[HTML][HTML] The functions and regulation of Smurfs in cancers

L Fu, CP Cui, X Zhang, L Zhang - Seminars in cancer biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Smad ubiquitination regulatory factor 1 (Smurf1) and Smurf2 are HECT-type E3 ubiquitin
ligases, and both Smurfs were initially identified to regulate Smad protein stability in the TGF …

Smurfs in protein homeostasis, signaling, and cancer

P Koganti, G Levy-Cohen, M Blank - Frontiers in oncology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Protein ubiquitination is an evolutionary conserved highly-orchestrated enzymatic cascade
essential for normal cellular functions and homeostasis maintenance. This pathway relies on …

Reversible regulation of SATB1 ubiquitination by USP47 and SMURF2 mediates colon cancer cell proliferation and tumor progression

L Yu, L Dong, Y Wang, L Liu, H Long, H Li, J Li, X Yang… - Cancer letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Upregulation of special AT-rich sequence-binding protein-1 (SATB1) has been suggested to
promote tumor growth and metastasis. However, the factors governing its cellular levels …

[HTML][HTML] Topoisomerases and cancer chemotherapy: Recent advances and unanswered questions

MA Bjornsti, SH Kaufmann - F1000Research, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
DNA topoisomerases are enzymes that catalyze changes in the torsional and flexural strain
of DNA molecules. Earlier studies implicated these enzymes in a variety of processes in both …

HECT-type E3 ubiquitin ligases in cancer

F Bernassola, G Chillemi, G Melino - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2019 - cell.com
Ubiquitination, a post-translational modification that involves a covalent attachment of
ubiquitin to a protein substrate, is essential for cellular homeostatic maintenance. At the end …

Smurf2 regulates stability and the autophagic–lysosomal turnover of lamin A and its disease‐associated form progerin

AP Borroni, A Emanuelli, PA Shah, N Ilić… - Aging cell, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A‐lamins, encoded by the LMNA gene, are major structural components of the nuclear
lamina coordinating essential cellular processes. Mutations in the LMNA gene and/or …

SMURF2 phosphorylation at Thr249 modifies glioma stemness and tumorigenicity by regulating TGF-β receptor stability

M Hiraiwa, K Fukasawa, T Iezaki, H Sabit… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Glioma stem cells (GSCs) contribute to the pathogenesis of glioblastoma, the most
malignant form of glioma. The implication and underlying mechanisms of SMAD specific E3 …

DNA topoisomerase II inhibition potentiates osimertinib's therapeutic efficacy in EGFR-mutant non–small cell lung cancer models

Z Chen, KA Vallega, D Wang, Z Quan… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Development of effective strategies to manage the inevitable acquired resistance to
osimertinib, a third-generation EGFR inhibitor for the treatment of EGFR-mutant (EGFRm) …

Challenges for super-resolution localization microscopy and biomolecular fluorescent nano-probing in cancer research

M Hausmann, N Ilić, G Pilarczyk, JH Lee… - International Journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Understanding molecular interactions and regulatory mechanisms in tumor initiation,
progression, and treatment response are key requirements towards advanced cancer …

Ubiquitin ligase SMURF2 enhances epidermal growth factor receptor stability and tyrosine-kinase inhibitor resistance

P Ray, K Raghunathan, A Ahsan, US Allam… - Journal of Biological …, 2020 - ASBMB
The discovery of activating epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations spurred the
use of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), such as erlotinib, as the first-line treatment of …