Chi-chung Hui

TL;DR: It is reported that ACE2 and the angiotensin II type 2 receptor (AT2) protect mice from severe acute lung injury induced by acid aspiration or sepsis, pointing to a possible therapy for a syndrome affecting millions of people worldwide every year.

TL;DR: It is shown that the obesity-associated noncoding sequences within FTO are functionally connected, at megabase distances, with the homeobox gene IRX3, and long-range enhancers within this region recapitulate aspects of IRx3 expression, suggesting that the Obesity-associated interval belongs to the regulatory landscape ofIRX3.

TL;DR: The data indicate that the FTO allele associated with obesity represses mitochondrial thermogenesis in adipocyte precursor cells in a tissue-autonomous manner, and points to a pathway for adipocyte thermogenesis regulation involving ARID5B, rs1421085, IRX3, and IRX5, which, when manipulated, had pronounced pro-obesity and anti-ob obesity effects.

TL;DR: The results indicate that Notch1 functions as a tumor-suppressor gene in mammalian skin and can inhibit β-catenin-mediated signaling.

TL;DR: The current understanding of the molecular and cellular basis of Hh morphogen gradient formation and signal transduction, and the multifaceted roles of HH signaling in development and tumorigenesis are reviewed.