Cyclin D1, cancer progression, and opportunities in cancer treatment

S Qie, JA Diehl - Journal of molecular medicine, 2016 - Springer
Mammalian cells encode three D cyclins (D1, D2, and D3) that coordinately function as
allosteric regulators of cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) and CDK6 to regulate cell cycle …

Ubiquitin ligases in oncogenic transformation and cancer therapy

D Senft, J Qi, ZA Ronai - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2018 - nature.com
The cellular response to external stress signals and DNA damage depends on the activity of
ubiquitin ligases (E3s), which regulate numerous cellular processes, including homeostasis …

MAPK1/3 kinase-dependent ULK1 degradation attenuates mitophagy and promotes breast cancer bone metastasis

R Deng, HL Zhang, JH Huang, RZ Cai, Y Wang… - Autophagy, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The function of mitophagy in cancer is controversial. ULK1 is critical for induction of
macroautophagy/autophagy and has a more specific role in mitophagy in response to …

Prostate cancer–associated SPOP mutations confer resistance to BET inhibitors through stabilization of BRD4

X Dai, W Gan, X Li, S Wang, W Zhang, L Huang… - Nature medicine, 2017 - nature.com
The bromodomain and extraterminal (BET) family of proteins comprises four members—
BRD2, BRD3, BRD4 and the testis-specific isoform BRDT—that largely function as …

Cell-cycle-regulated activation of Akt kinase by phosphorylation at its carboxyl terminus

P Liu, M Begley, W Michowski, H Inuzuka, M Ginzberg… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Akt, also known as protein kinase B, plays key roles in cell proliferation, survival and
metabolism. Akt hyperactivation contributes to many pathophysiological conditions …

Ubiquitylation in apoptosis: a post-translational modification at the edge of life and death

D Vucic, VM Dixit, IE Wertz - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2011 - nature.com
The proper regulation of apoptosis is essential for the survival of multicellular organisms.
Furthermore, excessive apoptosis can contribute to neurodegenerative diseases, anaemia …

Biological functions of casein kinase 1 isoforms and putative roles in tumorigenesis

B Schittek, T Sinnberg - Molecular cancer, 2014 - Springer
Isoforms of the casein kinase 1 (CK1) family have been shown to phosphorylate key
regulatory molecules involved in cell cycle, transcription and translation, the structure of the …

The CK1 family: contribution to cellular stress response and its role in carcinogenesis

U Knippschild, M Krüger, J Richter, P Xu… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Members of the highly conserved and ubiquitously expressed pleiotropic CK1 family play
major regulatory roles in many cellular processes including DNA-processing and repair …

The involvement of ubiquitination machinery in cell cycle regulation and cancer progression

T Zou, Z Lin - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The cell cycle is a collection of events by which cellular components such as genetic
materials and cytoplasmic components are accurately divided into two daughter cells. The …

Mdm2 phosphorylation by Akt regulates the p53 response to oxidative stress to promote cell proliferation and tumorigenesis

L Chibaya, B Karim, H Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
We have shown previously that phosphorylation of Mdm2 by ATM and c-Abl regulates Mdm2-
p53 signaling and alters the effects of DNA damage in mice, including bone marrow failure …