Bone morphogenetic proteins: a critical review

B Bragdon, O Moseychuk, S Saldanha, D King… - Cellular signalling, 2011 - Elsevier
Bone Morphogenetic Proteins (BMPs) are potent growth factors belonging to the
Transforming Growth Factor Beta superfamily. To date over 20 members have been …

The N‐myc downstream regulated gene (NDRG) family: diverse functions, multiple applications

V Melotte, X Qu, M Ongenaert… - The FASEB …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The N‐myc downstream regulated gene (NDRG) family of proteins consists of 4 members,
NDRG1–4, which are well conserved through evolution. The first member to be discovered …

NDRG1, a growth and cancer related gene: regulation of gene expression and function in normal and disease states

TP Ellen, Q Ke, P Zhang, M Costa - Carcinogenesis, 2008 - academic.oup.com
N-myc downstream-regulated gene 1 (NDRG1) is an intracellular protein that is induced
under a wide variety of stress and cell growth-regulatory conditions. NDRG1 is up-regulated …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor suppressor NDRG2 inhibits glycolysis and glutaminolysis in colorectal cancer cells by repressing c-Myc expression

X Xu, J Li, X Sun, Y Guo, D Chu, L Wei, X Li, G Yang… - Oncotarget, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer cells use glucose and glutamine as the major sources of energy and precursor
intermediates, and enhanced glycolysis and glutamimolysis are the major hallmarks of …

Krüppel-like factor 5, increased in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, promotes proliferation, acinar-to-ductal metaplasia, pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia, and …

P He, JW Yang, VW Yang, AB Bialkowska - Gastroenterology, 2018 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Activating mutations in KRAS are detected in most pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinomas (PDACs). Expression of an activated form of KRAS (KrasG12D) in …

Functional and Clinical Evidence for NDRG2 as a Candidate Suppressor of Liver Cancer Metastasis

DC Lee, YK Kang, WH Kim, YJ Jang, DJ Kim, IY Park… - Cancer research, 2008 - AACR
We searched for potential suppressors of tumor metastasis by identifying the genes that are
frequently down-regulated in hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) while being negatively …

NDRG2: a Myc‐repressed gene involved in cancer and cell stress

L Yao, J Zhang, X Liu - Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
As a master switch for cell proliferation and differentiation, Myc exerts its biological functions
mainly through transcrip‐tional regulation of its target genes, which are involved in cells' …

HIF-1 and NDRG2 contribute to hypoxia-induced radioresistance of cervical cancer Hela cells

J Liu, J Zhang, X Wang, Y Li, Y Chen, K Li… - Experimental cell …, 2010 - Elsevier
Hypoxia inducible factor 1 (HIF-1), the key mediator of hypoxia signaling pathways, has
been shown involved in hypoxia-induced radioresistance. However, the underlying …

NDRG2 facilitates colorectal cancer differentiation through the regulation of Skp2-p21/p27 axis

L Shen, X Qu, H Li, C Xu, M Wei, Q Wang, Y Ru, B Liu… - Oncogene, 2018 - nature.com
Poorly differentiated colorectal cancers (CRCs) are more aggressive and lack targeted
therapies. We and others previously reported the predominant role of tumor-suppressor …

NDRG2 is a new HIF-1 target gene necessary for hypoxia-induced apoptosis in A549 cells

L Wang, N Liu, L Yao, F Li, J Zhang, Y Deng… - Cellular Physiology and …, 2008 - karger.com
The NDRG2 gene belongs to a family of N-Myc downstream-regulated genes (NDRGs) and
is expressed in many normal tissues. NDRG2 gene expression has been shown to be …