CXCL13 and its receptor CXCR5 in cancer: inflammation, immune response, and beyond

MG Kazanietz, M Durando, M Cooke - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
It is well-established that the chemokine CXC motif ligand 13 (CXCL13) and its receptor, the
G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) CXCR5, play fundamental roles in inflammatory …

Glutathione S-transferases in cancer

RR Singh, KM Reindl - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
In humans, the glutathione S-transferases (GST) protein family is composed of seven
members that present remarkable structural similarity and some degree of overlapping …

Protein kinase C and cancer: what we know and what we do not

R Garg, LG Benedetti, MB Abera, H Wang, M Abba… - Oncogene, 2014 - nature.com
Since their discovery in the late 1970s, protein kinase C (PKC) isozymes represent one of
the most extensively studied signaling kinases. PKCs signal through multiple pathways and …

[HTML][HTML] Mutations and deregulation of Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK and PI3K/PTEN/Akt/mTOR cascades which alter therapy response

JA McCubrey, LS Steelman, WH Chappell… - Oncotarget, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK and PI3K/PTEN/Akt/mTOR cascades are often activated by
genetic alterations in upstream signaling molecules such as receptor tyrosine kinases …

Overarching roles of diacylglycerol signaling in cancer development and antitumor immunity

M Cooke, MG Kazanietz - Science Signaling, 2022 - science.org
Diacylglycerol (DAG) is a lipid second messenger that is generated in response to
extracellular stimuli and channels intracellular signals that affect mammalian cell …

Protein kinase C in cancer: The top five unanswered questions

M Cooke, A Magimaidas… - Molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Few kinases have been studied as extensively as protein kinase C (PKC), particularly in the
context of cancer. As major cellular targets for the phorbol ester tumor promoters and …

Protein kinase C epsilon cooperates with PTEN loss for prostate tumorigenesis through the CXCL13-CXCR5 pathway

R Garg, JM Blando, CJ Perez, MC Abba, F Benavides… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
PKCε, an oncogenic member of the PKC family, is aberrantly overexpressed in epithelial
cancers. To date, little is known about functional interactions of PKCε with other genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Plumbagin, a medicinal plant (Plumbago zeylanica)-derived 1, 4-naphthoquinone, inhibits growth and metastasis of human prostate cancer PC-3M-luciferase …

BB Hafeez, W Zhong, JW Fischer, A Mustafa, X Shi… - Molecular …, 2013 - Elsevier
We present here first time that Plumbagin (PL), a medicinal plant-derived 1, 4-
naphthoquinone, inhibits the growth and metastasis of human prostate cancer (PCa) cells in …

[HTML][HTML] Stat3 binds to mtDNA and regulates mitochondrial gene expression in keratinocytes

E Macias, D Rao, S Carbajal, K Kiguchi… - Journal of Investigative …, 2014 - Elsevier
The nuclear transcription factor signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (Stat3) has
recently been reported to have a localized mitochondrial regulatory function. Current data …

COX-2 mediates pro-tumorigenic effects of PKCε in prostate cancer

R Garg, JM Blando, CJ Perez, P Lal, MD Feldman… - Oncogene, 2018 - nature.com
The pro-oncogenic kinase PKCε is overexpressed in human prostate cancer and cooperates
with loss of the tumor suppressor Pten for the development of prostatic adenocarcinoma …