NUMB-ing down cancer by more than just a NOTCH

S Pece, S Confalonieri, PR Romano… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2011 - Elsevier
The protein Numb does not live up to its name. This passive-sounding protein is anything
but spent. Originally identified as a cell-fate determinant in Drosophila development, Numb …

The multiple functions of Numb

A Gulino, L Di Marcotullio, I Screpanti - Experimental cell research, 2010 - Elsevier
Numb is an evolutionary conserved protein that plays critical roles in cell fate determination.
Mammalian Numb displays a higher degree of structural complexity compared to the …

The multitasker protein: a look at the multiple capabilities of NUMB

SM Ortega-Campos, JM García-Heredia - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
NUMB, a plasma membrane-associated protein originally described in Drosophila, is
involved in determining cell function and fate during early stages of development. It is …

Loss of negative regulation by Numb over Notch is relevant to human breast carcinogenesis

S Pece, M Serresi, E Santolini, M Capra… - The Journal of cell …, 2004 - rupress.org
The biological antagonism between Notch and Numb controls the proliferative/differentiative
balance in development and homeostasis. Although altered Notch signaling has been …

NUMB controls p53 tumour suppressor activity

IN Colaluca, D Tosoni, P Nuciforo, F Senic-Matuglia… - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
NUMB is a cell fate determinant, which, by asymmetrically partitioning at mitosis, controls
cell fate choices by antagonising the activity of the plasma membrane receptor of the …

[HTML][HTML] The role of NUMB/NUMB isoforms in cancer stem cells

HY Choi, J Seok, GH Kang, KM Lim, SG Cho - BMB reports, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a subpopulation of cancer that can self-renew and
differentiate into large tumor masses. Evidence accumulated to date shows that CSCs affect …

High levels of Notch signaling down-regulate Numb and Numblike

G Chapman, L Liu, C Sahlgren, C Dahlqvist… - The Journal of cell …, 2006 - rupress.org
Inhibition of Notch signaling by Numb is critical for many cell fate decisions. In this study, we
demonstrate a more complex relationship between Notch and the two vertebrate Numb …

Mammalian numb proteins promote Notch1 receptor ubiquitination and degradation of the Notch1 intracellular domain

MA McGill, CJ McGlade - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2003 - ASBMB
The cell fate determinant Numb influences developmental decisions by antagonizing the
Notch signaling pathway. However, the underlying molecular mechanism of this inhibition is …

[HTML][HTML] Numb-like (NumbL) downregulation increases tumorigenicity, cancer stem cell-like properties and resistance to chemotherapy

JM García-Heredia, EMV Sivianes, A Lucena-Cacace… - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
NumbL, or Numb-like, is a close homologue of Numb, and is part of an evolutionary
conserved protein family implicated in some important cellular processes. Numb is a protein …

Numb regulates glioma stem cell fate and growth by altering epidermal growth factor receptor and Skp1-Cullin-F-box ubiquitin ligase activity

X Jiang, H Xing, TM Kim, Y Jung, W Huang… - Stem …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Glioblastoma contains a hierarchy of stem-like cancer cells, but how this hierarchy is
established is unclear. Here, we show that asymmetric Numb localization specifies …