Development of multifunctional molecules as potential therapeutic candidates for Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the …

MG Savelieff, G Nam, J Kang, HJ Lee, M Lee… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Neurodegenerative diseases pose a substantial socioeconomic burden on society.
Unfortunately, the aging world population and lack of effective cures foreshadow a negative …

YAP/TAZ: drivers of tumor growth, metastasis, and resistance to therapy

BJ Thompson - Bioessays, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The transcriptional co‐activators YAP (or YAP1) and TAZ (or WWTR1) are frequently
activated during the growth and progression of many solid tumors, including lung, colorectal …

[HTML][HTML] Biomaterials to enhance stem cell transplantation

BN Kharbikar, P Mohindra, TA Desai - Cell Stem Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The successful transplantation of stem cells has the potential to transform regenerative
medicine approaches and open promising avenues to repair, replace, and regenerate …

LPA receptor signaling: pharmacology, physiology, and pathophysiology

YC Yung, NC Stoddard, J Chun - Journal of lipid research, 2014 - ASBMB
Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is a small ubiquitous lipid found in vertebrate and
nonvertebrate organisms that mediates diverse biological actions and demonstrates …

Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling in cancer

N Normanno, A De Luca, C Bianco, L Strizzi… - Gene, 2006 - Elsevier
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) belongs to the ErbB family of receptor tyrosine
kinases (RTK). These trans-membrane proteins are activated following binding with peptide …

Regulation of cardiac hypertrophy by intracellular signalling pathways

J Heineke, JD Molkentin - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2006 - nature.com
The mammalian heart is a dynamic organ that can grow and change to accommodate
alterations in its workload. During development and in response to physiological stimuli or …

The epidermal growth factor receptor family: biology driving targeted therapeutics

MJ Wieduwilt, MM Moasser - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2008 - Springer
The epidermal growth factor family of receptor tyrosine kinases (ErbBs) plays essential roles
in regulating cell proliferation, survival, differentiation and migration. The ErbB receptors …

Angiotensin II induced proteolytic cleavage of myocardial ACE2 is mediated by TACE/ADAM-17: a positive feedback mechanism in the RAS

VB Patel, N Clarke, Z Wang, D Fan, N Parajuli… - Journal of molecular and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) 2 is a key negative regulator of the renin–angiotensin
system where it metabolizes angiotensin (Ang) II into Ang 1–7. We hypothesize that Ang II …

Tumor heterogeneity is an active process maintained by a mutant EGFR-induced cytokine circuit in glioblastoma

R Bonavia, A Mukasa, Y Narita, DWY Sah… - Genes & …, 2010 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Human solid tumors frequently have pronounced heterogeneity of both neoplastic and
normal cells on the histological, genetic, and gene expression levels. While current efforts …

GPCRs: Emerging anti-cancer drug targets

AN Gutierrez, PH McDonald - Cellular signalling, 2018 - Elsevier
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) constitute the largest and most diverse protein family
in the human genome with over 800 members identified to date. They play critical roles in …