FGF/FGFR signaling in health and disease

Y Xie, N Su, J Yang, Q Tan, S Huang, M Jin… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Growing evidences suggest that the fibroblast growth factor/FGF receptor (FGF/FGFR)
signaling has crucial roles in a multitude of processes during embryonic development and …

Sialic acids in the brain: gangliosides and polysialic acid in nervous system development, stability, disease, and regeneration

RL Schnaar, R Gerardy-Schahn… - Physiological …, 2014 - journals.physiology.org
Every cell in nature carries a rich surface coat of glycans, its glycocalyx, which constitutes
the cell's interface with its environment. In eukaryotes, the glycocalyx is composed of …

Cholinergic neuron targeting nanosystem delivering hybrid peptide for combinatorial mitochondrial therapy in Alzheimer's disease

K Qian, X Bao, Y Li, P Wang, Q Guo, P Yang, S Xu… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Mitochondrial dysfunction in neurons has recently become a promising therapeutic target for
Alzheimer's disease (AD). Regulation of dysfunctional mitochondria through multiple …

Fibroblast growth factors and their receptors in cancer

J Wesche, K Haglund, EM Haugsten - Biochemical Journal, 2011 - portlandpress.com
FGFs (fibroblast growth factors) and their receptors (FGFRs) play essential roles in tightly
regulating cell proliferation, survival, migration and differentiation during development and …

FGF23 actions on target tissues—with and without klotho

B Richter, C Faul - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 23 is a phosphaturic hormone whose physiologic actions on
target tissues are mediated by FGF receptors (FGFR) and klotho, which functions as a co …

Mechanisms of motility in metastasizing cells

M Yilmaz, G Christofori - Molecular cancer research, 2010 - AACR
Cell migration and invasion are critical parameters in the metastatic dissemination of cancer
cells and the formation of metastasis, the major cause of death in cancer patients. Migratory …

Fibroblast growth factor signalling in the diseased nervous system

L Klimaschewski, P Claus - Molecular Neurobiology, 2021 - Springer
Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) act as key signalling molecules in brain development,
maintenance, and repair. They influence the intricate relationship between myelinating cells …

Endocytosis and signaling: cell logistics shape the eukaryotic cell plan

S Sigismund, S Confalonieri, A Ciliberto… - Physiological …, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
Our understanding of endocytosis has evolved remarkably in little more than a decade. This
is the result not only of advances in our knowledge of its molecular and biological workings …

Beyond VEGF: inhibition of the fibroblast growth factor pathway and antiangiogenesis

C Lieu, J Heymach, M Overman, H Tran, S Kopetz - Clinical cancer research, 2011 - AACR
Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling regulates cell proliferation, differentiation, survival,
angiogenesis, and wound healing. Compelling evidence for deregulated FGF signaling in …

Fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs) and noncanonical partners in cancer signaling

HR Ferguson, MP Smith, C Francavilla - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Increasing evidence indicates that success of targeted therapies in the treatment of cancer is
context-dependent and is influenced by a complex crosstalk between signaling pathways …