The Janus-like role of proline metabolism in cancer

L Burke, I Guterman, R Palacios Gallego… - Cell death …, 2020 - nature.com
The metabolism of the non-essential amino acid L-proline is emerging as a key pathway in
the metabolic rewiring that sustains cancer cells proliferation, survival and metastatic …

Novel insights into PARK7 (DJ-1), a potential anti-cancer therapeutic target, and implications for cancer progression

W Jin - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2020 - mdpi.com
The expression of PARK7 is upregulated in various types of cancer, suggesting its potential
role as a critical regulator of the pathogenesis of cancer and in the treatment of cancer and …

Rosmarinic acid exerts an anticancer effect on osteosarcoma cells by inhibiting DJ-1 via regulation of the PTEN-PI3K-Akt signaling pathway

Z Ma, J Yang, Y Yang, X Wang, G Chen, A Shi, Y Lu… - Phytomedicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Osteosarcoma is the most common type of primary malignant bone tumor. This
disease has exhibited a progressively lower survival rate over the past several decades …

PINK1 Overexpression Promotes Cell Migration and Proliferation via Regulation of Autophagy and Predicts a Poor Prognosis in Lung Cancer Cases

X Lu, QX Liu, J Zhang, D Zhou, GX Yang… - Cancer management …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. The
human PINK1 gene (PTEN induced kinase 1, Park6), an important gene for Parkinson's …

miR-199a/b-3p inhibits HCC cell proliferation and invasion through a novel compensatory signaling pathway DJ-1\Ras\PI3K/AKT

LN Ma, LN Wu, S Liu, X Zhang, X Luo, S Nawaz… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Several studies have reported the effects of DJ-1 gene and miR-199a/b-3p on HCC
development. However, whether miR-199a/b-3p regulates HCC progression through a …

PARK7 deficiency inhibits fatty acid β‐oxidation via PTEN to delay liver regeneration after hepatectomy

X Qu, Y Wen, J Jiao, J Zhao, X Sun… - Clinical and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background & aims Transient regeneration–associated steatosis (TRAS) is a process of
temporary hepatic lipid accumulation and is essential for liver regeneration by providing …

Deficiency in the anti-apoptotic protein DJ-1 promotes intestinal epithelial cell apoptosis and aggravates inflammatory bowel disease via p53

J Zhang, M Xu, W Zhou, D Li, H Zhang, Y Chen… - Journal of Biological …, 2020 - ASBMB
Parkinson disease autosomal recessive, early onset 7 (PARK7 or DJ-1) is involved in
multiple physiological processes and exerts anti-apoptotic effects on multiple cell types …

Protective role of anticancer drugs in neurodegenerative disorders: A drug repurposing approach

D Advani, R Gupta, R Tripathi, S Sharma… - Neurochemistry …, 2020 - Elsevier
The disease heterogeneity and little therapeutic progress in neurodegenerative diseases
justify the need for novel and effective drug discovery approaches. Drug repurposing is an …

circPTEN suppresses colorectal cancer progression through regulating PTEN/AKT pathway

C Li, X Li - Molecular Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2021 - cell.com
Recently, circular RNAs (circRNAs) have attracted growing attention due to their pivotal
roles in the complicated cellular processes of diverse human malignancies, including …

Approaches to investigating the protein interactome of PTEN

SL Smith, AR Pitt, CM Spickett - Journal of Proteome Research, 2020 - ACS Publications
The tumor suppressor phosphatase and tensin homologue (PTEN) is a redox-sensitive dual
specificity phosphatase with an essential role in the negative regulation of the PI3K-AKT …