The Hedgehog signal transduction network

DJ Robbins, DL Fei, NA Riobo - Science signaling, 2012 - science.org
Hedgehog (Hh) proteins regulate the development of a wide range of metazoan embryonic
and adult structures, and disruption of Hh signaling pathways results in various human …

G protein Gαi functions immediately downstream of Smoothened in Hedgehog signalling

SK Ogden, DL Fei, NS Schilling, YF Ahmed, J Hwa… - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
The hedgehog (Hh) signalling pathway has an evolutionarily conserved role in patterning
fields of cells during metazoan development, and is inappropriately activated in cancer 1 , 2 . …

[HTML][HTML] Wild-type U2AF1 antagonizes the splicing program characteristic of U2AF1-mutant tumors and is required for cell survival

DL Fei, H Motowski, R Chatrikhi, S Prasad, J Yu… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
We have asked how the common S34F mutation in the splicing factor U2AF1 regulates
alternative splicing in lung cancer, and why wild-type U2AF1 is retained in cancers with this …

Notch signaling drives stemness and tumorigenicity of esophageal adenocarcinoma

…, X Zhu, A Sanchez-Mejias, F Bai, B Li, DL Fei… - Cancer research, 2014 - AACR
Esophageal adenocarcinoma ranks sixth in cancer mortality in the world and its incidence has
risen dramatically in the Western population over the last decades. Data presented herein …

[HTML][HTML] Association between In Utero arsenic exposure, placental gene expression, and infant birth weight: a US birth cohort study

DL Fei, DC Koestler, Z Li, C Giambelli… - Environmental …, 2013 - Springer
Background Epidemiologic studies and animal models suggest that in utero arsenic exposure
affects fetal health, with a negative association between maternal arsenic ingestion and …

In utero arsenic exposure and fetal immune repertoire in a US pregnancy cohort

…, Z Li, S Farzan, D Koestler, D Robbins, DL Fei… - Clinical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Arsenic has wide-ranging effects on human health and there is evidence that it alters the
immune response by influencing CD4 +/CD8 + T cell ratios, IL-2 cytokine levels, and the …

The splicing factor U2AF1 contributes to cancer progression through a noncanonical role in translation regulation

M Palangat, DG Anastasakis, DL Fei… - Genes & …, 2019 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Somatic mutations in the genes encoding components of the spliceosome occur frequently
in human neoplasms, including myeloid dysplasias and leukemias, and less often in solid …

Impaired hematopoiesis and leukemia development in mice with a conditional knock-in allele of a mutant splicing factor gene U2af1

DL Fei, T Zhen, B Durham… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Mutations affecting the spliceosomal protein U2AF1 are commonly found in myelodysplastic
syndromes (MDS) and secondary acute myeloid leukemia (sAML). We have generated mice …

Pyrvinium attenuates Hedgehog signaling downstream of smoothened

B Li, DL Fei, CA Flaveny, N Dahmane, V Baubet… - Cancer research, 2014 - AACR
The Hedgehog (HH) signaling pathway represents an important class of emerging developmental
signaling pathways that play critical roles in the genesis of a large number of human …

[HTML][HTML] Repurposing the FDA-approved pinworm drug pyrvinium as a novel chemotherapeutic agent for intestinal polyposis

B Li, CA Flaveny, C Giambelli, DL Fei, L Han, BI Hang… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Mutations in the WNT-pathway regulator ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI (APC) promote
aberrant activation of the WNT pathway that is responsible for APC-associated diseases …