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62 Citations
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HSF1: Primary Factor in Molecular Chaperone Expression and a Major Contributor to Cancer Morbidity

  • Thomas L. Prince,
  • Benjamin J. Lang,
  • Martin E. Guerrero-Gimenez,
  • Juan Manuel Fernandez-Muñoz,
  • Andrew Ackerman and
  • Stuart K. Calderwood

22 April 2020

Heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) is the primary component for initiation of the powerful heat shock response (HSR) in eukaryotes. The HSR is an evolutionarily conserved mechanism for responding to proteotoxic stress and involves the rapid expression of hea...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Chaperones: Cancer and Cell Death)
  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,918 Views
18 Pages

The Multifaceted Role of HSF1 in Pathophysiology: Focus on Its Interplay with TG2

  • Luca Occhigrossi,
  • Manuela D’Eletto,
  • Nickolai Barlev and
  • Federica Rossin

The cellular environment needs to be strongly regulated and the maintenance of protein homeostasis is crucial for cell function and survival. HSF1 is the main regulator of the heat shock response (HSR), the master pathway required to maintain proteos...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Structure and Function of Small Heat Shock Proteins)
  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,101 Views
17 Pages

Unveiling the HSF1 Interaction Network: Key Regulators of Its Function in Cancer

  • Snezhana A. Vladimirova,
  • Nadezhda E. Kokoreva,
  • Irina V. Guzhova,
  • Bashar A. Alhasan,
  • Boris A. Margulis and
  • Alina D. Nikotina

30 November 2024

Heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) plays a central role in orchestrating the heat shock response (HSR), leading to the activation of multiple heat shock proteins (HSPs) genes and approximately thousands of other genes involved in various cellular functions....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Molecular Oncology and Therapeutics)
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  • Open Access
34 Citations
7,232 Views
14 Pages

24 October 2018

Targeted therapy is an emerging paradigm in the development of next-generation anticancer drugs. Heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) has been identified as a promising drug target because it regulates several pathways responsible for cancer cell growth, metas...

(This article belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
4,722 Views
7 Pages

Association of HSF1 Genetic Variation with Heat Tolerance in Chinese Cattle

  • Yu Rong,
  • Mingfei Zeng,
  • Xiwen Guan,
  • Kaixing Qu,
  • Jianyong Liu,
  • Jicai Zhang,
  • Hong Chen,
  • Bizhi Huang and
  • Chuzhao Lei

25 November 2019

The heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) gene is a regulator of the heat stress response, maximizing HSP protein expression survival. In this research, we explored the frequency distribution of a missense mutation (NC_037341.1 g.616087A > G, rs135258919) in...

(This article belongs to the Section Animal Genetics and Genomics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,606 Views
19 Pages

An Increase in HSF1 Expression Directs Human Mammary Epithelial Cells toward a Mesenchymal Phenotype

  • Natalia Vydra,
  • Agnieszka Toma-Jonik,
  • Patryk Janus,
  • Katarzyna Mrowiec,
  • Tomasz Stokowy,
  • Magdalena Głowala-Kosińska,
  • Damian Robert Sojka,
  • Magdalena Olbryt and
  • Wiesława Widłak

12 October 2023

HSF1 is a well-known heat shock protein expression regulator in response to stress. It also regulates processes important for growth, development or tumorigenesis. We studied the HSF1 influence on the phenotype of non-tumorigenic human mammary epithe...

(This article belongs to the Section Tumor Microenvironment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,964 Views
16 Pages

Stress resistance mechanisms include upregulation of heat shock proteins (HSPs) and formation of granules. Stress-induced granules are classified into stress granules and nuclear stress bodies (nSBs). The present study examined the involvement of nSB...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Regulatory Mechanisms of Membrane Trafficking)
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  • Open Access
31 Citations
4,180 Views
18 Pages

HSF1 Stimulates Glutamine Transport by Super-Enhancer-Driven lncRNA LINC00857 in Colorectal Cancer

  • Qi Shen,
  • Rui Wang,
  • Xinling Liu,
  • Ping Song,
  • Mingzhu Zheng,
  • Xiaomin Ren,
  • Jingang Ma,
  • Zhong Lu and
  • Jiaqiu Li

