Targeting extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) in cancer: an update on pharmacological small-molecule inhibitors

L Fu, S Chen, G He, Y Chen, B Liu - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
Extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2), the only known substrate of
MEK1/2, is located downstream of the RAS-RAF-MEK-ERK (MAPK) pathway and is …

A guide to ERK dynamics, part 1: mechanisms and models

A Ram, D Murphy, N DeCuzzi, M Patankar… - Biochemical …, 2023 - portlandpress.com
Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) has long been studied as a key driver of both
essential cellular processes and disease. A persistent question has been how this single …

Kinetics of RTK activation determine ERK reactivation and resistance to dual BRAF/MEK inhibition in melanoma

S Kim, R Carvajal, M Kim, HW Yang - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
The combination of BRAF and MEK inhibitors (BRAFi/MEKi) has shown promising response
rates in treating BRAF-mutant melanoma by inhibiting ERK activation. However, treatment …

Spatiotemporal control of ERK pulse frequency coordinates fate decisions during mammary acinar morphogenesis

P Ender, PA Gagliardi, M Dobrzyński, A Frismantiene… - Developmental cell, 2022 - cell.com
The signaling events controlling proliferation, survival, and apoptosis during mammary
epithelial acinar morphogenesis remain poorly characterized. By imaging single-cell ERK …

Deep model predictive control of gene expression in thousands of single cells

JB Lugagne, CM Blassick, MJ Dunlop - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Gene expression is inherently dynamic, due to complex regulation and stochastic
biochemical events. However, the effects of these dynamics on cell phenotypes can be …

Automatic detection of spatio-temporal signaling patterns in cell collectives

PA Gagliardi, B Grädel, MA Jacques… - Journal of Cell …, 2023 - rupress.org
Increasing experimental evidence points to the physiological importance of space–time
correlations in signaling of cell collectives. From wound healing to epithelial homeostasis to …

An improved Erk biosensor detects oscillatory Erk dynamics driven by mitotic erasure during early development

SG Wilcockson, L Guglielmi, PA Rodriguez, M Amoyel… - Developmental cell, 2023 - cell.com
Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (Erk) signaling dynamics elicit distinct cellular
responses in a variety of contexts. The early zebrafish embryo is an ideal model to explore …

Rapid optogenetic clustering in the cytoplasm with BcLOVclust

Z Huang, W Benman, L Dong, LJ Bugaj - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Protein clustering is a powerful form of optogenetic control, yet remarkably few proteins are
known to oligomerize with light. Recently, the photoreceptor BcLOV4 was found to form …

Dynamical information synergy in biochemical signaling networks

L Hahn, AM Walczak, T Mora - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Biological cells encode information about their environment through biochemical signaling
networks that control their internal state and response. This information is often encoded in …

LITOS: a versatile LED illumination tool for optogenetic stimulation

TC Höhener, AE Landolt, C Dessauges, L Hinderling… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Optogenetics has become a key tool to manipulate biological processes with high spatio-
temporal resolution. Recently, a number of commercial and open-source multi-well …