The functional diversity of Aurora kinases: a comprehensive review

E Willems, M Dedobbeleer, M Digregorio, A Lombard… - Cell division, 2018 - Springer
Aurora kinases are serine/threonine kinases essential for the onset and progression of
mitosis. Aurora members share a similar protein structure and kinase activity, but exhibit …

Aurora kinase B inhibition: a potential therapeutic strategy for cancer

NA Borah, MM Reddy - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Aurora kinase B (AURKB) is a mitotic serine/threonine protein kinase that belongs to the
aurora kinase family along with aurora kinase A (AURKA) and aurora kinase C (AURKC) …

Aurora-PLK1 cascades as key signaling modules in the regulation of mitosis

V Joukov, A De Nicolo - Science signaling, 2018 - science.org
Mitosis is controlled by reversible protein phosphorylation involving specific kinases and
phosphatases. A handful of major mitotic protein kinases, such as the cyclin B–CDK1 …

Aurora A kinase contributes to a pole-based error correction pathway

AY Anna, J Deretic, CM Hoel, AW Hinman, D Cimini… - Current Biology, 2015 - cell.com
Chromosome biorientation, where sister kinetochores attach to microtubules (MTs) from
opposing spindle poles, is the configuration that best ensures equal partitioning of the …

Aurora A kinase phosphorylates Hec1 to regulate metaphase kinetochore–microtubule dynamics

KF DeLuca, A Meppelink, AJ Broad, JE Mick… - Journal of Cell …, 2018 - rupress.org
Precise regulation of kinetochore–microtubule attachments is essential for successful
chromosome segregation. Central to this regulation is Aurora B kinase, which …

Aurora A protein kinase: to the centrosome and beyond

L Magnaghi-Jaulin, G Eot-Houllier, E Gallaud, R Giet - Biomolecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Accurate chromosome segregation requires the perfect spatiotemporal rearrangement of the
cellular cytoskeleton. Isolated more than two decades ago from Drosophila, Aurora A is a …

Aurora kinases and DNA damage response

HT Ma, RYC Poon - … Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of …, 2020 - Elsevier
It is well established that Aurora kinases perform critical functions during mitosis. It has
become increasingly clear that the Aurora kinases also perform a myriad of non-mitotic …

Ubiquitin-mediated degradation of aurora kinases

C Lindon, R Grant, M Min - Frontiers in Oncology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The Aurora kinases are essential regulators of mitosis in eukaryotes. In somatic cell
divisions of higher eukaryotes, the paralogs Aurora kinase A (AurA) and Aurora kinase B …

Unweaving the mitotic spindle: A focus on Aurora kinase inhibitors in lung cancer

A Stefani, G Piro, F Schietroma, A Strusi, E Vita… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Lung cancer is one of the most aggressive malignancies, classified into two major
histological subtypes: non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), that accounts for about 85% of …

Promising therapy in lung cancer: spotlight on aurora kinases

D Galetta, L Cortes-Dericks - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Lung cancer has remained one of the major causes of death worldwide.
Thus, a more effective treatment approach is essential, such as the inhibition of specific …