9 August 2022

Super enhancers are critical for the gene transcription responsible for cell fate by interacting with transcription factors. However, the relevance of HSF1 to super enhancers in tumors remains obscure. We profiled H3K27ac enrichment by chromatin immu...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Cancer Biology)
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  • Open Access
1,288 Views
25 Pages

The Novel HSF1 Inhibitor NXP800 Exhibits Robust Antitumor Activity in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  • Sara M. Steinmann,
  • Melania Lazzari,
  • Augustinus Kleinle,
  • Dora Pischedda,
  • Antonio Cigliano,
  • Grazia Galleri,
  • Heiko Siegmund,
  • Claudia Fischer,
  • Salvatore Piscuoglio and
  • Diego F. Calvisi
  • + 1 author

Heat-shock factor 1 (HSF1) is a multifunctional transcription factor whose overexpression is associated with the development, progression, and aggressiveness of several tumor types, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In the present study, we t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Liver Disease and Primary Liver Cancer: Translational Advances and Therapeutic Perspectives)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,352 Views
16 Pages

Targeting of HSP70/HSF1 Axis Abrogates In Vitro Ibrutinib-Resistance in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

  • Federica Frezzato,
  • Andrea Visentin,
  • Filippo Severin,
  • Serena Pizzo,
  • Edoardo Ruggeri,
  • Nayla Mouawad,
  • Leonardo Martinello,
  • Elisa Pagnin,
  • Valentina Trimarco and
  • Livio Trentin
  • + 8 authors

29 October 2021

The Btk inhibitor ibrutinib has significantly changed the management of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients. Despite its clinical efficacy, relapses occur, and outcomes after ibrutinib failure are poor. Although BTK and PLCγ2 mutations have b...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL))
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,420 Views
11 Pages

Rational Design and Synthesis of HSF1-PROTACs for Anticancer Drug Development

  • Chiranjeev Sharma,
  • Myeong A Choi,
  • Yoojin Song and
  • Young Ho Seo

PROTACs employ the proteosome-mediated proteolysis via E3 ligase and recruit the natural protein degradation machinery to selectively degrade the cancerous proteins. Herein, we have designed and synthesized heterobifunctional small molecules that con...

(This article belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,763 Views
19 Pages

HSF1 Can Prevent Inflammation following Heat Shock by Inhibiting the Excessive Activation of the ATF3 and JUN&FOS Genes

  • Patryk Janus,
  • Paweł Kuś,
  • Natalia Vydra,
  • Agnieszka Toma-Jonik,
  • Tomasz Stokowy,
  • Katarzyna Mrowiec,
  • Bartosz Wojtaś,
  • Bartłomiej Gielniewski and
  • Wiesława Widłak

12 August 2022

Heat Shock Factor 1 (HSF1), a transcription factor frequently overexpressed in cancer, is activated by proteotoxic agents and participates in the regulation of cellular stress response. To investigate how HSF1 level affects the response to proteotoxi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Mechanism of Stress, Stress Response, and Adaptation)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,146 Views
13 Pages

Transglutaminase 2 Regulates HSF1 Gene Expression in the Acute Phase of Fish Optic Nerve Regeneration

  • Kayo Sugitani,
  • Takumi Mokuya,
  • Yu Kanai,
  • Yurina Takaya,
  • Yuya Omori and
  • Yoshiki Koriyama

21 August 2024

Fish retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) can regenerate after optic nerve lesions (ONLs). We previously reported that heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) and Yamanaka factors increased in the zebrafish retina 0.5–24 h after ONLs, and they led to cell survival...

(This article belongs to the Section Biochemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,642 Views
21 Pages

USP14 Positively Modulates Head and Neck Squamous Carcinoma Tumorigenesis and Potentiates Heat Shock Pathway through HSF1 Stabilization

  • Jie Wang,
  • Yuandi Xiang,
  • Zhanghong Xie,
  • Mengqi Fan,
  • Shizhen Fang,
  • Huanzhi Wan,
  • Rui Zhao,
  • Feng Zeng and
  • Qingquan Hua

1 September 2023

The ubiquitin-proteasome system is a pivotal intracellular proteolysis process in posttranslational modification. It regulates multiple cellular processes. Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) are a stabilizer in proteins associated with tumor growth and...

