Protein kinase CK2: a potential therapeutic target for diverse human diseases

C Borgo, C D'Amore, S Sarno, M Salvi… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
CK2 is a constitutively active Ser/Thr protein kinase, which phosphorylates hundreds of
substrates, controls several signaling pathways, and is implicated in a plethora of human …

Targeting pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase signaling in the development of effective cancer therapy

S Anwar, A Shamsi, T Mohammad, A Islam… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pyruvate is irreversibly decarboxylated to acetyl coenzyme A by mitochondrial pyruvate
dehydrogenase complex (PDC). Decarboxylation of pyruvate is considered a crucial step in …

Metformin activation of AMPK-dependent pathways is neuroprotective in human neural stem cells against Amyloid-beta-induced mitochondrial dysfunction

MC Chiang, YC Cheng, SJ Chen, CH Yen… - Experimental cell …, 2016 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the general consequence of dementia and is diagnostic
neuropathology by the cumulation of amyloid-beta (Aβ) protein aggregates, which are …

CK2—an emerging target for neurological and psychiatric disorders

J Castello, A Ragnauth, E Friedman, H Rebholz - Pharmaceuticals, 2017 - mdpi.com
Protein kinase CK2 has received a surge of attention in recent years due to the evidence of
its overexpression in a variety of solid tumors and multiple myelomas as well as its …

CK2 and the Hallmarks of Cancer

MB Firnau, A Brieger - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. Casein kinase 2 (CK2) is commonly
dysregulated in cancer, impacting diverse molecular pathways. CK2 is a highly conserved …

Docosahexaenoic acid alters lipid metabolism processes via H3K9ac epigenetic modification in dairy goat

J Wu, J Luo, Q He, Y Xia, H Tian, L Zhu… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Goat milk is increasingly recognized by consumers due to its high nutritional value, richness
in short-and medium-chain fatty acids, and richness in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) …

Targeting protein kinase CK2: evaluating CX-4945 potential for GL261 glioblastoma therapy in immunocompetent mice

L Ferrer-Font, L Villamañan, N Arias-Ramos… - Pharmaceuticals, 2017 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) causes poor survival in patients even with aggressive treatment.
Temozolomide (TMZ) is the standard chemotherapeutic choice for GBM treatment but …

Deciphering the metabolic role of AMPK in cancer multi-drug resistance

W Tan, Z Zhong, RP Carney, Y Men, J Li, T Pan… - Seminars in Cancer …, 2019 - Elsevier
Multi-drug resistance (MDR) is a curious bottleneck in cancer research and chemotherapy,
whereby some cells rapidly adapt to the tumor microenvironment via a myriad of …

PDK4 promotes tumorigenesis and cisplatin resistance in lung adenocarcinoma via transcriptional regulation of EPAS1

S Yu, Y Li, H Ren, H Zhou, Q Ning, X Chen… - Cancer Chemotherapy …, 2021 - Springer
The use of cisplatin for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer has long been
constrained by the rapid acquisition of tumor cell chemoresistance. In the present study, we …

CK2 modulates adipocyte insulin-signaling and is up-regulated in human obesity

C Borgo, G Milan, F Favaretto, F Stasi, R Fabris… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Insulin plays a major role in glucose metabolism and insulin-signaling defects are present in
obesity and diabetes. CK2 is a pleiotropic protein kinase implicated in fundamental cellular …