Polycomb/trithorax antagonism: cellular memory in stem cell fate and function

M Brand, K Nakka, J Zhu, FJ Dilworth - Cell Stem Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Stem cells are continuously challenged with the decision to either self-renew or adopt a new
fate. Self-renewal is regulated by a system of cellular memory, which must be bypassed for …

Elevated PDK1 expression drives PI3K/AKT/MTOR signaling promotes radiation-resistant and dedifferentiated phenotype of hepatocellular carcinoma

OA Bamodu, HL Chang, JR Ong, WH Lee, CT Yeh… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Resistance to radiotherapy (IR), with consequent disease recurrence, continues to limit the
efficacy of contemporary anticancer treatment for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma …

Functions of SRPK, CLK and DYRK kinases in stem cells, development, and human developmental disorders

EKJ Hogg, GM Findlay - FEBS letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Human developmental disorders encompass a wide range of debilitating physical
conditions and intellectual disabilities. Perturbation of protein kinase signalling underlies the …

AKT1 induces Nanog promoter in a SUMOylation-dependent manner in different pluripotent contexts

MG Francia, P Verneri, C Oses… - BMC Research …, 2023 - Springer
AKT/PKB is a kinase crucial for pluripotency maintenance in pluripotent stem cells. Multiple
post-translational modifications modulate its activity. We have previously demonstrated that …

MEK5/ERK5 activation regulates colon cancer stem-like cell properties

DM Pereira, SE Gomes, PM Borralho… - Cell death …, 2019 - nature.com
Colon cancer has been proposed to be sustained by a small subpopulation of stem-like cells
with unique properties allowing them to survive conventional therapies and drive tumor …

Polo-like kinase 4 accelerates glioma malignant progression and vasculogenic mimicry by phosphorylating EphA2

B Wang, R Yu, X Zhang, Y Ren, Y Zhen, L Han - Cancer Letters, 2025 - Elsevier
Vasculogenic mimicry (VM), which involved the formation of vascular-like structures by
highly invasive tumor cells, had been identified as one of the mechanisms contributing to …

Protein kinases and their inhibitors in pluripotent stem cell fate regulation

J Lee, YJ Park, H Jung - Stem Cells International, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Protein kinases modulate the reversible postmodifications of substrate proteins to their
phosphorylated forms as an essential process in regulating intracellular signaling …

Sumoylation and the oncogenic E17K mutation affect AKT1 subcellular distribution and impact on Nanog-binding dynamics to chromatin in embryonic stem cells

MG Francia, C Oses, SL Roberti, MR García… - Journal of Structural …, 2023 - Elsevier
AKT/PKB is a kinase involved in the regulation of a plethora of cell processes. Particularly, in
embryonic stem cells (ESCs), AKT is crucial for the maintenance of pluripotency. Although …

Combined Proteomic and Phosphoproteomic Characterization of the Molecular Regulators and Functional Modules During Pancreatic Progenitor Cell Development

Q He, S Xu, F He, Z Wu, F Wu, R Zhou… - Journal of Proteome …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Differentiated multipotent pancreatic progenitors have major advantages for both modeling
pancreas development and preventing or treating diabetes. Despite significant …

An ERK5–KLF2 signalling module regulates early embryonic gene expression and telomere rejuvenation in stem cells

HA Brown, CAC Williams, H Zhou… - Biochemical …, 2021 - portlandpress.com
The ERK5 MAP kinase signalling pathway drives transcription of naïve pluripotency genes
in mouse Embryonic Stem Cells (mESCs). However, how ERK5 impacts on other aspects of …