(This article belongs to the Section Cancer Biomarkers)
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  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,707 Views
20 Pages

HSF1-Activated Non-Coding Stress Response: Satellite lncRNAs and Beyond, an Emerging Story with a Complex Scenario

  • Claire Vourc’h,
  • Solenne Dufour,
  • Kalina Timcheva,
  • Daphné Seigneurin-Berny and
  • André Verdel

27 March 2022

In eukaryotes, the heat shock response is orchestrated by a transcription factor named Heat Shock Factor 1 (HSF1). HSF1 is mostly characterized for its role in activating the expression of a repertoire of protein-coding genes, including the heat shoc...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Satellite DNA Genomics)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,157 Views
11 Pages

Specific Activation of Yamanaka Factors via HSF1 Signaling in the Early Stage of Zebrafish Optic Nerve Regeneration

  • Kayo Sugitani,
  • Takumi Mokuya,
  • Shuichi Homma,
  • Minami Maeda,
  • Ayano Konno and
  • Kazuhiro Ogai

7 February 2023

In contrast to the case in mammals, the fish optic nerve can spontaneously regenerate and visual function can be fully restored 3–4 months after optic nerve injury (ONI). However, the regenerative mechanism behind this has remained unknown. Thi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optic Neuropathies: Current and Future Strategies for Optic Nerve Protection and Repair)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,103 Views
10 Pages

Aspergillosis is a life-threatening disease in patients with compromised immune systems. The process of fungal invasion is an important step during host cell infection. We investigated the transcription factor and promoter region of SFTPD, which is a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Aspergillosis)
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  • Open Access
36 Citations
7,745 Views
20 Pages

Cells employ a well-preserved physiological stress response mechanism, termed the heat shock response, to activate a certain type of molecular chaperone called heat shock proteins (HSPs). HSPs are activated by transcriptional activators of heat shock...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,379 Views
23 Pages

Targeting HSF1 as a Therapeutic Strategy for Multiple Mechanisms of EGFR Inhibitor Resistance in EGFR Mutant Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

  • Sangah Lee,
  • Jiyae Jung,
  • Yu-Jin Lee,
  • Seon-Kyu Kim,
  • Jung-Ae Kim,
  • Bo-Kyung Kim,
  • Kyung Chan Park,
  • Byoung-Mog Kwon and
  • Dong Cho Han

15 June 2021

Although EGFR-TKI treatment of NSCLC (non-small-cell lung cancer) patients often achieves profound initial responses, the efficacy is transient due to acquired resistance. Multiple receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) pathways contribute to the resistance...

(This article belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
2,336 Views
20 Pages

Genome-Wide Analysis of the Hsf Gene Family in Rosa chinensis and RcHsf17 Function in Thermotolerance

  • Yanhui Kang,
  • Pei Sun,
  • Yuan Yang,
  • Maofu Li,
  • Hua Wang,
  • Xiangyi Sun and
  • Wanmei Jin

31 December 2024

Heat shock transcription factors (Hsfs) play an important role in response to high temperatures by binding to the promoter of the heat shock protein gene to promote its expression. As an important ornamental plant, the rose often encounters heat stre...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,613 Views
20 Pages

Regulation of a Novel Splice Variant of Early Growth Response 4 (EGR4-S) by HER+ Signalling and HSF1 in Breast Cancer

  • Jeremy M. Drake,
  • Benjamin J. Lang,
  • Martin Eduardo Guerrero-Gimenez,
  • Jack Bolton,
  • Christopher A. Dow,
  • Stuart K. Calderwood,
  • John T. Price and
  • Chau H. Nguyen

18 March 2022

The zinc finger transcription factor EGR4 has previously been identified as having a critical role in the proliferation of small cell lung cancer. Here, we have identified a novel, shortened splice variant of this transcription factor (EGR4-S) that i...

