15 Years of paraganglioma: clinical manifestations of paraganglioma syndromes types 1–5

DE Benn, BG Robinson… - Endocrine-related …, 2015 - erc.bioscientifica.com
The paraganglioma (PGL) syndromes types 1–5 are autosomal dominant disorders
characterized by familial predisposition to PGLs, phaeochromocytomas (PCs), renal cell …

Targeting NEK2 as a promising therapeutic approach for cancer treatment

Y Fang, X Zhang - Cell Cycle, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Never in Mitosis (NIMA) Related Kinase 2 (NEK2) plays a key role in regulating
mitotic processes, including centrosome duplication and separation, microtubule …

Aurora-A kinase as a promising therapeutic target in cancer

AB D'Assoro, T Haddad, E Galanis - Frontiers in oncology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Mammalian Aurora family of serine/threonine kinases are master regulators of mitotic
progression and are frequently overexpressed in human cancers. Among the three …

[HTML][HTML] Mutual regulation of TGFβ-induced oncogenic EMT, cell cycle progression and the DDR

H Schuhwerk, T Brabletz - Seminars in Cancer Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
TGFβ signaling and the DNA damage response (DDR) are two cellular toolboxes with a
strong impact on cancer biology. While TGFβ as a pleiotropic cytokine affects essentially all …

Targeting NEK2 attenuates glioblastoma growth and radioresistance by destabilizing histone methyltransferase EZH2

J Wang, P Cheng, MS Pavlyukov, H Yu… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Accumulating evidence suggests that glioma stem cells (GSCs) are important therapeutic
targets in glioblastoma (GBM). In this study, we identified NIMA-related kinase 2 (NEK2) as a …

Genome-scale analysis identifies NEK2, DLGAP5 and ECT2 as promising diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in human lung cancer

YX Shi, JY Yin, Y Shen, W Zhang, HH Zhou, ZQ Liu - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
This study aims to identify promising biomarkers for the early detection of lung cancer and
evaluate the prognosis of lung cancer patients. Genome-wide mRNA expression data …

NEK2 is an effective target for cancer therapy with potential to induce regression of multiple human malignancies

T Kokuryo, Y Yokoyama, J Yamaguchi… - Anticancer …, 2019 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Cancer is characterized by uncontrolled cell proliferation due to the aberrant activity of
various proteins. Cell cycle-related proteins are thought to be important in several functions …

[HTML][HTML] NEK2 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma migration and invasion through modulation of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition

Y Zhang, W Wang, Y Wang, X Huang… - Oncology …, 2018 - spandidos-publications.com
Never in mitosis gene-A (NIMA)-related expressed kinase 2 (NEK2) has been recently
reported to play a role in tumor progression, drug resistance and tumorigenesis. However …

The Nek2 centrosome-mitotic kinase contributes to the mesenchymal state, cell invasion, and migration of triple-negative breast cancer cells

Y Rivera-Rivera, M Marina, S Jusino, M Lee… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Nek2 (NIMA‐related kinase 2) is a serine/threonine-protein kinase that localizes to
centrosomes and kinetochores, controlling centrosome separation, chromosome …

Overexpression of the Nek2 kinase in colorectal cancer correlates with beta‐catenin relocalization and shortened cancer‐specific survival

CP Neal, AM Fry, C Moreman… - Journal of surgical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The serine/threonine kinase Nek2 (NIMA‐related kinase 2) regulates centrosome separation
and mitotic progression, with overexpression causing induction of aneuploidy in vitro …