Protein kinase CK2: a potential therapeutic target for diverse human diseases

C Borgo, C D'Amore, S Sarno, M Salvi… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
CK2 is a constitutively active Ser/Thr protein kinase, which phosphorylates hundreds of
substrates, controls several signaling pathways, and is implicated in a plethora of human …

CK2 in cancer: cellular and biochemical mechanisms and potential therapeutic target

MMJ Chua, CE Ortega, A Sheikh, M Lee… - Pharmaceuticals, 2017 - mdpi.com
CK2 genes are overexpressed in many human cancers, and most often overexpression is
associated with worse prognosis. Site-specific expression in mice leads to cancer …

Protein kinase CK2: Intricate relationships within regulatory cellular networks

T Nuñez de Villavicencio-Diaz, AJ Rabalski… - Pharmaceuticals, 2017 - mdpi.com
Protein kinase CK2 is a small family of protein kinases that has been implicated in an
expanding array of biological processes. While it is widely accepted that CK2 is a regulatory …

Identification of a druggable pathway controlling glioblastoma invasiveness

N Pencheva, MC de Gooijer, DJ Vis, LFA Wessels… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Diffuse and uncontrollable brain invasion is a hallmark of glioblastoma (GBM), but its
mechanism is understood poorly. We developed a 3D ex vivo organotypic model to study …

Role of eukaryotic initiation factors during cellular stress and cancer progression

DK Sharma, K Bressler, H Patel… - Journal of nucleic …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Protein synthesis can be segmented into distinct phases comprising mRNA translation
initiation, elongation, and termination. Translation initiation is a highly regulated and rate …

CK2 inhibition with silmitasertib promotes methuosis-like cell death associated to catastrophic massive vacuolization of colorectal cancer cells

E Silva-Pavez, P Villar, C Trigo, E Caamaño… - Cell death & …, 2019 - nature.com
Protein kinase CK2 is a highly conserved and constitutively active Ser/Thr-kinase that
phosphorylates a large number of substrates, resulting in increased cell proliferation and …

Protein kinase CK2 inhibition as a pharmacological strategy

C Borgo, M Ruzzene - Advances in protein chemistry and structural biology, 2021 - Elsevier
CK2 is a constitutively active Ser/Thr protein kinase which phosphorylates hundreds of
substrates. Since they are primarily related to survival and proliferation pathways, the best …

CK2 and the Hallmarks of Cancer

MB Firnau, A Brieger - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. Casein kinase 2 (CK2) is commonly
dysregulated in cancer, impacting diverse molecular pathways. CK2 is a highly conserved …

Hypoxic regulation of EDN1, EDNRA, EDNRB, and ECE1 gene expressions in ERN1 knockdown U87 glioma cells

DO Minchenko, DO Tsymbal, OO Riabovol… - Endocrine …, 2019 - sciendo.com
Objective. The aim of the present investigation was to study the effect of hypoxia on the
expression of genes encoding endothelin-1 (EDN1) and its cognate receptors (EDNRA and …

Protein kinase CK2-dependent aerobic glycolysis-induced lactate dehydrogenase A enhances the migration and invasion of cancer cells

DK Im, H Cheong, JS Lee, MK Oh, KM Yang - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
We investigated the intracellular metabolic fluxes of protein kinase CK2-activating (Cα OE)
cells and role of lactate dehydrogenase A (LDHA) as a contributor of tumorigenesis after …