Ras oncogenes: split personalities

AE Karnoub, RA Weinberg - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2008 - nature.com
Extensive research on the Ras proteins and their functions in cell physiology over the past
30 years has led to numerous insights that have revealed the involvement of Ras not only in …

Protein kinase D: coupling extracellular stimuli to the regulation of cell physiology

Y Fu, CS Rubin - EMBO reports, 2011 - embopress.org
Protein kinase D (PKD) mediates the actions of stimuli that promote diacylglycerol (DAG)
biogenesis. By phosphorylating effectors that regulate transcription, fission and polarized …

Genetic analysis of Ras signalling pathways in cell proliferation, migration and survival

M Drosten, A Dhawahir, EYM Sum, J Urosevic… - The EMBO …, 2010 - embopress.org
We have used mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) devoid of Ras proteins to illustrate that
they are essential for proliferation and migration, but not for survival, at least in these cells …

A CpG-methylation-based assay to predict survival in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

JH Wei, A Haddad, KJ Wu, HW Zhao, P Kapur… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Clear cell renal cell carcinomas (ccRCCs) display divergent clinical behaviours. Molecular
markers might improve risk stratification of ccRCC. Here we use, based on genome-wide …

Reduced expression of TET1, TET2, TET3 and TDG mRNAs are associated with poor prognosis of patients with early breast cancer

L Yang, SJ Yu, Q Hong, Y Yang, ZM Shao - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine the prognostic role of ten eleven
translocation (TET) family proteins and DNA glycosylase (TDG) in patients with early breast …

Deregulation of Rab and Rab effector genes in bladder cancer

JR Ho, E Chapeaublanc, L Kirkwood, R Nicolle… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Growing evidence indicates that Rab GTPases, key regulators of intracellular transport in
eukaryotic cells, play an important role in cancer. We analysed the deregulation at the …

RIN1 orchestrates the activation of RAB5 GTPases and ABL tyrosine kinases to determine the fate of EGFR

K Balaji, C Mooser, CM Janson, JM Bliss… - Journal of cell …, 2012 - journals.biologists.com
Stimulation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) initiates RAS signaling
simultaneously with EGFR internalization. Endocytosed EGFR is then either recycled or …

Multi-level control of actin dynamics by protein kinase D

MA Olayioye, S Barisic, A Hausser - Cellular signalling, 2013 - Elsevier
Dynamic actin remodeling is fundamental to processes such as cell motility, vesicle
trafficking, and cytokinesis. Protein kinase D (PKD) is a serine–threonine kinase known to be …

DNA methylation profiling reveals novel diagnostic biomarkers in renal cell carcinoma

BN Lasseigne, TC Burwell, MA Patil, DM Absher… - BMC medicine, 2014 - Springer
Background Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the tenth most commonly diagnosed cancer in
the United States. While it is usually lethal when metastatic, RCC is successfully treated with …

Activation of abl family kinases in solid tumors

SS Ganguly, R Plattner - Genes & cancer, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Although c-Abl and Arg non–receptor tyrosine kinases are well known for driving leukemia
development, their role in solid tumors has not been appreciated until recently …