Protein kinase C and cancer: what we know and what we do not

R Garg, LG Benedetti, MB Abera, H Wang, M Abba… - Oncogene, 2014 - nature.com
Since their discovery in the late 1970s, protein kinase C (PKC) isozymes represent one of
the most extensively studied signaling kinases. PKCs signal through multiple pathways and …

Protein kinase C signaling and cell cycle regulation

AR Black, JD Black - Frontiers in immunology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
A link between T cell proliferation and the protein kinase C (PKC) family of serine/threonine
kinases has been recognized for about 30 years. However, despite the wealth of information …

Protein kinase C (PKC) isozymes and cancer

JH Kang - New Journal of Science, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Protein kinase C (PKC) is a family of phospholipid‐dependent serine/threonine kinases,
which can be further classified into three PKC isozymes subfamilies: conventional or classic …

PKCα and PKCδ: friends and rivals

JD Black, T Affandi, AR Black, ME Reyland - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2022 - ASBMB
PKC comprises a large family of serine/threonine kinases that share a requirement for
allosteric activation by lipids. While PKC isoforms have significant homology, functional …

The complexities of PKCα signaling in cancer

AR Black, JD Black - Advances in biological regulation, 2021 - Elsevier
Protein kinase C α (PKCα) is a ubiquitously expressed member of the PKC family of
serine/threonine kinases with diverse functions in normal and neoplastic cells. Early studies …

Crosstalk between PKCα and PI3K/AKT signaling is tumor suppressive in the endometrium

AH Hsu, MA Lum, KS Shim, PJ Frederick, CD Morrison… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Protein kinase C (PKC) isozymes are commonly recognized as oncoproteins based on their
activation by tumor-promoting phorbol esters. However, accumulating evidence indicates …

Protein kinase Cα suppresses Kras-mediated lung tumor formation through activation of a p38 MAPK-TGFβ signaling axis

KS Hill, E Erdogan, A Khoor, MP Walsh, M Leitges… - Oncogene, 2014 - nature.com
Protein kinase C alpha (PKCα) can activate both pro-and anti-tumorigenic signaling
depending upon cellular context. Here, we investigated the role of PKCα in lung …

[HTML][HTML] Protein kinase C signaling “in” and “to” the nucleus: master kinases in transcriptional regulation

MG Kazanietz, M Cooke - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Protein kinase C (PKC) is a multifunctional family of Ser-Thr kinases widely implicated in the
regulation of fundamental cellular functions, including proliferation, polarity, motility, and …

Differential regulation of gene expression in lung cancer cells by diacyglycerol-lactones and a phorbol ester via selective activation of protein kinase C isozymes

M Cooke, V Casado-Medrano, J Ann, J Lee… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Despite our extensive knowledge on the biology of protein kinase C (PKC) and its
involvement in disease, limited success has been attained in the generation of PKC isozyme …

A novel antiproliferative PKCα-Ras-ERK signaling axis in intestinal epithelial cells

N Kaur, MA Lum, RE Lewis, AR Black… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
We have previously shown that the serine/threonine kinase PKCα triggers MAPK/ERK
kinase (MEK)-dependent G 1→ S cell cycle arrest in intestinal epithelial cells, characterized …