[HTML][HTML] Beyond cell-cell adhesion: Plakoglobin and the regulation of tumorigenesis and metastasis

Z Aktary, M Alaee, M Pasdar - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Plakoglobin (also known as?-catenin) is a member of the Armadillo family of proteins and a
paralog of β-catenin. Plakoglobin is a component of both the adherens junctions and …

Intercalated discs: cellular adhesion and signaling in heart health and diseases

G Zhao, Y Qiu, HM Zhang, D Yang - Heart failure reviews, 2019 - Springer
Intercalated discs (ICDs) are highly orchestrated structures that connect neighboring
cardiomyocytes in the heart. Three major complexes are distinguished in ICD: desmosome …

A single nuclear transcriptomic characterisation of mechanisms responsible for impaired angiogenesis and blood-brain barrier function in Alzheimer's disease

S Tsartsalis, H Sleven, N Fancy, F Wessely… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Brain perfusion and blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity are reduced early in Alzheimer's
disease (AD). We performed single nucleus RNA sequencing of vascular cells isolated from …

An update of Wnt signalling in endometrial cancer and its potential as a therapeutic target

A Coopes, CE Henry, E Llamosas… - Endocrine-related …, 2018 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Endometrial cancer is the most common gynaecological malignancy in developed nations,
and its prevalence is rising as women defer or decide not to have children and as obesity …

Progranulin and EGFR modulate receptor-like tyrosine kinase sorting and stability in mesothelioma cells

E Ventura, A Belfiore, RV Iozzo… - … of Physiology-Cell …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Progranulin is a growth factor with pro-tumorigenic activity. We recently demonstrated that in
mesothelioma, progranulin regulates cell migration, invasion, adhesion, and in vivo tumor …

Complexity of progranulin mechanisms of action in mesothelioma

E Ventura, C Xie, S Buraschi, A Belfiore… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - Springer
Background Mesothelioma is an aggressive disease with limited therapeutic options. The
growth factor progranulin plays a critical role in several cancer models, where it regulates …

The Wnt pathway: a key network in cell signalling dysregulated by viruses

WJ van Zuylen, WD Rawlinson… - Reviews in medical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Viruses are obligate parasites dependent on host cells for survival. Viral infection of a cell
activates a panel of pattern recognition receptors that mediate antiviral host responses to …

[HTML][HTML] High expression of plakoglobin promotes metastasis in invasive micropapillary carcinoma of the breast via tumor cluster formation

L Huang, H Ji, L Yin, X Niu, Y Wang, Y Liu… - Journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Invasive micropapillary carcinoma of the breast (IMPC) is a rare subtype of breast cancer
that has a high frequency of lymph node (LN) involvement and metastasis to distant organs …

An integrative pharmacogenomics analysis identifies therapeutic targets in KRAS-mutant lung cancer

H Wang, Q Lv, Y Xu, Z Cai, J Zheng, X Cheng, Y Dai… - …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background KRAS mutations are the most frequent oncogenic aberration in lung
adenocarcinoma. KRAS mutant isoforms differentially shape tumour biology and influence …

Convergence of Wnt, growth factor, and heterotrimeric G protein signals on the guanine nucleotide exchange factor Daple

N Aznar, J Ear, Y Dunkel, N Sun, K Satterfield, F He… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Cellular proliferation, differentiation, and morphogenesis are shaped by multiple signaling
cascades, and their dysregulation plays an integral role in cancer progression. Three …