Calpain research for drug discovery: challenges and potential

Y Ono, TC Saido, H Sorimachi - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2016 - nature.com
Calpains are a family of proteases that were scientifically recognized earlier than
proteasomes and caspases, but remain enigmatic. However, they are known to participate in …

Decreased expression of STING predicts poor prognosis in patients with gastric cancer

S Song, P Peng, Z Tang, J Zhao, W Wu, H Li, M Shao… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
STING (stimulator of interferon genes) has recently been found to play an important role in
host defenses against virus and intracellular bacteria via the regulation of type-I IFN …

Evidence for calpains in cancer metastasis

J Chen, Y Wu, L Zhang, X Fang… - Journal of Cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Metastatic dissemination represents the final stage of tumor progression as well as the
principal cause of cancer‐associated deaths. Calpains are a conserved family of calcium …

[PDF][PDF] RETRACTED: lncRNA SPRY4-IT1 Regulates Cell Proliferation and Migration by Sponging miR-101-3p and Regulating AMPK Expression in Gastric Cancer

S Cao, L Lin, X Xia, H Wu - Molecular Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2019 - cell.com
Increasing evidence indicates that long noncoding RNA SPRY4 intronic transcript 1 (lncRNA
SPRY4-IT1) has been reported to be associated with the progression of several cancers, but …

α-Hederin inhibits the platelet activating factor-induced metastasis of HCC cells through disruption of PAF/PTAFR axis cascaded STAT3/MMP-2 expression

L Cao, Y Zhang, J Mi, Z Shi, Z Fang, D Jia, Z Pan… - Pharmacological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Metastasis remains a crucial obstacle to the clinical treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma
(HCC). Investigating the potential anti-tumor compounds from medicinal herb against HCC …

High expression of Nectin-4 is associated with unfavorable prognosis in gastric cancer

Y Zhang, J Zhang, Q Shen, W Yin… - Oncology …, 2018 - spandidos-publications.com
Nectins are Ca2+‑independent immunoglobulin‑like cell adhesion molecules that belong to
a family of four members that function in a number of biological cellular activities. Nectin‑4 is …

Nectin-4 promotes gastric cancer progression via the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway

Y Zhang, P Chen, W Yin, Y Ji, Q Shen, Q Ni - Human Pathology, 2018 - Elsevier
Nectin-4, a member of the Nectin family that includes 4 Ca+-independent immunoglobulin-
like cell adhesion molecules, plays a carcinogenic role in multiple cancers. However, Nectin …

Modulators of calpain activity: inhibitors and activators as potential drugs

LE Dókus, M Yousef, Z Bánóczi - Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction: Calpains are intracellular Ca2+-dependent cysteine proteases with
15 known members in the enzyme family. They act as regulatory enzymes, their cleavage …

MiR-585-3p suppresses tumor proliferation and migration by directly targeting CAPN9 in high grade serous ovarian cancer

X Lu, G Li, S Liu, H Wang, B Chen - Journal of Ovarian Research, 2021 - Springer
Background Aberrant expression of microRNAs (miRNAs) contributes to the development of
high grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC). However, the molecular mechanism by which …

A novel calpain inhibitor compound has protective effects on a zebrafish model of spinocerebellar ataxia type 3

KJ Robinson, K Yuan, SK Plenderleith, M Watchon… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) is a hereditary ataxia caused by inheritance of a
mutated form of the human ATXN3 gene containing an expanded CAG repeat region …