Once and only once: mechanisms of centriole duplication and their deregulation in disease

EA Nigg, AJ Holland - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
Centrioles are conserved microtubule-based organelles that form the core of the centrosome
and act as templates for the formation of cilia and flagella. Centrioles have important roles in …

The “cyclopropyl fragment” is a versatile player that frequently appears in preclinical/clinical drug molecules

TT Talele - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
Recently, there has been an increasing use of the cyclopropyl ring in drug development to
transition drug candidates from the preclinical to clinical stage. Important features of the …

Centrosome function and assembly in animal cells

PT Conduit, A Wainman, JW Raff - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2015 - nature.com
It has become clear that the role of centrosomes extends well beyond that of important
microtubule organizers. There is increasing evidence that they also function as coordination …

Targeting mitosis in cancer: emerging strategies

C Dominguez-Brauer, KL Thu, JM Mason, H Blaser… - Molecular cell, 2015 - cell.com
The cell cycle is an evolutionarily conserved process necessary for mammalian cell growth
and development. Because cell-cycle aberrations are a hallmark of cancer, this process has …

Centrosome amplification is sufficient to promote spontaneous tumorigenesis in mammals

MS Levine, B Bakker, B Boeckx, J Moyett, J Lu, B Vitre… - Developmental cell, 2017 - cell.com
Centrosome amplification is a common feature of human tumors, but whether this is a cause
or a consequence of cancer remains unclear. Here, we test the consequence of centrosome …

Reversible centriole depletion with an inhibitor of Polo-like kinase 4

YL Wong, JV Anzola, RL Davis, M Yoon, A Motamedi… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Centrioles are ancient organelles that build centrosomes, the major microtubule-organizing
centers of animal cells. Extra centrosomes are a common feature of cancer cells. To …

Polo-like kinases: structural variations lead to multiple functions

S Zitouni, C Nabais, SC Jana, A Guerrero… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2014 - nature.com
Members of the polo-like kinase (PLK) family are crucial regulators of cell cycle progression,
centriole duplication, mitosis, cytokinesis and the DNA damage response. PLKs undergo …

Mechanism and regulation of centriole and cilium biogenesis

DK Breslow, AJ Holland - Annual review of biochemistry, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The centriole is an ancient microtubule-based organelle with a conserved nine-fold
symmetry. Centrioles form the core of centrosomes, which organize the interphase …

Causes and consequences of centrosome abnormalities in cancer

SA Godinho, D Pellman - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Centrosome amplification is a hallmark of cancer. However, despite significant progress in
recent years, we are still far from understanding how centrosome amplification affects …

Oncogene-like induction of cellular invasion from centrosome amplification

SA Godinho, R Picone, M Burute, R Dagher, Y Su… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Centrosome amplification has long been recognized as a feature of human tumours;
however, its role in tumorigenesis remains unclear. Centrosome amplification is poorly …