Semaphorin 3 C is involved in the progression of gastric cancer

H Miyato, NH Tsuno, J Kitayama - Cancer science, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Malignant tumors are often associated with denervation, suggesting the functional
implication of axonal guidance molecules in tumor growth. Here, we assessed the role of …

[HTML][HTML] Semaphorins and Plexins in central nervous system patterning: the key to it all?

G Limoni, M Niquille - Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Semaphorins and Plexins are crucial proteins in patterning central nervous
system.•Local and cerebrospinal fluid-derived Semaphorins/Plexins influence …

Plexin structures are coming: opportunities for multilevel investigations of semaphorin guidance receptors, their cell signaling mechanisms, and functions

PK Hota, M Buck - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2012 - Springer
Plexin transmembrane receptors and their semaphorin ligands, as well as their co-receptors
(Neuropilin, Integrin, VEGFR2, ErbB2, and Met kinase) are emerging as key regulatory …

[HTML][HTML] MT1-MMP controls tumor-induced angiogenesis through the release of semaphorin 4D

JR Basile, K Holmbeck, TH Bugge… - Journal of Biological …, 2007 - ASBMB
The semaphorins are a family of proteins originally identified as regulators of axon growth
that recently have been implicated in blood vessel development. The plexins are high affinity …

Semaphorin 4D/plexin-B1 induces endothelial cell migration through the activation of PYK2, Src, and the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase–Akt pathway

JR Basile, T Afkhami, JS Gutkind - Molecular and cellular biology, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Semaphorins are cell surface and secreted proteins that provide axonal guidance in
neuronal tissues and regulate cell motility in many cell types. They act by binding a family of …

[HTML][HTML] A pan-cancer study of class-3 semaphorins as therapeutic targets in cancer

X Zhang, B Klamer, J Li, S Fernandez, L Li - BMC Medical Genomics, 2020 - Springer
Background Initially characterized as axon guidance factors, semaphorins also have been
implicated to have critical roles in multiple physiological and developmental functions …

Getting neural circuits into shape with semaphorins

RJ Pasterkamp - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2012 - nature.com
Semaphorins are key players in the control of neural circuit development. Recent studies
have uncovered several exciting and novel aspects of neuronal semaphorin signalling in …

[HTML][HTML] The semaphorins

U Yazdani, JR Terman - Genome biology, 2006 - Springer
Semaphorins are secreted, transmembrane, and GPI-linked proteins, defined by cysteine-
rich semaphorin protein domains, that have important roles in a variety of tissues. Humans …

Diverse roles for semaphorin− plexin signaling in the immune system

H Takamatsu, A Kumanogoh - Trends in immunology, 2012 - cell.com
Semaphorins were originally identified as axon guidance factors involved in the
development of the neuronal system. However, accumulating evidence indicates that …

Semaphorin SEMA3F has a repulsing activity on breast cancer cells and inhibits E-cadherin-mediated cell adhesion

P Nasarre, S Kusy, B Constantin, V Castellani… - Neoplasia, 2005 - Elsevier
Previously, we demonstrated that loss of SEMA3F, a secreted semaphorin encoded in 3p21.
3, is associated with higher stages in lung cancer and primary tumor cells studied with anti …