(This article belongs to the Section Cancer Biomarkers)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,875 Views
21 Pages

Genome-Wide Analysis of the Liriodendron chinense Hsf Gene Family under Abiotic Stress and Characterization of the LcHsfA2a Gene

  • Yun Yang,
  • Jianchao Yin,
  • Liming Zhu,
  • Lin Xu,
  • Weihuang Wu,
  • Ye Lu,
  • Jinhui Chen,
  • Jisen Shi and
  • Zhaodong Hao

27 February 2024

Heat shock factors (Hsfs) play a crucial role in plant defense processes. However, the distribution and functional characteristics of Hsf genes in the relict plant Liriodendron chinense are still unclear. In this study, a total of 19 LcHsfs were iden...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)
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  • Open Access
2,165 Views
22 Pages

Silica Nanoparticles Induced Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition in BEAS-2B Cells via ER Stress and SIRT1/HSF1/HSPs Signaling Pathway

  • Jinyan Pang,
  • Liyan Xiao,
  • Zhiqin Xiong,
  • Kexin Zhang,
  • Man Yang,
  • Ji Wang,
  • Yanbo Li and
  • Yang Li

23 August 2025

The extensive utilization of amorphous silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) has raised concerns regarding the potential health risks. Previous studies have indicated that SiNPs could trigger both the activation of heat shock proteins (HSPs) and epithelial&nd...

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  • Open Access
660 Views
20 Pages

Genome-Wide Analysis of the Hsf Family and Functional Characterization of CiHsf10 Under Low-Temperature Stress in Chrysanthemum indicum

  • Yuzhi Song,
  • Siyu Feng,
  • Xuanlu Liu,
  • Jiayi Yin,
  • Qianru Yu,
  • Lixi Qu,
  • Xue Yang,
  • Yun Bai and
  • Yunwei Zhou

9 April 2026

To improve Chrysanthemum tolerance to low temperatures and its adaptability to low autumn temperatures in Northeast China, we conducted the first genome-wide identification of the heat shock transcription factors (Hsfs) in Chrysanthemum indicum under...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
770 Views
19 Pages

27 April 2026

The heat shock transcription factor (HSF) family is a core regulatory component for plants in response to adversity stress and plays a pivotal role in regulating plant reactions to abiotic stress. Lanzhou lily (Lilium davidii var. unicolor) is an eco...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,128 Views
18 Pages

Genome-Wide Characterization and Expression of the Hsf Gene Family in Salvia miltiorrhiza (Danshen) and the Potential Thermotolerance of SmHsf1 and SmHsf7 in Yeast

  • Renjun Qu,
  • Shiwei Wang,
  • Xinxin Wang,
  • Jiaming Peng,
  • Juan Guo,
  • Guanghong Cui,
  • Meilan Chen,
  • Jing Mu,
  • Changjiangsheng Lai and
  • Ye Shen
  • + 2 authors

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (Danshen) is a traditional Chinese herb with significant medicinal value. The yield and quality of Danshen are greatly affected by climatic conditions, in particular high temperatures. Heat shock factors (Hsfs) play importan...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,622 Views
13 Pages

The Disordered C-Terminus of Yeast Hsf1 Contains a Cryptic Low-Complexity Amyloidogenic Region

  • Jordi Pujols,
  • Jaime Santos,
  • Irantzu Pallarès and
  • Salvador Ventura

Response mechanisms to external stress rely on networks of proteins able to activate specific signaling pathways to ensure the maintenance of cell proteostasis. Many of the proteins mediating this kind of response contain intrinsically disordered reg...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Protein Folding)
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  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,260 Views
20 Pages

9 November 2020

CDK5RAP3 was regarded as the most significant regulator of cellular responses against heat stress, which is associated with dysfunctions of the immune system and animal susceptibility to disease. Despite this, little known about how CDK5RAP3 regulate...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Role of E3 Ligases and Deubiquitinating Enzymes in Cellular Signaling, Diseases, and Therapeutics)
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1 Citations
1,804 Views
25 Pages

Aqueous Extract of Bacopa procumbens and the NAPEL Formulation Mitigate MPTP-Induced Neurotoxicity via Nrf2/HSF1/HIF-1α Signaling in a Parkinson’s Disease Model

  • Maribel Pérez-Rodríguez,
  • Salvador Pérez-Mora,
  • Marvin A. Soriano-Ursúa,
  • María del Consuelo Gómez-García,
  • Yazmin Montserrat Flores-Martinez,
  • Juan Ocampo-López,
  • Absalom Zamorano-Carrillo,
  • José Manuel Viveros-Bartolomé and
  • David Guillermo Pérez-Ishiwara

