Dihydroceramide desaturase 1, the gatekeeper of ceramide induced lipotoxicity.
Córdoba, Spain. In Biochim Biophys Acta, Jan 2015
Here, we describe its function and dysregulation by factors such as oxidative stress, hypoxia and inflammation and provide evidence indicating that dihydroceramides constitute a biologically active molecule from the sphingolipid family with certain differential characteristics with respect to its delta-4 unsaturated counterparts, the ceramides.
Mechanisms regulating GABAergic neuron development.
Heidelberg, Germany. In Cell Mol Life Sci, Apr 2014
By comparing the molecular regulation of these events across CNS, we broadly identify three regions utilizing distinct molecular toolkits for GABAergic fate determination: telencephalon-anterior diencephalon (DLX2 type), posterior diencephalon-midbrain (GATA2 type) and hindbrain-spinal cord (PTF1A and TAL1 types).
Robustness in angiogenesis: notch and BMP shaping waves.
Leuven, Belgium. In Trends Genet, 2013
In particular, we focus on how Delta-like ligand 4 (DLL4)-Notch and BMP effector interplay may drive nonsynchronized oscillatory gene expression in ECs essential for setting sharp tip-stalk cell boundaries while sustaining a dynamic pool of nonsprouting ECs.