Rac1 signaling: from intestinal homeostasis to colorectal cancer metastasis

L Kotelevets, E Chastre - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
The small GTPase Rac1 has been implicated in a variety of dynamic cell biological
processes, including cell proliferation, cell survival, cell-cell contacts, epithelial …

[HTML][HTML] The role of cell division control protein 42 in tumor and non-tumor diseases: a systematic review

J Fu, B Liu, H Zhang, F Fu, X Yang, L Fan… - Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rho-GTPases control a variety of cellular functions mainly by regulating microtubule and
actin dynamics, affecting the cytoskeleton, and are important regulators of the structural …

Regulating Cdc42 and its signaling pathways in cancer: small molecules and MicroRNA as new treatment candidates

XH Xiao, LC Lv, J Duan, YM Wu, SJ He, ZZ Hu… - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Despite great improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of neoplasms, metastatic
disease is still the leading cause of death in cancer patients, with mortality rates still rising …

[HTML][HTML] FOXQ1 promotes cancer metastasis by PI3K/AKT signaling regulation in colorectal carcinoma

JY Liu, XY Wu, GN Wu, FK Liu… - American journal of …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Colorectal cancer is one of the major health problems, with invade surrounding tissues, and
migrate to distant organs being the most critical concern, thus identified metastasis …

Clinicopathological significance and the associated signaling pathway of p21-activated kinase 1 (PAK1) in colorectal cancer

JS Pyo, KW Min, IH Oh, DH Lim, BK Son - Pathology-Research and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinicopathological significance and associated
signaling pathways of p21-activated kinase 1 (PAK1) in colorectal cancer (CRC). PAK1 …

Effect of PAK1 gene silencing on proliferation and apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines MHCC97-H and HepG2 and cells in xenograft tumor

ZL Zhang, G Liu, L Peng, C Zhang, YM Jia, WH Yang… - Gene Therapy, 2018 - nature.com
This study intends to explore the effect of the PAK1 gene silencing on apoptosis and
proliferation of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) MHCC97-H and HepG2 cells and cells in …

p21-Activated kinase 3 promotes cancer stem cell phenotypes through activating the Akt-GSK3β-β-catenin signaling pathway in pancreatic cancer cells

HY Wu, MC Yang, LY Ding, CS Chen, PC Chu - Cancer letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Relative to several other p21-activated kinase (PAK) family members, the role of PAK3 in
regulating cancer cell functions remains unclear. Our study obtained evidence that PAK3 …

Sterically stabilized liposomes targeting P21 (RAC1) activated kinase-1 and secreted phospholipase A2 suppress prostate cancer growth and metastasis

A Verma, W Najahi-Missaoui… - Oncology …, 2020 - spandidos-publications.com
Metastatic prostate cancer (PCa) has a very high mortality rate in men, in Western countries
and lacks reliable treatment. The advanced-stage PCa cells overexpress P21 (RAC1) …

PAK1 as a potential therapeutic target in male smokers with EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer

JH Chung, T Kim, YJ Kang, SH Yoon, YS Kim, SK Lee… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
P21-activated kinases (PAKs) are serine/threonine protein kinases that contribute to several
cellular processes. Here, we aimed to determine the prognostic value of PAK1 and its …

The prognostic significance of immunostaining of Wnt signaling pathway molecules, E-cadherin and β-catenin in colorectal carcinoma

W Gomaa, H Al-Maghrabi, J Al-Maghrabi - Arab Journal of Gastroenterology, 2021 - Elsevier
Background and study aims Colorectal carcinoma (CRC) is associated with high morbidity
and mortality. The E-cadherin–catenin complex is crucial in the development and …