[HTML][HTML] A current overview of RhoA, RhoB, and RhoC functions in vascular biology and pathology

R Eckenstaler, M Hauke, RA Benndorf - Biochemical Pharmacology, 2022 - Elsevier
The Rho subfamily members of Rho GTPases, RhoA, RhoB, and RhoC, are key regulators
of signal transduction in a variety of cellular processes, including regulation of actomyosin …

Rho GTPases: big players in breast cancer initiation, metastasis and therapeutic responses

B Humphries, Z Wang, C Yang - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Rho GTPases, a family of the Ras GTPase superfamily, are key regulators of the actin
cytoskeleton. They were originally thought to primarily affect cell migration and invasion; …

Anti-PD-1 immunotherapy with androgen deprivation therapy induces robust immune infiltration in metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer

JE Hawley, AZ Obradovic, MC Dallos, EA Lim… - Cancer cell, 2023 - cell.com
When compared to other malignancies, the tumor microenvironment (TME) of primary and
castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) is relatively devoid of immune infiltrates. While …

The roles of GTPase-activating proteins in regulated cell death and tumor immunity

H He, J Huang, S Wu, S Jiang, L Liang, Y Liu… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
GTPase-activating protein (GAP) is a negative regulator of GTPase protein that is thought to
promote the conversion of the active GTPase-GTP form to the GTPase-GDP form. Based on …

RACGAP1 modulates ECT2-Dependent mitochondrial quality control to drive breast cancer metastasis

K Ren, D Zhou, M Wang, E Li, C Hou, Y Su… - Experimental cell …, 2021 - Elsevier
Most cancer deaths are due to the colonization of tumor cells in distant organs. More
evidence indicates that overexpression of RACGAP1 plays a critical role in cancer …

Rho GTPases: Anti-or pro-neoplastic targets?

I Zandvakili, Y Lin, JC Morris, Y Zheng - Oncogene, 2017 - nature.com
Rho GTPases are critical signal transducers of multiple pathways. They have been
proposed to be useful anti-neoplastic targets for over two decades, especially in Ras-driven …

[HTML][HTML] Fixing the GAP: The role of RhoGAPs in cancer

G Kreider-Letterman, NM Carr… - European journal of cell …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer progression and metastasis are processes that involve significant cellular changes.
Many of these changes include alterations in the activity of the Rho GTPase family of …

ARHGAP18 downregulation by miR-200b suppresses metastasis of triple-negative breast cancer by enhancing activation of RhoA

B Humphries, Z Wang, Y Li, JR Jhan, Y Jiang, C Yang - Cancer Research, 2017 - AACR
Rho GTPases activated in cancer cells drive proliferation, migration, and metastasis. Thus,
RhoGAP proteins, which negatively regulate Rho GTPases, are generally thought to function …

Distinct shared and compartment-enriched oncogenic networks drive primary versus metastatic breast cancer

Z Jiang, YJ Ju, A Ali, PED Chung, P Skowron… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Metastatic breast-cancer is a major cause of death in women worldwide, yet the relationship
between oncogenic drivers that promote metastatic versus primary cancer is still …

miR‐4324‐RACGAP1‐STAT3‐ESR1 feedback loop inhibits proliferation and metastasis of bladder cancer

Q Ge, M Lu, L Ju, K Qian, G Wang… - … journal of cancer, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Considering the importance of microRNAs (miRNAs) in regulating cellular processes, we
performed microarray analysis and revealed miR‐4324 as one of the most differentially …