The role of CDK5 in tumours and tumour microenvironments

PA Do, CH Lee - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary CDK5 is a serine/threonine type kinase that is mainly found in nerves. It is
a target that has been studied primarily in neurological disorders, but recently it has been …

Interplay between MEK-ERK signaling, cyclin D1, and cyclin-dependent kinase 5 regulates cell cycle reentry and apoptosis of neurons

PK Modi, N Komaravelli, N Singh… - Molecular biology of the …, 2012 - Am Soc Cell Biol
In response to neurotoxic signals, postmitotic neurons make attempts to reenter the cell
cycle, which results in their death. Although several cell cycle proteins have been implicated …

Differences in activity and phosphorylation of MAPK enzymes in esophageal squamous cells of GERD patients with and without Barrett's esophagus

HY Zhang, X Zhang, X Chen… - American Journal …, 2008 - journals.physiology.org
We hypothesized that, in esophageal squamous epithelial cells, there are differences
among individuals in the signal transduction pathways activated by acid reflux that might …

Direct effects of HIV-1 Tat on excitability and survival of primary dorsal root ganglion neurons: possible contribution to HIV-1-associated pain

X Chi, T Amet, D Byrd, KH Chang, K Shah, N Hu… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
The vast majority of people living with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) have
pain syndrome, which has a significant impact on their quality of life. The underlying causes …

Nestin serves as a prosurvival determinant that is linked to the cytoprotective effect of epidermal growth factor in rat vascular smooth muscle cells

YL Huang, CM Wu, GY Shi, GCC Wu… - Journal of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Nestin is an intermediate filament protein mainly expressed in muscle and neural
progenitors. Recently, we reported that nestin is expressed in rat vascular smooth muscle …

Cell cycle regulatory protein 5 (Cdk5) is a novel downstream target of ERK in carboplatin induced death of breast cancer cells (supplementary data)

AK Upadhyay, AK Ajay, S Singh… - Current cancer drug …, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
Neuronal cell specific cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) is a known regulator of
neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. We report that …

Regulation of ERK kinase by MEK1 kinase inhibition in the brain

TC Tassin, DR Benavides, F Plattner, A Nishi… - Journal of Biological …, 2015 - ASBMB
Metabotropic (slow) and ionotropic (fast) neurotransmission are integrated by intracellular
signal transduction mechanisms involving protein phosphorylation/dephosphorylation to …

Protective effect of Homer 1a on tumor necrosis factor-α with cycloheximide-induced apoptosis is mediated by mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways

P Luo, Y Zhao, D Li, T Chen, S Li, X Chao, W Liu… - Apoptosis, 2012 - Springer
Although Homer 1, of the postsynaptic density, regulates apoptosis, the signaling
mechanisms are not fully elucidated. In this study, we found that tumor necrosis factor-α …

RNAi screening in primary human hepatocytes of genes implicated in genome-wide association studies for roles in type 2 diabetes identifies roles for CAMK1D and …

S Haney, J Zhao, S Tiwari, K Eng, LT Guey, E Tien - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Genome-wide association (GWA) studies have described a large number of new candidate
genes that contribute to of Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). In some cases, small clusters of genes …

MAPK/ERK1/2 signaling mediates endothelial-like differentiation of immature DCs in the microenvironment of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

J Lu, J Zhao, K Liu, J Zhao, H Yang, Y Huang… - Cellular and molecular …, 2010 - Springer
Endothelial-like differentiation of dendritic cells (DCs) is a new phenomenon, and the
mechanism is still elusive. Here, we show that the tumor microenvironment derived from the …