The Hippo pathway: Organ size control and beyond

P Guo, S Wan, K Guan - Pharmacological Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
The Hippo signaling pathway is a highly conserved signaling network for controlling organ
size, tissue homeostasis, and regeneration. It integrates a wide range of intracellular and …

Advances towards potential cancer therapeutics targeting Hippo signaling

R Zhu, Z Jiao, FX Yu - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2024 - portlandpress.com
Decades of research into the Hippo signaling pathway have greatly advanced our
understanding of its roles in organ growth, tissue regeneration, and tumorigenesis. The …

[HTML][HTML] OTUB2 contributes to vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease via the YAP-mediated transcription of PFKFB3

Y Li, X Chen, X Xu, C Chen, M Min, D Liang… - …, 2025 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global public health issue, with vascular
calcification (VC) being a common and deadly complication. Despite its prevalence, the …

Discovery of selective LATS inhibitors via scaffold hopping: enhancing drug-likeness and kinase selectivity for potential applications in regenerative medicine

G Issabayeva, OY Kang, SY Choi, JY Hyun… - RSC Medicinal …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to its essential roles in cell proliferation and apoptosis, the precise regulation of the
Hippo pathway through LATS presents a viable biological target for developing new drugs …

Prometheus 2.0: drug-induced liver regeneration arising

JS Tchorz - Cell Research, 2024 - nature.com
In a recent publication in Cell, a multidisciplinary academic drug discovery team, with its spin-
off HepaRegeniX, published a first-in-class small molecule MKK4 inhibitor (HRX215) with …

Cell heterogeneity and fate bistability drive tissue patterning during intestinal regeneration

C Schwayer, S Barbiero, DB Brückner, C Baader… - bioRxiv, 2025 - biorxiv.org
Tissue regeneration relies on the ability of cells to undergo de novo patterning. While tissue
patterning has been viewed as the transition from initially identical un-patterned cells to an …

[HTML][HTML] The functions and applications of organoids in rheumatic immune diseases

H Huang, A Yan, H Wang, H Xu, R Li, K Yuan… - Journal of Holistic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rheumatic immune disorders are a group of conditions that affect the immune system,
leading to various clinical symptoms. These diseases can cause pain, reduce the quality of …

[HTML][HTML] Transient proliferation by reversible YAP and mitogen-control of the cyclin D1/p27 ratio

KR Ferrick, Y Fan, N Ratnayeke, MN Teruel, T Meyer - bioRxiv, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hippo-YAP signaling orchestrates epithelial tissue repair and is therefore an attractive target
in regenerative medicine. Yet it is unresolved how YAP integrates with mitogen signaling …

Transient proliferation by reversible YAP-mediated increase of the cyclin D1/p27 ratio

KR Ferrick, Y Fan, N Ratnayeke, MN Teruel, T Meyer - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Hippo-YAP signaling orchestrates epithelial tissue repair and is therefore an attractive target
in regenerative medicine. Yet it is unresolved how YAP controls the underlying transient …