The Rac GTPase in cancer: from old concepts to new paradigms

MG Kazanietz, MJ Caloca - Cancer research, 2017 - AACR
Rho family GTPases are critical regulators of cellular functions that play important roles in
cancer progression. Aberrant activity of Rho small G-proteins, particularly Rac1 and their …

Cell signaling pathways that promote radioresistance of cancer cells

MM Ouellette, S Zhou, Y Yan - Diagnostics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Radiation therapy (RT) is a standard treatment for solid tumors and about 50% of patients
with cancer, including pediatric cancer, receive RT. While RT has significantly improved the …

Inhibition of chemotherapy resistant breast cancer stem cells by a ROR1 specific antibody

S Zhang, H Zhang, EM Ghia, J Huang… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Breast cancers enduring treatment with chemotherapy may be enriched for cancer stem
cells or tumor-initiating cells, which have an enhanced capacity for self-renewal, tumor …

RAC1 takes the lead in solid tumors

P De, JC Aske, N Dey - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Three GTPases, RAC, RHO, and Cdc42, play essential roles in coordinating many cellular
functions during embryonic development, both in healthy cells and in disease conditions like …

Rho GTPases: big players in breast cancer initiation, metastasis and therapeutic responses

B Humphries, Z Wang, C Yang - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Rho GTPases, a family of the Ras GTPase superfamily, are key regulators of the actin
cytoskeleton. They were originally thought to primarily affect cell migration and invasion; …

Profiles of radioresistance mechanisms in prostate cancer

L Chaiswing, HL Weiss, RD Jayswal… - Critical Reviews™ in …, 2018 - dl.begellhouse.com
Radiation therapy (RT) is commonly used for the treatment of localized prostate cancer
(PCa). However, cancer cells often develop resistance to radiation through unknown …

BPIFB1 (LPLUNC1) inhibits radioresistance in nasopharyngeal carcinoma by inhibiting VTN expression

F Wei, L Tang, Y He, Y Wu, L Shi, F Xiong, Z Gong… - Cell Death & …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Bactericidal/permeability-increasing-fold-containing family B member 1 (BPIFB1,
previously named LPLUNC1) is highly expressed in the nasopharynx and significantly …

Aquaporin-5 dynamic regulation

C D'Agostino, D Parisis, C Chivasso… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aquaporin-5 (AQP5), belonging to the aquaporins (AQPs) family of transmembrane water
channels, facilitates osmotically driven water flux across biological membranes and the …

Post-translational modification and subcellular distribution of Rac1: An update

A Abdrabou, Z Wang - Cells, 2018 - mdpi.com
Rac1 is a small GTPase that belongs to the Rho family. The Rho family of small GTPases is
a subfamily of the Ras superfamily. The Rho family of GTPases mediate a plethora of …

Role of the Wnt and GTPase pathways in breast cancer tumorigenesis and treatment

N Ebrahimi, K Kharazmi, M Ghanaatian… - Cytokine & Growth …, 2022 - Elsevier
Breast cancer (BC) is the most frequently diagnosed cancer among women in all the
populations of the world. Although the BC mortality rate has declined, resistance to treatment …