Prospects for new lung cancer treatments that target EMT signaling

Y Otsuki, H Saya, Y Arima - Developmental Dynamics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide. Treatment options for lung cancer
include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, molecularly targeted therapy including …

Quality control of cytoskeletal proteins and human disease

VF Lundin, MR Leroux, PC Stirling - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2010 - cell.com
Actins and tubulins are abundant cytoskeletal proteins that support diverse cellular
processes. Owing to the unique properties of these filament-forming proteins, an intricate …

Nuclear functions of prefoldin

G Millán-Zambrano, S Chávez - Open biology, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Prefoldin is a cochaperone, present in all eukaryotes, that cooperates with the chaperonin
CCT. It is known mainly for its functional relevance in the cytoplasmic folding of actin and …

Prefoldin function in cellular protein homeostasis and human diseases

I Tahmaz, S Shahmoradi Ghahe, U Topf - Frontiers in cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cellular functions are largely performed by proteins. Defects in the production, folding, or
removal of proteins from the cell lead to perturbations in cellular functions that can result in …

Prefoldin 1 promotes EMT and lung cancer progression by suppressing cyclin A expression

D Wang, W Shi, Y Tang, Y Liu, K He, Y Hu, J Li, Y Yang… - Oncogene, 2017 - nature.com
Prefoldin (PFDN) is a co-chaperone protein that is primarily known for its classic cytoplasmic
functions in the folding of actin and tubulin monomers during cytoskeletal assembly. Here …

The functions and mechanisms of prefoldin complex and prefoldin-subunits

J Liang, L Xia, L Oyang, J Lin, S Tan, P Yi, Y Han… - Cell & bioscience, 2020 - Springer
The correct folding is a key process for a protein to acquire its functional structure and
conformation. Prefoldin is a well-known chaperone protein that regulates the correct folding …

Ciliary tubulin and its post-translational modifications

J Gaertig, D Wloga - Current topics in developmental biology, 2008 - Elsevier
Tubulin, the most abundant axonemal protein, is extensively modified by several highly
conserved post-translational mechanisms including acetylation, detyrosination …

[HTML][HTML] Maintaining essential microtubule bundles in meter-long axons: a role for local tubulin biogenesis?

LM Pinho-Correia, A Prokop - Brain Research Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
Axons are the narrow, up-to-meter long cellular processes of neurons that form the
biological cables wiring our nervous system. Most axons must survive for an organism's …

Prefoldin protects neuronal cells from polyglutamine toxicity by preventing aggregation formation

E Tashiro, T Zako, H Muto, Y Itoo, K Sörgjerd… - Journal of Biological …, 2013 - ASBMB
Huntington disease is caused by cell death after the expansion of polyglutamine (polyQ)
tracts longer than∼ 40 repeats encoded by exon 1 of the huntingtin (HTT) gene. Prefoldin is …

Prefoldin subunits (PFDN1–6) serve as poor prognostic markers in gastric cancer

G Yesseyeva, B Aikemu, H Hong, C Yu… - Bioscience …, 2020 - portlandpress.com
Prefoldin subunits (PFDN), primarily known for co-chaperone function associated with
cytoskeletal rearrangement, have been found involved in epithelial–mesenchymal transition …