10 December 2025

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by dopaminergic neuron degeneration in the substantia nigra and striatum. Current treatments are largely palliative and frequently associated with adverse effect...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Pharmacology)
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  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,688 Views
19 Pages

17 December 2022

Heat stress seriously affects the quality of cut lily flowers. The ethylene response factors (ERFs) participate in heat stress response in many plants. In this study, heat treatment increased the production of ethylene in lily leaves, and exogenous e...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Crop Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance 2.0)
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530 Views
16 Pages

Identification of HsfB Family in Peanut (Arachis hypogea) and Role of AhHsfB1-5A in High-Temperature Stress

  • Qiuguo Shi,
  • Wei Wang,
  • Guangdong Zhao,
  • Xiaoli Zhang,
  • Wei Sun,
  • Junming Gu,
  • Siyu Chen,
  • Guimin Li,
  • Shucai Wang and
  • Xiaojun Hu
  • + 2 authors

8 June 2026

Global warming-triggered heat stress severely restricts plant growth and crop productivity. Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.), a vital oilseed and cash crop that is susceptible to high temperatures throughout its growth cycle, exhibits inhibited peg and p...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Genetic Improvement of Oilseed Crops)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,786 Views
17 Pages

20 November 2022

The aim of this pilot study was to investigate whether polymorphisms in the gene encoding heat shock factor 1 (HSF1), a transcriptional activator of molecular chaperones, play a role in the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D). A total of 3229 unrela...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Paper in Physiology and Pathology)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,131 Views
13 Pages

FvHsfB1a Gene Improves Thermotolerance in Transgenic Arabidopsis

  • Qian Cao,
  • Tingting Mao,
  • Kebang Yang,
  • Hanxiu Xie,
  • Shan Li and
  • Hao Xue

2 August 2025

Heat stress transcription factor (Hsf) families play important roles in abiotic stress responses. However, previous studies reported that HsfBs genes may play diverse roles in response to heat stress. Here, we conducted functional analysis on a woodl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cell Physiology and Stress Adaptation of Crops)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,361 Views
23 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification of the HSF Genes in Sweet Potato and Functional Role of IbHSF22 in Anthocyanin Accumulation and Salt Stress Tolerance

  • Chen Chen,
  • Qing Zhang,
  • Ying Peng,
  • Menglai Zhou,
  • Tayachew Admas,
  • Lianjun Wang,
  • Xinsun Yang and
  • Wenying Zhang

12 January 2026

Heat shock transcription factors (HSFs) play a central role in mediating plant responses to abiotic stress. Anthocyanins, one of the most important secondary metabolites in plants, contribute to both stress tolerance and the enhancement in crop nutri...

(This article belongs to the Collection Crop Genomics and Breeding)
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17 Citations
6,352 Views
19 Pages

Cytotoxic Drugs Activate KSHV Lytic Cycle in Latently Infected PEL Cells by Inducing a Moderate ROS Increase Controlled by HSF1, NRF2 and p62/SQSTM1

  • Marisa Granato,
  • Maria Saveria Gilardini Montani,
  • Camilla Angiolillo,
  • Gabriella D’Orazi,
  • Alberto Faggioni and
  • Mara Cirone

24 December 2018

Previous studies have indicated that cytotoxic treatments may induce or not activate viral lytic cycle activation in cancer cells latently infected by Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV). To investigate the molecular mechanisms respo...

(This article belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)
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  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,606 Views
18 Pages

OsHsfB4b Confers Enhanced Drought Tolerance in Transgenic Arabidopsis and Rice

  • Yan Zhang,
  • Chen Wang,
  • Changyu Wang,
  • Liu Yun,
  • Linhu Song,
  • Muhammad Idrees,
  • Huiying Liu,
  • Qianlong Zhang,
  • Jingyu Yang and
  • Jie Gao
  • + 2 authors

16 September 2022

Heat shock factors (Hsfs) play pivotal roles in plant stress responses and confer stress tolerance. However, the functions of several Hsfs in rice (Oryza sativa L.) are not yet known. In this study, genome-wide analysis of the Hsf gene family in rice...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)
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  • Open Access
1,624 Views
21 Pages

