Signaling receptors for TGF-β family members

CH Heldin, A Moustakas - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2016 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) family members signal via heterotetrameric complexes
of type I and type II dual specificity kinase receptors. The activation and stability of the …

Non-muscle myosin II in disease: mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities

KA Newell-Litwa, R Horwitz… - Disease models & …, 2015 - journals.biologists.com
The actin motor protein non-muscle myosin II (NMII) acts as a master regulator of cell
morphology, with a role in several essential cellular processes, including cell migration and …

Targeted Rho-associated kinase 2 inhibition suppresses murine and human chronic GVHD through a Stat3-dependent mechanism

R Flynn, K Paz, J Du, DK Reichenbach… - Blood, The Journal …, 2016 - ashpublications.org
Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) remains a major complication following
allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT). The discovery of novel therapeutics is …

Rare copy number variations in congenital heart disease patients identify unique genes in left-right patterning

KA Fakhro, M Choi, SM Ware… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Dominant human genetic diseases that impair reproductive fitness and have high locus
heterogeneity constitute a problem for gene discovery because the usual criterion of finding …

[HTML][HTML] Post-translational regulation of TGF-β receptor and Smad signaling

P Xu, J Liu, R Derynck - FEBS letters, 2012 - Elsevier
TGF-β family signaling through Smads is conceptually a simple and linear signaling
pathway, driven by sequential phosphorylation, with type II receptors activating type I …

Pharmacologic inhibition of ROCK2 suppresses amyloid-β production in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model

JH Herskowitz, Y Feng, AL Mattheyses… - Journal of …, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia and has no cure. Genetic, cell
biological, and biochemical studies suggest that reducing amyloid-β (Aβ) production may …

Rho-kinase inhibitors as therapeutics: from pan inhibition to isoform selectivity

C Hahmann, T Schroeter - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2010 - Springer
The emerging critical implications of Rho/Rho-kinase (ROCK) signaling in
neurodegenerative diseases, glaucoma, renoprotection, diabetes and cancer have sparked …

Intracellular trafficking of transforming growth factor β receptors

I Yakymovych, M Yakymovych… - Acta biochimica et …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) family members signal via heterotetrameric complexes
of type I (TβRI) and type II (TβRII) dual specificity kinase receptors. The availability of the …

ROCK has a crucial role in regulating prostate tumor growth through interaction with c-Myc

C Zhang, S Zhang, Z Zhang, J He, Y Xu, S Liu - Oncogene, 2014 - nature.com
Rho-associated kinase (ROCK) has an essential role in governing cell morphology and
motility, and increased ROCK activity contributes to cancer cell invasion and metastasis …

Rho-kinase 1/2 inhibition prevents transforming growth factor-β-induced effects on pulmonary remodeling and repair

X Wu, V Verschut, ME Woest, JP Ng-Blichfeldt… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β-induced myofibroblast transformation and alterations in
mesenchymal-epithelial interactions contribute to chronic lung diseases such as chronic …