WWOX phosphorylation, signaling, and role in neurodegeneration

CC Liu, PC Ho, IT Lee, YA Chen, CH Chu… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Homozygous null mutation of tumor suppressor WWOX/Wwox gene leads to severe neural
diseases, metabolic disorders and early death in the newborns of humans, mice and rats …

WWOX and its binding proteins in neurodegeneration

CY Hsu, KT Lee, TY Sun, CI Sze, SS Huang, LJ Hsu… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
WW domain-containing oxidoreductase (WWOX) is known as one of the risk factors for
Alzheimer's disease (AD), a neurodegenerative disease. WWOX binds Tau via its C-terminal …

Cannabidiol Antiproliferative Effect in Triple-Negative breast Cancer MDA-MB-231 cells is modulated by its physical state and by IGF-1

A D'Aloia, M Ceriani, R Tisi, S Stucchi, E Sacco… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cannabidiol (CBD) is a non-psychoactive phytocannabinoid that has been discussed for its
safety and efficacy in cancer treatments. For this reason, we have inquired into its use on …

WWOX modulates the ATR-mediated DNA damage checkpoint response

M Abu-Odeh, NA Hereema, RI Aqeilan - Oncotarget, 2015 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
For many decades genomic instability is considered one of the hallmarks of cancer. Role of
the tumor suppressor WWOX (WW domain-containing oxidoreductase) in DNA damage …

A p53/TIAF1/WWOX triad exerts cancer suppression but may cause brain protein aggregation due to p53/WWOX functional antagonism

PY Chou, SR Lin, MH Lee, L Schultz, CI Sze… - Cell Communication and …, 2019 - Springer
Background Tumor suppressor WWOX physically binds p53 and TIAF1 and together
induces apoptosis and tumor suppression. To understand the molecular action, here we …

Hyaluronan activates Hyal-2/WWOX/Smad4 signaling and causes bubbling cell death when the signaling complex is overexpressed

LJ Hsu, Q Hong, ST Chen, HL Kuo, L Schultz… - …, 2016 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Malignant cancer cells frequently secrete significant amounts of transforming growth factor
beta (TGF-β), hyaluronan (HA) and hyaluronidases to facilitate metastasizing to target …

WWOX dysfunction induces sequential aggregation of TRAPPC6AΔ, TIAF1, tau and amyloid β, and causes apoptosis

JY Chang, NS Chang - Cell Death Discovery, 2015 - nature.com
Aggregated vesicle-trafficking protein isoform TRAPPC6AΔ (TPC6AΔ) has a critical role in
causing caspase activation, tau aggregation and Aβ generation in the brains of …

HYAL-2–WWOX–SMAD4 signaling in cell death and anticancer response

LJ Hsu, MF Chiang, CI Sze, WP Su, YV Yap… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Hyaluronidase HYAL-2 is a membrane-anchored protein and also localizes, in part, in the
lysosome. Recent study from animal models revealed that both HYAL-1 and HYAL-2 are …

[HTML][HTML] AP39, a novel mitochondria-targeted hydrogen sulfide donor, promotes cutaneous wound healing in an in vivo murine model of acute frostbite injury

GJ Dugbartey, LN Penney, L Mills, MY Zhang… - Biomedicine & …, 2025 - Elsevier
Frostbite injury refers to cold tissue injury which typically affects the peripheral areas of the
body, and is associated with limb loss and high rates of morbidity. Historically, treatment …

Normal cells repel WWOX-negative or-dysfunctional cancer cells via WWOX cell surface epitope 286-299

YA Chen, YD Sie, TY Liu, HL Kuo, PY Chou… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Metastatic cancer cells are frequently deficient in WWOX protein or express dysfunctional
WWOX (designated WWOXd). Here, we determined that functional WWOX-expressing …