Functional Analysis of CsHsf10 in Drought Stress Response in Camellia sinensis

  • Yuqi Luo,
  • Chenyu Shao,
  • Rong Xu,
  • Shuqi Qiu,
  • Qiulong Hu,
  • Jiayi Guo,
  • Yun Peng,
  • Han Tang,
  • Yueling Zhao and
  • Chengwen Shen
  • + 2 authors

Heat shock transcription factor (Hsf) plays a crucial role in the signal transduction pathways of plants in response to drought stress. However, studies exploring the specific functions and mechanisms of action of the Hsf family in tea plants (Camell...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Tea Tree: Cultivation, Breeding and Their Processing Innovation)
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26 Citations
4,338 Views
20 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis of the HSF Gene Family in Poplar

  • Kai Zhao,
  • Hui Dang,
  • Lieding Zhou,
  • Jia Hu,
  • Xia Jin,
  • Youzhi Han and
  • Shengji Wang

4 March 2023

The Heat Shock Factor (HSF) transcription factor family plays crucial roles in plant growth and development, as well as in protecting against adverse stresses. However, studies on the functions and regulatory mechanisms of the HSF genes are limited i...

(This article belongs to the Section Genetics and Molecular Biology)
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44 Citations
5,801 Views
17 Pages

Sedum alfredii Hance, a cadmium (Cd)/zinc (Zn)/lead (Pb) co-hyperaccumulating species, is a promising phytoremediation candidate because it accumulates substantial amounts of heavy metal ions without showing any obvious signs of poisoning. The heat s...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)
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6 Citations
1,900 Views
20 Pages

Sheng Mai San Mitigates Heat Stress-Induced Myocardial Injury by Coordinated Regulation of the Keap1-Nrf2-HO-1 and Stub1-HSF1 Signaling Pathways

  • Jiaqi Dong,
  • Qian Ma,
  • Rong Yang,
  • Xiaosong Zhang,
  • Yongli Hua,
  • Peng Ji,
  • Wanling Yao,
  • Ziwen Yuan and
  • Yanming Wei

22 September 2025

Heat stress (HS), a pervasive environmental stressor, significantly disrupts systemic physiological homeostasis, posing substantial threats to human and animal health. Sheng Mai San (SMS), a classic Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) formula, exerts...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exploring Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress in Health and Disease)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,932 Views
19 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis of the HSF Gene Family in Ammopiptanthus mongolicus

  • Shuai Zhao,
  • Jun Qing,
  • Zhiguo Yang,
  • Tian Tian,
  • Yanqiu Yan,
  • Hui Li and
  • Yu’e Bai

14 October 2024

Ammopiptanthus mongolicus is an ancient remnant species from the Mediterranean displaying characteristics such as high-temperature tolerance, drought resistance, cold resistance, and adaptability to impoverished soil. In the case of high-temperature...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)
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23 Citations
5,671 Views
19 Pages

HSF1 Regulates Mevalonate and Cholesterol Biosynthesis Pathways

  • Hyeji Kang,
  • Taerim Oh,
  • Young Yil Bahk,
  • Geon-Hee Kim,
  • Sang-Yeon Kan,
  • Dong Hoon Shin,
  • Ji Hyung Kim and
  • Ji-Hong Lim

13 September 2019

Heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) is an essential transcription factor in cellular adaptation to various stresses such as heat, proteotoxic stress, metabolic stress, reactive oxygen species, and heavy metals. HSF1 promotes cancer development and progression...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Tumor Metabolome: Therapeutic Opportunities Targeting Cancer Metabolic Reprogramming)
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16 Citations
2,532 Views
15 Pages

20 November 2023

With global warming, high temperatures have become a major environmental stress that inhibits plant growth and development. Plants evolve several mechanisms to cope with heat stress accordingly. One of the important mechanisms is the Hsf (heat shock...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)
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  • Open Access
32 Citations
4,781 Views
24 Pages

CaHsfA1d Improves Plant Thermotolerance via Regulating the Expression of Stress- and Antioxidant-Related Genes

  • Wen-Xian Gai,
  • Xiao Ma,
  • Yang Li,
  • Jing-Jing Xiao,
  • Abid Khan,
  • Quan-Hui Li and
  • Zhen-Hui Gong

