Dissecting the role of mTOR: lessons from mTOR inhibitors

RJO Dowling, I Topisirovic, BD Fonseca… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2010 - Elsevier
Recent years have observed significant advances in our understanding of how the
serine/threonine kinase target of rapamycin (TOR) controls key cellular processes such as …

eIF4E–from translation to transformation

Y Mamane, E Petroulakis, L Rong, K Yoshida, LW Ler… - Oncogene, 2004 - nature.com
Over the years, studies have focused on the transcriptional regulation of oncogenesis. More
recently, a growing emphasis has been placed on translational control. The Ras and Akt …

A length-dependent evolutionarily conserved pathway controls nuclear export of circular RNAs

C Huang, D Liang, DC Tatomer… - Genes & …, 2018 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are generated from many protein-coding genes. Most accumulate
in the cytoplasm, but how circRNA localization or nuclear export is controlled remains …

The lncRNA Malat1 is dispensable for mouse development but its transcription plays a cis-regulatory role in the adult

B Zhang, G Arun, YS Mao, Z Lazar, G Hung… - Cell reports, 2012 - cell.com
Genome-wide studies have identified thousands of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) lacking
protein-coding capacity. However, most lncRNAs are expressed at a very low level, and in …

An orally bioavailable parthenolide analog selectively eradicates acute myelogenous leukemia stem and progenitor cells

ML Guzman, RM Rossi, S Neelakantan… - Blood, The Journal …, 2007 - ashpublications.org
Leukemia stem cells (LSCs) are thought to play a central role in the pathogenesis of acute
leukemia and likely contribute to both disease initiation and relapse. Therefore, identification …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular targeting of the oncogene eIF4E in acute myeloid leukemia (AML): a proof-of-principle clinical trial with ribavirin

S Assouline, B Culjkovic, E Cocolakis, C Rousseau… - Blood, 2009 - Elsevier
The eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4E is elevated in 30% of malignancies
including M4/M5 subtypes of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The oncogenic potential of …

eIF4E is a central node of an RNA regulon that governs cellular proliferation

B Culjkovic, I Topisirovic, L Skrabanek… - The Journal of cell …, 2006 - rupress.org
This study demonstrates that the eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4E is a critical
node in an RNA regulon that impacts nearly every stage of cell cycle progression …

Ribavirin suppresses eIF4E-mediated oncogenic transformation by physical mimicry of the 7-methyl guanosine mRNA cap

A Kentsis, I Topisirovic, B Culjkovic… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
The eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4E is deregulated in many human cancers, and
its overexpression in cells leads to malignant transformation. Oncogenic properties of eIF4E …

Phosphorylation of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4E contributes to its transformation and mRNA transport activities

I Topisirovic, M Ruiz-Gutierrez, KLB Borden - Cancer research, 2004 - AACR
The eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4E is dysregulated in a wide variety of human
cancers. In the cytoplasm, eIF4E acts in the rate-limiting step of translation initiation whereas …

Structure-guided design, synthesis, and evaluation of guanine-derived inhibitors of the eIF4E mRNA–cap interaction

X Chen, DJ Kopecky, J Mihalic, S Jeffries… - Journal of medicinal …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The eukaryotic initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) plays a central role in the initiation of gene
translation and subsequent protein synthesis by binding the 5′ terminal mRNA cap …