The MAL family of proteins: normal function, expression in cancer, and potential use as cancer biomarkers

L Labat-de-Hoz, A Rubio-Ramos, I Correas, MA Alonso - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The use of biomarkers can provide information about the outcome of
cancer patients, the type of tumor, its malignant potential and the risk of recurrence, and may …

Regulation and modulation of human DNA polymerase δ activity and function

MYWT Lee, X Wang, S Zhang, Z Zhang, EYC Lee - Genes, 2017 - mdpi.com
This review focuses on the regulation and modulation of human DNA polymerase δ (Pol δ).
The emphasis is on the mechanisms that regulate the activity and properties of Pol δ in DNA …

L3MBTL2 orchestrates ubiquitin signalling by dictating the sequential recruitment of RNF8 and RNF168 after DNA damage

S Nowsheen, K Aziz, A Aziz, M Deng, B Qin, K Luo… - Nature cell …, 2018 - nature.com
Cells respond to cytotoxic DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) by recruiting DNA repair
proteins to the damaged site. This recruitment is dependent on ubiquitylation of adjacent …

circ-SHKBP1 regulates the angiogenesis of U87 glioma-exposed endothelial cells through miR-544a/FOXP1 and miR-379/FOXP2 pathways

Q He, L Zhao, Y Liu, X Liu, J Zheng, H Yu, H Cai… - … Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2018 - cell.com
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a type of endogenous non-coding RNAs, which have been
considered to mediate diverse tumorigenesis including angiogenesis. The present study …

Viral involvement in Alzheimer's disease

A Sait, C Angeli, AJ Doig, PJR Day - ACS chemical neuroscience, 2021 - ACS Publications
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the presence of β-amyloid plaques (Aβ) and
neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) in the brain. The prevalence of the disease is increasing and is …

Diagnostic and prognostic implications of ribosomal protein transcript expression patterns in human cancers

JM Dolezal, AP Dash, EV Prochownik - BMC cancer, 2018 - Springer
Background Ribosomes, the organelles responsible for the translation of mRNA, are
comprised of four rRNAs and~ 80 ribosomal proteins (RPs). Although canonically assumed …

Impact of extracellular matrix stiffness on genomic heterogeneity in MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma cell line

A López-Carrasco, S Martín-Vañó… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - Springer
Background Increased tissue stiffness is a common feature of malignant solid tumors, often
associated with metastasis and poor patient outcomes. Vitronectin, as an extracellular matrix …

FOXA2-interacting FOXP2 prevents epithelial-mesenchymal transition of breast cancer cells by stimulating E-cadherin and PHF2 transcription

Y Liu, T Chen, M Guo, Y Li, Q Zhang, G Tan… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
FOXP2, a member of forkhead box transcription factor family, was first identified as a
language-related gene that played an important role in language learning and facial …

MiR-9-5p inhibits glioblastoma cells proliferation through directly targeting FOXP2 (Forkhead Box P2)

H Zhang, Y Li, Y Tan, Q Liu, S Jiang, D Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most malignant tumor in the central nervous system and the
treatment is still unsatisfactory because the mechanism of the disease remains unclear. The …

Ribosomes as a nexus between translation and cancer progression: Focus on ribosomal Receptor for Activated C Kinase 1 (RACK1) in breast cancer

E Buoso, M Masi, A Long, C Chiappini… - British journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ribosomes coordinate spatiotemporal control of gene expression, contributing to the
acquisition and maintenance of cancer phenotype. The link between ribosomes and cancer …