Gender- and Age-Group Specific Association of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Exposure with Diabetes Mellitus: Korean National Environmental Health Survey (KoNEHS) 2015-2017.

Exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) has been reported as a potential risk factor for diabetes in adults. However, effect modifications by sex and age, especially among Asian populations, have seldom been investigated. In the present study, we assessed associations of major POPs exposure including organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), with diabetes in Korean adults ( = 1,295), a subset of the Korean National Environmental Health Survey (KoNEHS) Cycle 3 (2015-2017).

SOX9 is a key component of RUNX2-regulated transcriptional circuitry in osteosarcoma.

Background: The absence of prominent, actionable genetic alternations in osteosarcomas (OS) implies that transcriptional and epigenetic mechanisms significantly contribute to the progression of this life-threatening form of cancer. Therefore, the identification of potential transcriptional events that promote the survival of OS cells could be key in devising targeted therapeutic approaches for OS. We have previously shown that RUNX2 is a transcription factor (TF) essential for OS cell survival.

Autophagy Inhibition as a Potential Therapeutic Strategy for Breast Cancer with Mitochondrial Translation Defect Caused by CBFB-Deficiency.

AMPK, AMP-activated protein kinase; BioID, biotinylation identification; CBFB, core-binding factor subunit beta; HCQ, hydroxychloroquine; HNRNPK, heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K; PDX, patient-derived xenograft; PIK3CA, phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha; TUFM, Tu translation elongation factor, mitochondrial; ETC, electron transport chain.

Dysregulation of Mitochondrial Translation Caused by CBFB Deficiency Cooperates with Mutant PIK3CA and Is a Vulnerability in Breast Cancer.

Unlabelled: Understanding functional interactions between cancer mutations is an attractive strategy for discovering unappreciated cancer pathways and developing new combination therapies to improve personalized treatment. However, distinguishing driver gene pairs from passenger pairs remains challenging. Here, we designed an integrated omics approach to identify driver gene pairs by leveraging genetic interaction analyses of top mutated breast cancer genes and the proteomics interactome data of their encoded proteins.

An Updated View of the Roles of p53 in Embryonic Stem Cells.

The TP53 gene is unarguably one of the most studied human genes. Its encoded protein, p53, is a tumor suppressor and is often called the "guardian of the genome" due to its pivotal role in maintaining genome stability. Historically, most studies of p53 have focused on its roles in somatic cells and tissues, but in the last 2 decades, its functions in embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells have attracted increasing attention.