Regulation of Wnt signaling through ubiquitination and deubiquitination in cancers

HB Park, JW Kim, KH Baek - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Wnt signaling pathway plays important roles in embryonic development, homeostatic
processes, cell differentiation, cell polarity, cell proliferation, and cell migration via the β …

Ubiquitin-specific proteases: players in cancer cellular processes

L Cruz, P Soares, M Correia - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ubiquitination represents a post-translational modification (PTM) essential for the
maintenance of cellular homeostasis. Ubiquitination is involved in the regulation of protein …

Deficiency in the ubiquitin conjugating enzyme UBE2A in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is linked to deficits in a natural circular miRNA-7 sponge (circRNA; ciRS-7)

Y Zhao, PN Alexandrov, V Jaber, WJ Lukiw - Genes, 2016 - mdpi.com
Our understanding of the highly specialized functions for small non-coding single-stranded
RNA (ssRNA) in the transcriptome of the human central nervous system (CNS) continues to …

ISG15 and ISGylation is required for pancreatic cancer stem cell mitophagy and metabolic plasticity

S Alcalá, P Sancho, P Martinelli, D Navarro… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Pancreatic cancer stem cells (PaCSCs) drive pancreatic cancer tumorigenesis,
chemoresistance and metastasis. While eliminating this subpopulation of cells would …

Regulation of cancer metabolism by deubiquitinating enzymes: the Warburg effect

SH Kim, KH Baek - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cancer is a disorder of cell growth and proliferation, characterized by different metabolic
pathways within normal cells. The Warburg effect is a major metabolic process in cancer …

Post-translational modifications of PRC2: signals directing its activity

Y Yang, G Li - Epigenetics & chromatin, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) is a chromatin-modifying enzyme that
catalyses the methylation of histone H3 at lysine 27 (H3K27me1/2/3). This complex …

Targeting Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) for developing novel therapeutics against cancer

S Girisa, S Henamayee, D Parama, V Rana… - Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Cancer is one of the lethal diseases that arise due to the molecular alterations in the cell.
One of those alterations associated with cancer corresponds to differential expression of …

The deubiquitylase UCHL3 maintains cancer stem-like properties by stabilizing the aryl hydrocarbon receptor

L Ouyang, B Yan, Y Liu, C Mao, M Wang… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2020 - nature.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) exhibit highly aggressive and metastatic features and resistance
to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) expression varies …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic opportunities in cancer therapy: targeting the p53-MDM2/MDMX interactions

M Munisamy, N Mukherjee, L Thomas… - American Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ubiquitination is a key enzymatic post-translational modification that influences p53 stability
and function. p53 protein regulates the expression of MDM2 (mouse double-minute 2 …

The feedback loop of METTL14 and USP38 regulates cell migration, invasion and EMT as well as metastasis in bladder cancer

J Huang, W Zhou, C Hao, Q He, X Tu - PLoS Genetics, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Bladder cancer (BCa) is one of the most prevalent malignancies globally.
Previous study has reported the inhibitory effect of methyltransferase-like 14 (METTL14) on …