Unfolded protein response: Pro-survival clock sUPRession
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 19, 74 (2018). doi:10.1038/nrm.2017.137 Author: Paulina Strzyz Activation of the unfolded protein response suppresses circadian clock genes, which contributes to translation repression and increased cell survival. (Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology)
Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology - December 20, 2017 Category: Cytology Authors: Paulina Strzyz Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research

Ten principles of heterochromatin formation and function
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 19, 229 (2018). doi:10.1038/nrm.2017.119 Authors: Robin C. Allshire & Hiten D. Madhani Heterochromatin is a key architectural feature of eukaryotic chromosomes, which endows particular genomic domains with specific functional properties. The capacity of heterochromatin to restrain the activity of mobile elements, isolate DNA repair in repetitive regions and ensure accurate chromosome segregation is crucial for maintaining genomic (Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology)
Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology - December 13, 2017 Category: Cytology Authors: Robin C. Allshire Hiten D. Madhani Tags: Review Source Type: research

Ageing: Pol III inhibition: new promise of longevity
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 19, 74 (2018). doi:10.1038/nrm.2017.131 Author: Paulina Strzyz Inhibition of polymerase III in the gut is shown to promote animal lifespan downstream of the TOR complex 1. (Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology)
Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology - December 13, 2017 Category: Cytology Authors: Paulina Strzyz Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research

Transcription regulation by the Mediator complex
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 19, 262 (2018). doi:10.1038/nrm.2017.115 Author: Julie Soutourina Alterations in the regulation of gene expression are frequently associated with developmental diseases or cancer. Transcription activation is a key phenomenon in the regulation of gene expression. In all eukaryotes, mediator of RNA polymerase II transcription (Mediator), a large complex with modular organization, is generally (Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology)
Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology - December 6, 2017 Category: Cytology Authors: Julie Soutourina Tags: Review Source Type: research

Splicing: Going in circles
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 19, 3 (2018). doi:10.1038/nrm.2017.128 Author: Eytan Zlotorynski The production of circular RNAs is enhanced when canonical splicing of parent genes or transcription termination at upstream genes is reduced. (Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology)
Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology - December 6, 2017 Category: Cytology Authors: Eytan Zlotorynski Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research

Chromatin dependencies in cancer and inflammation
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 19, 245 (2018). doi:10.1038/nrm.2017.113 Authors: Ivan Marazzi, Benjamin D. Greenbaum, Diana H. P. Low & Ernesto Guccione Multiple cell-signalling pathways converge on chromatin to induce gene expression programmes. The inducible transcriptional programmes that are established as a result of inflammatory or oncogenic signals are controlled by shared chromatin regulators. Therapeutic targeting of such chromatin dependencies has proved effective for controlling tumorigenesis and (Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology)
Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology - November 29, 2017 Category: Cytology Authors: Ivan Marazzi Benjamin D. Greenbaum Diana H. P. Low Ernesto Guccione Tags: Review Source Type: research

Stem cells: Regenerating the skin of a young patient
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 19, 1 (2018). doi:10.1038/nrm.2017.124 Author: Kim Baumann The entire skin of a young patient with junctional epidermolysis bullosa was successfuly regenerated using a combination of ex vivo gene therapy and stem-cell replacement therapy, which is a major achievement in the translation of stem cell-based therapies to the clinic. (Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology)
Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology - November 29, 2017 Category: Cytology Authors: Kim Baumann Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research

Sphingolipids and their metabolism in physiology and disease
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 19, 175 (2018). doi:10.1038/nrm.2017.107 Authors: Yusuf A. Hannun & Lina M. Obeid Studies of bioactive lipids in general and sphingolipids in particular have intensified over the past several years, revealing an unprecedented and unanticipated complexity of the lipidome and its many functions, which rivals, if not exceeds, that of the genome or proteome. These results highlight critical (Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology)
Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology - November 22, 2017 Category: Cytology Authors: Yusuf A. Hannun Lina M. Obeid Tags: Review Source Type: research

