A NOTCH feed-forward loop drives reprogramming from adrenergic to mesenchymal state in neuroblastoma

oleh: Tim van Groningen, Nurdan Akogul, Ellen M. Westerhout, Alvin Chan, Nancy E. Hasselt, Danny A. Zwijnenburg, Marloes Broekmans, Peter Stroeken, Franciska Haneveld, Gerrit K. J. Hooijer, C. Dilara Savci-Heijink, Arjan Lakeman, Richard Volckmann, Peter van Sluis, Linda J. Valentijn, Jan Koster, Rogier Versteeg, Johan van Nes

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2019-04-01

Deskripsi

Neuroblastoma includes adrenergic and mesenchymal cell types that can interconvert. Here, the authors show that this transdifferentiation is driven by a NOTCH feedforward loop that allows a swift transition between two semi-stable cellular states.