Signaling cross talk between TGF-β/Smad and other signaling pathways

K Luo - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2017 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Cytokines of the transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) family, including TGF-βs, bone
morphogenic proteins (BMPs), activins, and Nodal, play crucial roles in embryonic …

RhoA signaling in neurodegenerative diseases

SI Schmidt, M Blaabjerg, K Freude, M Meyer - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ras homolog gene family member A (RhoA) is a small GTPase of the Rho family involved in
regulating multiple signal transduction pathways that influence a diverse range of cellular …

Regulation of RhoA GTPase and various transcription factors in the RhoA pathway

JG Kim, R Islam, JY Cho, H Jeong… - Journal of cellular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
RhoA GTPase plays a variety of functions in regulation of cytoskeletal proteins, cellular
morphology, and migration along with various proliferation and transcriptional activity in …

TGF-β signaling in health, disease, and therapeutics

Z Deng, T Fan, C Xiao, H Tian, Y Zheng, C Li… - Signal transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β is a multifunctional cytokine expressed by almost every
tissue and cell type. The signal transduction of TGF-β can stimulate diverse cellular …

The role of small GTPases of the Rho/Rac family in TGF‐β‐induced EMT and cell motility in cancer

H Ungefroren, D Witte, H Lehnert - Developmental dynamics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This article focuses on the role of Rho family GTPases, particularly Rac1 and Rac1b in TGF‐
β‐induced epithelial‐mesenchymal transition (EMT) and EMT‐associated responses such …

Upstream regulators and downstream effectors of NF-κB in Alzheimer's disease

ZM Shi, YW Han, XH Han, K Zhang, YN Chang… - Journal of the …, 2016 - Elsevier
Since Alzheimer's disease (AD) is becoming the prevalent dementia in the whole world,
more underlying mechanisms are emerging. Long time has the transcription factor NF-κB …

ROCK-mediated selective activation of PERK signalling causes fibroblast reprogramming and tumour progression through a CRELD2-dependent mechanism

ST Boyle, V Poltavets, J Kular, NT Pyne… - Nature Cell …, 2020 - nature.com
It is well accepted that cancers co-opt the microenvironment for their growth. However, the
molecular mechanisms that underlie cancer–microenvironment interactions are still poorly …

MicroRNA-105 is involved in TNF-α-related tumor microenvironment enhanced colorectal cancer progression

Z Shen, R Zhou, C Liu, Y Wang, W Zhan, Z Shao… - Cell death & …, 2017 - nature.com
TNF-α is a central proinflammatory cytokine contributing to malignant tumor progression in
tumor microenvironment. In this study, we found the upregulation of miR-105 in colorectal …

TGF-β pathway in salivary gland fibrosis

X Zhang, JS Yun, D Han, JI Yook, HS Kim… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fibrosis is presented in various physiologic and pathologic conditions of the salivary gland.
Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) pathway has a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of …

RhoA: a dubious molecule in cardiac pathophysiology

LS Kilian, J Voran, D Frank, AY Rangrez - Journal of biomedical science, 2021 - Springer
The Ras homolog gene family member A (RhoA) is the founding member of Rho GTPase
superfamily originally studied in cancer cells where it was found to stimulate cell cycle …