PKR inhibits the DNA damage response, and is associated with poor survival in AML and accelerated leukemia in NHD13 mice

X Cheng, M Byrne, KD Brown… - Blood, The Journal …, 2015 - ashpublications.org
Increased expression of the interferon-inducible double-stranded RNA-activated protein
kinase (PKR) has been reported in acute leukemia and solid tumors, but the role of PKR has …

A role for PKR in hematologic malignancies

WL Blalock, A Bavelloni, M Piazzi… - Journal of cellular …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The double‐stranded RNA‐dependent kinase PKR has been described for many years as
strictly a pro‐apoptotic kinase. Recent data suggest that the main purpose of this kinase is …

Identification of the interferon-inducible double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase as a regulator of cellular response to bulky adducts

J Bergeron, N Benlimame, N Zeng-Rong, D Xiao… - Cancer research, 2000 - AACR
The double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase PKR plays a central role in IFN-
mediated antiviral response. The ability of PKR mutants to transform rodent fibroblasts led to …

Inhibition of RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) leads to cancer cell death and increases chemosensitivity

A Pataer, SG Swisher, JA Roth… - Cancer biology & …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
RNA-dependent protein kinase is an interferon-induced, double-stranded (ds), RNA-
activated serine/threonine protein kinase involved in the eukaryotic response to viral …

The double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase mediates radiation resistance in mouse embryo fibroblasts through nuclear factor κB and Akt activation

U Von Holzen, A Pataer, U Raju, D Bocangel… - Clinical cancer …, 2007 - AACR
Purpose: Activation of the double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase (PKR) leads to the
induction of various pathways including the down-regulation of translation through …

PKR negatively regulates leukemia progression in association with PP2A activation, Bcl-2 inhibition and increased apoptosis

X Cheng, RL Bennett, X Liu, M Byrne… - Blood Cancer …, 2013 - nature.com
Reduced expression and activity of the proapoptotic, double-stranded RNA-dependent
protein kinase, PKR (protein kinase R) is observed in breast, lung and various leukemias …

PKR regulates proliferation, differentiation, and survival of murine hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells

X Liu, RL Bennett, X Cheng, M Byrne… - Blood, The Journal …, 2013 - ashpublications.org
Protein kinase R (PKR) is an interferon (IFN)-inducible, double-stranded RNA-activated
kinase that initiates apoptosis in response to cellular stress. To determine the role of PKR in …

Roles of protein kinase R in cancer: Potential as a therapeutic target

T Watanabe, T Imamura, Y Hiasa - Cancer science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Double‐stranded (ds) RNA‐dependent protein kinase (PKR) is a ubiquitously expressed
serine/threonine protein kinase. It was initially identified as an innate immune antiviral …

Cell cycle regulation of the double stranded RNA activated protein kinase, PKR

M Zamanian-Daryoush, SD Der, BRG Williams - Oncogene, 1999 - nature.com
Abstract The interferon (IFN)-induced, double stranded RNA (dsRNA)-activated
serine/threonine kinase, PKR, is a potent negative regulator of cell growth when …

Multiple forms of PKR present in the nuclei of acute leukemia cells represent an active kinase that is responsive to stress

WL Blalock, A Bavelloni, M Piazzi, F Tagliavini… - Leukemia, 2011 - nature.com
A number of cancers possess constitutive activity of the dsRNA-dependent kinase, PKR.
Inhibition of PKR in these cancers leads to tumor cell death. We recently reported the …