Deubiquitinases in cancer

G Dewson, PJA Eichhorn, D Komander - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Ubiquitination is an essential regulator of most, if not all, signalling pathways, and defects in
cellular signalling are central to cancer initiation, progression and, eventually, metastasis …

Targeting CDK1 in cancer: mechanisms and implications

Q Wang, AM Bode, T Zhang - NPJ precision oncology, 2023 - nature.com
Cyclin dependent kinases (CDKs) are serine/threonine kinases that are proposed as
promising candidate targets for cancer treatment. These proteins complexed with cyclins …

Deubiquitinating enzymes: Promising targets for drug resistance

F Ge, Y Li, T Yuan, Y Wu, Q He, B Yang, H Zhu - Drug Discovery Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Drug resistance towards chemotherapy and molecularly targeted therapies
remains a great challenge in cancer treatments.•Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) regulate …

USP7 regulates the ERK1/2 signaling pathway through deubiquitinating Raf-1 in lung adenocarcinoma

HB Park, S Hwang, KH Baek - Cell Death & Disease, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Ubiquitin-specific protease 7 (USP7) is one of the deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs)
in the ubiquitin-specific protease (USP) family. It is a key regulator of numerous cellular …

Current and future directions of USP7 interactome in cancer study

HB Park, KH Baek - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2023 - Elsevier
The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) is an essential protein quality controller for
regulating protein homeostasis and autophagy. Ubiquitination is a protein modification …

Recent advances and mechanisms of action of PD-L1 degraders as potential therapeutic agents

F Zhang, R Jiang, S Sun, C Wu, Q Yu… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
PD-L1 is an important immune checkpoint protein that can bind to T cells' PD-1 receptor,
thereby promoting immune escape from tumors. In recent years, many researchers have …

p16 represses DNA damage repair via a novel ubiquitin-dependent signaling cascade

DP Molkentine, JM Molkentine, KA Bridges… - Cancer research, 2022 - AACR
Squamous cell carcinoma driven by human papillomavirus (HPV) is more sensitive to DNA-
damaging therapies than its HPV-negative counterpart. Here, we show that p16, the …

[HTML][HTML] CDK1 promotes the phosphorylation of KIFC1 to regulate the tumorgenicity of endometrial carcinoma

X Lin, Y He, Y Liu, H Zhou, X Xu, J Xu… - Journal of gynecologic …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective This study aims to clarify the mechanical action of cyclin-dependent protein kinase
1 (CDK1) in the development of endometrial carcinoma (EMCA), which may be associated …

Midbody proteins display distinct dynamics during cytokinesis

EFJ Halcrow, R Mazza, A Diversi, A Enright… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
The midbody is an organelle that forms between the two daughter cells during cytokinesis. It
co-ordinates the abscission of the nascent daughter cells and is composed of a multitude of …

[HTML][HTML] Ubiquitin and SUMO as timers during DNA replication

R Martín-Rufo, G de la Vega-Barranco… - Seminars in Cell & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Every time a cell copies its DNA the genetic material is exposed to the acquisition of
mutations and genomic alterations that corrupt the information passed on to daughter cells …