Functional 5 ′ UTR mRNA structures in eukaryotic translation regulation and how to find them
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 19, 158 (2018). doi:10.1038/nrm.2017.103 Authors: Kathrin Leppek, Rhiju Das & Maria Barna RNA molecules can fold into intricate shapes that can provide an additional layer of control of gene expression beyond that of their sequence. In this Review, we discuss the current mechanistic understanding of structures in 5′ untranslated regions (UTRs) of eukaryotic mRNAs and the emerging (Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology)
Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology - November 22, 2017 Category: Cytology Authors: Kathrin Leppek Rhiju Das Maria Barna Tags: Review Source Type: research

The mitochondrial UPR: mechanisms, physiological functions and implications in ageing
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 19, 109 (2018). doi:10.1038/nrm.2017.110 Authors: Tomer Shpilka & Cole M. Haynes Mitochondrial function declines during ageing owing to the accumulation of deleterious mitochondrial genomes and damage resulting from the localized generation of reactive oxygen species, both of which are often exacerbated in diseases such as Parkinson disease. Cells have several mechanisms to assess mitochondrial function and (Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology)
Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology - November 22, 2017 Category: Cytology Authors: Tomer Shpilka Cole M. Haynes Tags: Review Source Type: research

Chromosome biology: Spindle asymmetry drives selfish segregation
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 19, 2 (2018). doi:10.1038/nrm.2017.121 Author: Paulina Strzyz Tubulin in meiotic oocyte spindles is asymmetrically tyrosinated, and this spindle asymmetry can drive biased, non-Mendelian inheritance of chromosomes. (Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology)
Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology - November 22, 2017 Category: Cytology Authors: Paulina Strzyz Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research

RNA metabolism: The short tail that wags the mRNA
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 19, 2 (2018). doi:10.1038/nrm.2017.120 Author: Eytan Zlotorynski In contrast to the prevailing view, abundant and efficiently translated mRNAs tend to have short, pruned poly(A) tails. (Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology)
Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology - November 22, 2017 Category: Cytology Authors: Eytan Zlotorynski Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research

The functions and unique features of long intergenic non-coding RNA
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 19, 143 (2018). doi:10.1038/nrm.2017.104 Authors: Julia D. Ransohoff, Yuning Wei & Paul A. Khavari Long intergenic non-coding RNA (lincRNA) genes have diverse features that distinguish them from mRNA-encoding genes and exercise functions such as remodelling chromatin and genome architecture, RNA stabilization and transcription regulation, including enhancer-associated activity. Some genes currently annotated as encoding lincRNAs include small open reading frames (Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology)
Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology - November 15, 2017 Category: Cytology Authors: Julia D. Ransohoff Yuning Wei Paul A. Khavari Tags: Review Source Type: research

Publisher correction: The essential kinase ATR: ensuring faithful duplication of a challenging genome.
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 18, 783 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrm.2017.116 Author: Joshua C. Saldivar, David Cortez & Karlene A. Cimprich Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology18, 622–636 (2017)In the original article, references 36, 68 and 110 contained mistakes. These have now been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of the article. (Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology)
Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology - November 8, 2017 Category: Cytology Authors: Joshua C. Saldivar David Cortez Karlene A. Cimprich Tags: Correction Source Type: research

Mechanobiology of collective cell behaviours
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 18, 743 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrm.2017.98 Authors: Benoit Ladoux & René-Marc Mège The way in which cells coordinate their behaviours during various biological processes, including morphogenesis, cancer progression and tissue remodelling, largely depends on the mechanical properties of the external environment. In contrast to single cells, collective cell behaviours rely on the cellular interactions not only with (Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology)
Source: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology - November 8, 2017 Category: Cytology Authors: Benoit Ladoux Ren é -Marc M è ge Tags: Review Source Type: research