Scribble: A master scaffold in polarity, adhesion, synaptogenesis, and proliferation

TT Bonello, M Peifer - Journal of Cell Biology, 2019 - rupress.org
Key events ranging from cell polarity to proliferation regulation to neuronal signaling rely on
the assembly of multiprotein adhesion or signaling complexes at particular subcellular sites …

[HTML][HTML] In vivo interaction screening reveals liver-derived constraints to metastasis

C Borrelli, M Roberts, D Eletto, MD Hussherr, H Fazilaty… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
It is estimated that only 0.02% of disseminated tumour cells are able to seed overt
metastases. While this suggests the presence of environmental constraints to metastatic …

[HTML][HTML] Semaphorins as emerging clinical biomarkers and therapeutic targets in cancer

R Mastrantonio, H You, L Tamagnone - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Semaphorins are a large family of developmental regulatory signals, characterized by
aberrant expression in human cancers. These molecules crucially control cell-cell …

Genome-wide association and transcriptome studies identify target genes and risk loci for breast cancer

MA Ferreira, ER Gamazon, F Al-Ejeh… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified more than 170 breast cancer
susceptibility loci. Here we hypothesize that some risk-associated variants might act in non …

Tumor-derived semaphorin 4A improves PD-1–blocking antibody efficacy by enhancing CD8+ T cell cytotoxicity and proliferation

Y Naito, S Koyama, K Masuhiro, T Hirai, T Uenami… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have caused revolutionary changes in cancer treatment,
but low response rates remain a challenge. Semaphorin 4A (Sema4A) modulates the …

Semaphorin heterodimerization in cis regulates membrane targeting and neocortical wiring

P Bessa, AG Newman, K Yan, T Schaub… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Disruption of neocortical circuitry and architecture in humans causes numerous
neurodevelopmental disorders. Neocortical cytoarchitecture is orchestrated by various …

[HTML][HTML] SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling factor BAF60b restrains inflammatory diseases by affecting regulatory T cell migration

X Liu, K Liu, Y Wang, X Meng, Q Wang, S Tao, Q Xu… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
Regulatory T (Treg) cells play a critical regulatory role in the immune system by suppressing
excessive immune responses and maintaining immune balance. The effective migration of …

Unbiased cell surface proteomics identifies SEMA4A as an effective immunotherapy target for myeloma

GSF Anderson, J Ballester-Beltran… - Blood, The Journal …, 2022 - ashpublications.org
The accessibility of cell surface proteins makes them tractable for targeting by cancer
immunotherapy, but identifying suitable targets remains challenging. Here we describe …

The role of semaphorins and their receptors in innate immune responses and clinical diseases of acute inflammation

SM Kanth, S Gairhe, P Torabi-Parizi - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Semaphorins are a group of proteins that have been studied extensively for their critical
function in neuronal development. They have been shown to regulate airway development …

Class 4 Semaphorins and Plexin-B receptors regulate GABAergic and glutamatergic synapse development in the mammalian hippocampus

JE McDermott, D Goldblatt, S Paradis - Molecular and Cellular …, 2018 - Elsevier
To understand how proper circuit formation and function is established in the mammalian
brain, it is necessary to define the genes and signaling pathways that instruct excitatory and …