grtp1 maintains germline redox homeostasis by interacting with PRDX1/4‐TXN to antagonize paternal reproductive aging. Growth hormone restores Grtp1 expression, rectifies aberrant sperm DNA methylation, and ameliorates intergenerational anxiety and social deficits, highlighting the GH‐GRTP1 axis as a promising intervention ...
Yingdong Liu, Shanyao Liu, Haixin Liang, Jiani Yang, Yanhe Li, Jiqing Yin, Xueguang Zhang, Yan Zhang, Dandan Bai, Zihui Yan, Zhuoao Zhang, Yanping Jia, Kuisheng Liu, Yifan Sheng, Jiani Xiang, Chenxiang Xi, Baoxing Dong, Xinyi Lei, Jiayu Chen, Hong Wang, Yi Guo, Yanping Zhang, Shaorong Gao, Wenqiang Liu   +23 more
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Spatiotemporal Multi‐Omic Mapping Reveals Liver‐Muscle Metabolic Crosstalk in Cancer Cachexia

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The interactive CCAtlas platform delineates cross‐species, spatiotemporal, and sex‐specific molecular dynamics and metabolic rewiring across organs during cancer cachexia. Hepatic Gamt downregulation curtails hepatic creatine synthesis to trigger systemic creatine insufficiency and consequent skeletal muscle atrophy in LLC tumour‐bearing mice ...
Zihan Tian, Qianyu Wang, Wenyan Gao, Xianfeng Li, Jiawen Fan, Xiaoliang Wu, Siqi Liu, Xiangdong Ming, Danna Yeerken, Mutian Shen, Qingjie Min, Qimin Zhan, Yan Wang   +12 more
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Exploration of novel activin A antibodies [PDF]

The transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) superfamily comprises the most structurally diverse family of growth factors and plays critical roles in embryogenesis and tissue homeostasis.

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NS1‐Induced PARP1 Phase Transitions Prolongs Host Transcriptional Pausing to Promote Influenza A Virus Replication

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
After IAV infection, NS1 induces PARP1 phase transition, reducing molecular mobility in condensates, prolonging host transcriptional pause, aiding RdRp cap snatching, and promoting viral transcription. ABSTRACT Influenza A virus (IAV) commandeers host transcriptional machinery to replicate, but mechanisms remain elusive.
Shufeng Ma, Changyuan Kang, Xixian Liu, Lichao Yang, Mengyi Li, Yuting Ye, Jianfang Zhang, Yingjun Li, Guanghui Jin, Yang Liu, Xiaohong Chen, Kexin Wang, Zifeng Yang   +12 more
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Molecular Mechanisms of AMH Signaling

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022
Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH) is a secreted glycoprotein hormone with critical roles in reproductive development and regulation. Its chemical and mechanistic similarities to members of the Transforming Growth Factor β (TGF-β) family have led to its ...
James A. Howard, Kaitlin N. Hart, Thomas B. Thompson   +2 more
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