HECT E3 ligases: a tale with multiple facets

J Weber, S Polo, E Maspero - Frontiers in physiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Ubiquitination plays a pivotal role in several cellular processes and is critical for protein
degradation and signaling. E3 ubiquitin ligases are the matchmakers in the ubiquitination …

Ubiquitin–proteasome system and the role of its inhibitors in cancer therapy

F Aliabadi, B Sohrabi, E Mostafavi… - Open …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Despite all the other cells that have the potential to prevent cancer development and
metastasis through tumour suppressor proteins, cancer cells can upregulate the ubiquitin …

Multi-omics characterization of the 4T1 murine mammary gland tumor model

B Schrörs, S Boegel, C Albrecht, T Bukur… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background: Tumor models are critical for our understanding of cancer and the development
of cancer therapeutics. The 4T1 murine mammary cancer cell line is one of the most widely …

Targeting mitosis exit: a brake for cancer cell proliferation

X Liu, Y Chen, Y Li, RB Petersen, K Huang - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2019 - Elsevier
The transition from mitosis to interphase, referred to as mitotic exit, is a critical mitotic
process which involves activation and inactivation of multiple mitotic kinases and …

MiR‐490‐5p inhibits the metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma by down‐regulating E2F2 and ECT2

ZQ Fang, MC Li, YQ Zhang… - Journal of Cellular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We intended to evaluate miR‐490‐5p expression in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissues
and detect the potential targets of miR‐490‐5p. In vitro experiments were conducted to …

OTUB1-mediated deubiquitination of FOXM1 up-regulates ECT-2 to promote tumor progression in renal cell carcinoma

K Zhou, H Mai, S Zheng, W Cai, X Yang, Z Chen… - Cell & bioscience, 2020 - Springer
Background OTUB1 (ovarian tumor domain protease domain-containing ubiquitin aldehyde-
binding proteins)-mediated deubiquitination of FOXM1 (Forkhead box M1) participates in …

MiR-223-3p targeting epithelial cell transforming sequence 2 oncogene inhibits the activity, apoptosis, invasion and migration of MDA-MB-468 breast cancer cells

X Wang, Z Tong, H Liu - OncoTargets and Therapy, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose This research was to investigate the role of miR-223-3p targeting epithelial cell
transforming sequence 2 oncogene (ECT2) in activity, apoptosis, invasion and migration of …

The role of E3 ubiquitin ligase HECTD3 in cancer and beyond

Q Jiang, F Li, Z Cheng, Y Kong, C Chen - Cellular and Molecular Life …, 2020 - Springer
Ubiquitin modification plays significant roles in protein fate determination, signaling
transduction, and cellular processes. Over the past 2 decades, the number of studies on …

[HTML][HTML] E6AP promotes prostate cancer by reducing p27 expression

D Raghu, PJ Paul, T Gulati, S Deb, C Khoo, A Russo… - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Prostate cancer (PC) is the most common cancer in men. Elevated levels of E3 ligase, E6-
Associated Protein (E6AP) were previously linked to PC, consistent with increased protein …

[HTML][HTML] A feedforward circuit shaped by ECT2 and USP7 contributes to breast carcinogenesis

Q Zhang, C Cao, W Gong, K Bao, Q Wang, Y Wang… - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: A number of guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) including epithelial cell
transforming factor ECT2 are believed to drive carcinogenesis through activating distinct …