8 November 2020

Heat shock transcription factor (Hsf) plays an important role in regulating plant thermotolerance. The function and regulatory mechanism of CaHsfA1d in heat stress tolerance of pepper have not been reported yet. In this study, phylogenetic tree and s...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)
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82 Citations
10,900 Views
24 Pages

HSF1Base: A Comprehensive Database of HSF1 (Heat Shock Factor 1) Target Genes

  • Dániel Kovács,
  • Tímea Sigmond,
  • Bernadette Hotzi,
  • Balázs Bohár,
  • Dávid Fazekas,
  • Veronika Deák,
  • Tibor Vellai and
  • János Barna

19 November 2019

HSF1 (heat shock factor 1) is an evolutionarily conserved master transcriptional regulator of the heat shock response (HSR) in eukaryotic cells. In response to high temperatures, HSF1 upregulates genes encoding molecular chaperones, also called heat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Role of Heat Shock Proteins: From Molecular Mechanisms to Therapeutics)
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6 Citations
2,396 Views
16 Pages

The Expression and Epigenetic Characteristics of the HSF2 Gene in Cattle-Yak and the Correlation with Its Male Sterility

  • Qinhui Yang,
  • Yumian Xie,
  • Bangting Pan,
  • Yuying Cheng,
  • Yanjin Zhu,
  • Xixi Fei,
  • Xupeng Li,
  • Jun Yu,
  • Zhuo Chen and
  • Xianrong Xiong
  • + 1 author

8 May 2024

Aberrant expression of the heat shock proteins and factors was revealed to be closely associated with male reproduction. Heat shock factor 2 (HSF2) is a transcription factor that is involved in the regulation of diverse developmental pathways. Howeve...

(This article belongs to the Section Animal Reproduction)
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  • Open Access
9 Citations
1,669 Views
13 Pages

Characterization and Functional Analysis of RhHsfA7, a Heat Stress Transcription Factor in Roses (Rosa hybrid ‘Samantha’)

  • Yaqi Sun,
  • Sudan Li,
  • Xiang Wu,
  • Jiao Zhu,
  • Fei Dong,
  • Zhaoshun Pei,
  • Zhenguo Li,
  • Shanxing Zhao and
  • Chengpeng Wang

8 April 2025

Heat stress transcription factors (Hsfs) are crucial transcription factors (TFs) in plants, playing pivotal roles in responding to abiotic stresses. However, their specific functions in regulating heat stress responses in roses are not yet fully eluc...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ornamental Plants and Urban Gardening II)
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1 Citations
1,255 Views
20 Pages

The Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Profiling of the HSF Gene Family in Ganoderma lucidum Under Temperature Stress

  • Jinyu Hu,
  • Yihong Li,
  • Shaohua Wu,
  • Liwei Liu,
  • Jiawei Zhou,
  • Wei Li,
  • Rui Zhang,
  • Zongsuo Liang,
  • Dongfeng Yang and
  • Zongqi Yang

17 April 2026

Objective: In this study, the heat shock transcription factor (HSF) gene family in Ganoderma lucidum was systematically characterized. Using genomic and transcriptomic data, we identified HSF family members and investigated their expression patterns...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Genetics and Genomics)
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13 Citations
3,097 Views
17 Pages

Upregulation of Wheat Heat Shock Transcription Factor TaHsfC3-4 by ABA Contributes to Drought Tolerance

  • Zhenyu Ma,
  • Baihui Zhao,
  • Huaning Zhang,
  • Shuonan Duan,
  • Zihui Liu,
  • Xiulin Guo,
  • Xiangzhao Meng and
  • Guoliang Li

Drought stress can seriously affect the yield and quality of wheat (Triticum aestivum). So far, although few wheat heat shock transcription factors (Hsfs) have been found to be involved in the stress response, the biological functions of them, especi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Regulatory Mechanism of Transcription Factors in Plant Morphology and Function 2.0)
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68 Citations
6,267 Views
19 Pages

11 September 2018

Heat transcription factors (Hsfs) belong to a large gene family classified into A, B, and C groups, with classes A and B Hsfs being well-characterized and known for their roles in plant tolerance to abiotic stresses. The functions and roles of Class...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)

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