The emerging nature of Ubiquitin-specific protease 7 (USP7): a new target in cancer therapy

L Nininahazwe, B Liu, C He, H Zhang, ZS Chen - Drug discovery today, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•USP7, a widely studied deubiquitinating enzyme, spares substrates from
proteasome degradation.•USP7 interacts with many proteins whose alterations promote …

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 …

USP7: novel drug target in cancer therapy

Z Wang, W Kang, Y You, J Pang, H Ren… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Ubiquitin specific protease 7 (USP7) is one of the deubiquitinating enzymes (DUB) that
erases ubiquitin and protects substrate protein from degradation. Full activity of USP7 …

Activation of NIX-mediated mitophagy by an interferon regulatory factor homologue of human herpesvirus

MT Vo, BJ Smith, J Nicholas, YB Choi - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
Viral control of mitochondrial quality and content has emerged as an important mechanism
for counteracting the host response to virus infection. Despite the knowledge of this crucial …

Identification and characterization of USP7 targets in cancer cells

A Georges, E Marcon, J Greenblatt, L Frappier - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
The ubiquitin specific protease, USP7, regulates multiple cellular pathways relevant for
cancer through its ability to bind and sometimes stabilize specific target proteins through …

Direct and biologically significant interactions of human herpesvirus 8 interferon regulatory factor 1 with STAT3 and Janus kinase TYK2

Z Yang, Q Xiang, J Nicholas - PLoS pathogens, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) encodes four viral interferon regulatory factors (vIRFs) that
target cellular IRFs and/or other innate-immune and stress signaling regulators and …

USP7 regulates cytokinesis through FBXO38 and KIF20B

A Georges, E Coyaud, E Marcon, J Greenblatt… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The ubiquitin specific protease 7 (USP7 or HAUSP) is known to regulate a variety of cellular
processes by binding and deubiquitylating specific target proteins. To gain a more …

The ubiquitin-specific protease Usp7, a novel Merkel cell polyomavirus large T-antigen interaction partner, modulates viral DNA replication

M Czech-Sioli, S Siebels, S Radau, RP Zahedi… - Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) is the major cause for Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), a
rare but highly aggressive skin cancer predominantly found in elderly and …

STAT and Janus kinase targeting by human herpesvirus 8 interferon regulatory factor in the suppression of type-I interferon signaling

Q Xiang, Z Yang, J Nicholas - PLoS pathogens, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), also known as Kaposi's sarcoma (KS)-associated
herpesvirus, is involved etiologically in AIDS-associated KS, primary effusion lymphoma …

Targeting ubiquitin specific protease 7 in cancer: a deubiquitinase with great prospects

F Yeasmin Khusbu, FZ Chen… - Cell Biochemistry and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Deubiquitinase (DUB)‐mediated cleavage of ubiquitin chain balances ubiquitination and
deubiquitination for determining protein fate. USP7 is one of the best characterized DUBs …