Regulating Rho GTPases and their regulators

RG Hodge, AJ Ridley - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2016 - nature.com
Rho GTPases regulate cytoskeletal and cell adhesion dynamics and thereby coordinate a
wide range of cellular processes, including cell migration, cell polarity and cell cycle …

Tuning immunity through tissue mechanotransduction

H Du, JM Bartleson, S Butenko, V Alonso… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Immune responses are governed by signals from the tissue microenvironment, and in
addition to biochemical signals, mechanical cues and forces arising from the tissue, its …

X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein–a critical death resistance regulator and therapeutic target for personalized cancer therapy

P Obexer, MJ Ausserlechner - Frontiers in oncology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Defects in apoptosis regulation are one main cause of cancer development and may result
from overexpression of anti-apoptotic proteins such as inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) …

Inhibitors of apoptosis: clinical implications in cancer

MS Mohamed, MK Bishr, FM Almutairi, AG Ali - Apoptosis, 2017 - Springer
Inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) family comprises a group of endogenous proteins that function as
main regulators of caspase activity and cell death. They are considered the main culprits in …

LLPS of SQSTM1/p62 and NBR1 as outcomes of lysosomal stress response limits cancer cell metastasis

T Noguchi, Y Sekiguchi, T Shimada… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Liquid droplet has emerged as a flexible intracellular compartment that modulates various
cellular processes. Here, we uncover an antimetastatic mechanism governed by the liquid …

Small-molecule SMAC mimetics as new cancer therapeutics

L Bai, DC Smith, S Wang - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2014 - Elsevier
Apoptosis is a tightly regulated cellular process and faulty regulation of apoptosis is a
hallmark of human cancers. Targeting key apoptosis regulators with the goal to restore …

Survivin–the inconvenient IAP

DC Altieri - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Although technically a member of the Inhibitor of Apoptosis (IAP) gene family, survivin has
consistently defied assumptions, refuted predictions and challenged paradigms. Despite its …

Anastasis enhances metastasis and chemoresistance of colorectal cancer cells through upregulating cIAP2/NFκB signaling

R Wang, Y Wang, X Liu, M Liu, L Sun, X Pan… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Chemotherapy is a common strategy to treat cancer. However, acquired resistance and
metastasis are the major obstacles to successful treatment. Anastasis is a process by which …

Rac1 in human diseases: The therapeutic potential of targeting Rac1 signaling regulatory mechanisms

H Marei, A Malliri - Small GTPases, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Abnormal Rac1 signaling is linked to a number of debilitating human diseases, including
cancer, cardiovascular diseases and neurodegenerative disorders. As such, Rac1 …

News from the PUB: plant U-box type E3 ubiquitin ligases

M Trujillo - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Plant U-box type E3 ubiquitin ligases (PUBs) are well known for their functions in a variety of
stress responses, including immune responses and the adaptation to abiotic stresses. First …