Present and future perspective on PLK1 inhibition in cancer treatment

M Chiappa, S Petrella, G Damia, M Broggini… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) is the principle member of the well conserved serine/threonine
kinase family. PLK1 has a key role in the progression of mitosis and recent evidence …

Protein phosphatase 2A regulatory subunits and cancer

PJA Eichhorn, MP Creyghton, R Bernards - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2009 - Elsevier
The serine/threonine protein phosphatase (PP2A) is a trimeric holoenzyme that plays an
integral role in the regulation of a number of major signaling pathways whose deregulation …

Targeting Polo-like kinase in cancer therapy

Y Degenhardt, T Lampkin - Clinical cancer research, 2010 - AACR
Polo-like kinases (Plk) function in mitosis and maintaining DNA integrity. There are four
family members, of which Plk1 represents a target for anticancer therapy. Plk1 is only …

Cell cycle and DNA repair regulation in the damage response: protein phosphatases take over the reins

A Campos, A Clemente-Blanco - International journal of molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cells are constantly suffering genotoxic stresses that affect the integrity of our genetic
material. Genotoxic insults must be repaired to avoid the loss or inappropriate transmission …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond ATM: the protein kinase landscape of the DNA damage response

A Bensimon, R Aebersold, Y Shiloh - FEBS letters, 2011 - Elsevier
The DNA of all organisms is constantly subjected to damaging agents, both exogenous and
endogenous. One extremely harmful lesion is the double-strand break (DSB), which …

Polo-like kinase 1 reaches beyond mitosis—cytokinesis, DNA damage response, and development

T Takaki, K Trenz, V Costanzo, M Petronczki - Current opinion in cell …, 2008 - Elsevier
Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) is a key regulator of cell division in eukaryotic cells. In this review
we focus on recent leaps in our understanding of how Plk1 controls cytokinesis, the final …

The role of polo-like kinase 1 in carcinogenesis: cause or consequence?

BD Cholewa, X Liu, N Ahmad - Cancer research, 2013 - AACR
Abstract Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) is a well-established mitotic regulator with a diverse range
of biologic functions continually being identified throughout the cell cycle. Preclinical …

Significance of Plk1 regulation by miR‐100 in human nasopharyngeal cancer

W Shi, NM Alajez, C Bastianutto… - … Journal of Cancer, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Polo‐like kinase 1 (Plk1) is a critical regulator of many stages of mitosis; increasing
evidence indicates that Plk1 overexpression correlates with poor clinical outcome, yet its …

Loss of PPP2R2A inhibits homologous recombination DNA repair and predicts tumor sensitivity to PARP inhibition

P Kalev, M Simicek, I Vazquez, S Munck, L Chen… - Cancer research, 2012 - AACR
Reversible phosphorylation plays a critical role in DNA repair. Here, we report the results of
a loss-of-function screen that identifies the PP2A heterotrimeric serine/threonine …

[HTML][HTML] Polo-like kinases (plks), a key regulator of cell cycle and new potential target for cancer therapy

SY Lee, C Jang, KA Lee - Development & reproduction, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cell cycle process is regulated by a number of protein kinases and among them,
serine/threonine kinases carry phosphate group from ATP to substrates. The most important …