PROTACs: great opportunities for academia and industry (an update from 2020 to 2021)

M He, C Cao, Z Ni, Y Liu, P Song, S Hao, Y He… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras (PROTACs) technology is a new protein-
degradation strategy that has emerged in recent years. It uses bifunctional small molecules …

Aurora A kinase (AURKA) in normal and pathological cell division

AS Nikonova, I Astsaturov, IG Serebriiskii… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2013 - Springer
Temporally and spatially controlled activation of the Aurora A kinase (AURKA) regulates
centrosome maturation, entry into mitosis, formation and function of the bipolar spindle, and …

TPX2: of spindle assembly, DNA damage response, and cancer

G Neumayer, C Belzil, OJ Gruss… - Cellular and Molecular Life …, 2014 - Springer
For more than 15 years, TPX2 has been studied as a factor critical for mitosis and spindle
assembly. These functions of TPX2 are attributed to its Ran-regulated microtubule …

Protein phosphatase 6 regulates mitotic spindle formation by controlling the T-loop phosphorylation state of Aurora A bound to its activator TPX2

K Zeng, RN Bastos, FA Barr, U Gruneberg - Journal of Cell Biology, 2010 - rupress.org
Many protein kinases are activated by a conserved regulatory step involving T-loop
phosphorylation. Although there is considerable focus on kinase activator proteins, the …

The Aurora-A/TPX2 complex: a novel oncogenic holoenzyme?

IA Asteriti, WM Rensen, C Lindon, P Lavia… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2010 - Elsevier
The Aurora-A kinase regulates cell division by phosphorylating multiple downstream targets
in the mitotic apparatus. Aurora-A is frequently overexpressed in tumor cells and it is …

Structural basis for CEP192-mediated regulation of centrosomal AURKA

JG Park, H Jeon, S Shin, C Song, H Lee, NK Kim… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Aurora kinase A (AURKA) performs critical functions in mitosis. Thus, the activity and
subcellular localization of AURKA are tightly regulated and depend on diverse factors …

Inhibition of Aurora-A kinase induces cell cycle arrest in epithelial ovarian cancer stem cells by affecting NFĸB pathway

I Chefetz, JC Holmberg, AB Alvero, I Visintin, G Mor - Cell cycle, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Recurrent ovarian cancer is resistant to conventional chemotherapy. A sub-population of
ovarian cancer cells, the epithelial ovarian cancer stem cells (EOC stem cells) have …

Melanoma-associated mutations in protein phosphatase 6 cause chromosome instability and DNA damage owing to dysregulated Aurora-A

D Hammond, K Zeng, A Espert… - Journal of cell …, 2013 - journals.biologists.com
Mutations in the PPP6C catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase 6 (PP6) are drivers for the
development of melanoma. Here, we analyse a panel of melanoma-associated mutations in …

The investigational Aurora kinase A inhibitor MLN8237 induces defects in cell viability and cell-cycle progression in malignant bladder cancer cells in vitro and in vivo

N Zhou, K Singh, MC Mir, Y Parker, D Lindner… - Clinical cancer …, 2013 - AACR
Abstract Purpose: Despite more than 70,000 new cases of bladder cancer in the United
States annually, patients with advanced disease have a poor prognosis due to limited …

Control of Aurora-A stability through interaction with TPX2

M Giubettini, IA Asteriti, J Scrofani… - Journal of cell …, 2011 - journals.biologists.com
The Aurora-A kinase has well-established roles in spindle assembly and function and is
frequently overexpressed in tumours. Its abundance is cell cycle regulated, with a peak in …