Pathophysiological roles of actin-binding scaffold protein, ezrin

K Kawaguchi, S Asano - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ezrin is one of the members of the ezrin/radixin/moesin (ERM) family of proteins. It was
originally discovered as an actin-binding protein in the microvilli structure about forty years …

Ez-metastasizing: the crucial roles of Ezrin in metastasis

RGM Buenaventura, G Merlino, Y Yu - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ezrin is the cytoskeletal organizer and functions in the modulation of membrane–
cytoskeleton interaction, maintenance of cell shape and structure, and regulation of cell–cell …

Ezrin gone rogue in cancer progression and metastasis: An enticing therapeutic target

GK Barik, O Sahay, D Paul, MK Santra - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer metastasis is the primary cause of morbidity and mortality in cancer as it remains the
most complicated, devastating, and enigmatic aspect of cancer. Several decades of …

LOXL2 upregulates phosphorylation of ezrin to promote cytoskeletal reorganization and tumor cell invasion

XH Zhan, JW Jiao, HF Zhang, XE Xu, JZ He, RL Li… - Cancer Research, 2019 - AACR
Abstract Lysyl oxidase-like 2 (LOXL2), a copper-dependent enzyme of the lysyl oxidase
family and its nonsecreted, catalytically dead spliced isoform L2Δ13, enhance cell migration …

Perspectives for ezrin and radixin in astrocytes: Kinases, functions and pathology

A Derouiche, KD Geiger - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Astrocytes are increasingly perceived as active partners in physiological brain function and
behaviour. The structural correlations of the glia–synaptic interaction are the peripheral …

Ezrin promotes pancreatic cancer cell proliferation and invasion through activating the Akt/mTOR pathway and inducing YAP translocation

C Quan, J Sun, Z Lin, T Jin, B Dong… - Cancer Management …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background Ezrin and YAP are abnormally expressed in various cancers, and play pivotal
roles in cancer initiation and development. However, the mechanisms of Ezrin in pancreatic …

Development of Personalized Strategies for Precisely Battling Malignant Melanoma

AJ Isaak, GGR Clements, RGM Buenaventura… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Precision oncology is emerging as a viable option to improve survival in
patients who fail to remain disease-free even after the employment of currently available …

microRNA-96 acts as a tumor suppressor gene in human osteosarcoma via target regulation of EZRIN

Q Yao, Y Pei, X Zhang, B Xie - Life sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Aims microRNA-96 (miR-96) is considered as a tumor suppressor in multiple
malignancies. Some studies have indicated that EZRIN could be regulated by the miR-96 in …

Modulation of membrane–cytoskeleton interactions: Ezrin as key player

LM Yin, M Schnoor - Trends in Cell Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Membrane–cytoskeleton interactions (MCIs) are mediated by actin-binding proteins (ABPs).
Ezrin is a crucial ABP that links membranes to actin filaments during lamellipodia formation …

PTEN phosphatase inhibits metastasis by negatively regulating the Entpd5/IGF1R pathway through ATF6

Y Yu, M Dai, L Huang, W Chen, E Yu, A Mendoza… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
PTEN encodes a tumor suppressor with lipid and protein phosphatase activities whose
dysfunction has been implicated in melanomagenesis; less is known about how its …