RAF-MEK-ERK pathway in cancer evolution and treatment

R Ullah, Q Yin, AH Snell, L Wan - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The RAF-MEK-ERK signaling cascade is a well-characterized MAPK pathway
involved in cell proliferation and survival. The three-layered MAPK signaling cascade is …

The role of kisspeptin in the control of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis and reproduction

Q Xie, Y Kang, C Zhang, Y Xie, C Wang, J Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The discovery of kisspeptin as a critical central regulatory factor of GnRH release has given
people a novel understanding of the neuroendocrine regulation in human reproduction …

Bone circuitry and interorgan skeletal crosstalk

M Zaidi, SM Kim, M Mathew, F Korkmaz, F Sultana… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
The past decade has seen significant advances in our understanding of skeletal
homeostasis and the mechanisms that mediate the loss of bone integrity in disease. Recent …

Scaffolding mechanism of arrestin-2 in the cRaf/MEK1/ERK signaling cascade

C Qu, JY Park, MW Yun, Q He, F Yang… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Arrestins were initially identified for their role in homologous desensitization and
internalization of G protein–coupled receptors. Receptor-bound arrestins also initiate …

Structural studies of phosphorylation-dependent interactions between the V2R receptor and arrestin-2

QT He, P Xiao, SM Huang, YL Jia, ZL Zhu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Arrestins recognize different receptor phosphorylation patterns and convert this information
to selective arrestin functions to expand the functional diversity of the G protein-coupled …

FSH receptor signaling: complexity of interactions and signal diversity

A Ulloa-Aguirre, E Reiter, P Crépieux - Endocrinology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
FSH is synthesized in the pituitary by gonadotrope cells. By binding to and interacting with
its cognate receptor [FSH receptor (FSHR)] in the gonads, this gonadotropin plays a key role …

Differential regulation of GPCRs—are GRK expression levels the key?

ESF Matthees, RS Haider, C Hoffmann… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) comprise the largest family of transmembrane
receptors and their signal transduction is tightly regulated by GPCR kinases (GRKs) and β …

Potent and selective mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1/2 (MEK1/2) heterobifunctional small-molecule degraders

J Hu, J Wei, H Yim, L Wang, L Xie, MS Jin… - Journal of medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Previously, we reported a first-in-class von Hippel–Lindau (VHL)-recruiting mitogen-
activated protein kinase kinases 1 and 2 (MEK1/2) degrader, MS432. To date, only two …

[HTML][HTML] Individual phosphorylation sites at the C-terminus of the apelin receptor play different roles in signal transduction

J Chen, X Chen, S Li, Y Jiang, H Mao, R Zhang, B Ji… - Redox biology, 2020 - Elsevier
The apelin and Elabela proteins constitute a spatiotemporal double-ligand system that
controls apelin receptor (APJ) signal transduction. Phosphorylation of multiple sites within …

Synthesis, biological, and structural explorations of a series of μ-opioid receptor (MOR) agonists with high G protein signaling bias

Y Yang, Y Wang, A Zuo, C Li, W Wang, W Jiang… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biased agonism refers to the ability of compounds to drive preferred signaling pathways and
avoid adverse signaling pathways in a ligand-dependent manner for some G-protein …