YAP/TAZ signaling and resistance to cancer therapy

CDK Nguyen, C Yi - Trends in cancer, 2019 - cell.com
Drug resistance is a major challenge in cancer treatment. Emerging evidence indicates that
deregulation of YAP/TAZ signaling may be a major mechanism of intrinsic and acquired …

YAP/TAZ functions and their regulation at a glance

A Pocaterra, P Romani, S Dupont - Journal of cell science, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
ABSTRACT YAP and TAZ proteins are transcriptional coactivators encoded by paralogous
genes, which shuttle between the cytoplasm and the nucleus in response to multiple inputs …

Multifaceted regulation and functions of YAP/TAZ in tumors

H Liu, S Du, T Lei, H Wang, X He… - Oncology …, 2018 - spandidos-publications.com
The Hippo pathway, initially identified through screenings for mutant tumor suppressors in
Drosophila, is an evolutionarily conserved signaling pathway that controls organ size by …

[HTML][HTML] YAP/TAZ as therapeutic targets in cancer

F Zanconato, G Battilana, M Cordenonsi… - Current opinion in …, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•YAP/TAZ are activated in a broad number of solid tumors.•YAP/TAZ instrumental
for tumor initiation, growth, metastasis and chemoresistance.•Several inputs control …

Role of YAP/TAZ transcriptional regulators in resistance to anti-cancer therapies

MH Kim, J Kim - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2017 - Springer
A diverse range of drug resistance mechanisms in cancer cells and their microenvironment
significantly reduces the effectiveness of anti-cancer therapies. Growing evidence suggests …

Actin remodeling confers BRAF inhibitor resistance to melanoma cells through YAP/TAZ activation

MH Kim, J Kim, H Hong, SH Lee, JK Lee, E Jung… - The EMBO …, 2016 - embopress.org
The activation of transcriptional coactivators YAP and its paralog TAZ has been shown to
promote resistance to anti‐cancer therapies. YAP/TAZ activity is tightly coupled to actin …

YAP/TAZ activation as a target for treating metastatic cancer

JSA Warren, Y Xiao, JM Lamar - Cancers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Yes-Associated Protein (YAP) and Transcriptional Co-activator with PDZ-binding Motif (TAZ)
have both emerged as important drivers of cancer progression and metastasis. YAP and …

[HTML][HTML] A combat with the YAP/TAZ-TEAD oncoproteins for cancer therapy

AV Pobbati, W Hong - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The transcriptional co-regulators YAP and TAZ pair primarily with the TEAD family of
transcription factors to elicit a gene expression signature that plays a prominent role in …

New insights into the ambivalent role of YAP/TAZ in human cancers

J Luo, L Deng, H Zou, Y Guo, T Tong, M Huang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - Springer
Hippo signaling was first identified in Drosophila as a key controller of organ size by
regulating cell proliferation and anti-apoptosis. Subsequent studies have shown that this …

[HTML][HTML] Small molecules inhibiting the nuclear localization of YAP/TAZ for chemotherapeutics and chemosensitizers against breast cancers

Y Oku, N Nishiya, T Shito, R Yamamoto, Y Yamamoto… - FEBS open bio, 2015 - Elsevier
YAP and TAZ oncoproteins confer malignancy and drug resistance to various cancer types.
We screened for small molecules that inhibit the nuclear localization of YAP/TAZ. Dasatinib …