The structural biology of septins and their filaments: an update

IA Cavini, DA Leonardo, HVD Rosa… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In order to fully understand any complex biochemical system from a mechanistic point of
view, it is necessary to have access to the three-dimensional structures of the molecular …

Septin functions in organ system physiology and pathology

L Dolat, Q Hu, ET Spiliotis - Biological chemistry, 2014 - degruyter.com
Human septins comprise a family of 13 genes that encode for> 30 protein isoforms with
ubiquitous and tissue-specific expressions. Septins are GTP-binding proteins that assemble …

Blebs promote cell survival by assembling oncogenic signalling hubs

AD Weems, ES Welf, MK Driscoll, FY Zhou… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Most human cells require anchorage for survival. Cell–substrate adhesion activates diverse
signalling pathways, without which cells undergo anoikis—a form of programmed cell death …

Cell and molecular biology of septins

KYY Fung, L Dai, WS Trimble - International review of cell and molecular …, 2014 - Elsevier
Septins are a family of GTP-binding proteins that assemble into cytoskeletal filaments.
Unlike other cytoskeletal components, septins form ordered arrays of defined stoichiometry …

Septin mutations in human cancers

D Angelis, ET Spiliotis - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Septins are GTP-binding proteins that are evolutionarily and structurally related to the RAS
oncogenes. Septin expression levels are altered in many cancers and new advances point …

Conquering the complex world of human septins: implications for health and disease

EA Peterson, EM Petty - Clinical genetics, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Peterson EA and Petty EM. Conquering the complex world of human septins: implications for
health and disease. Septins are highly conserved filamentous proteins first characterized in …

SEPT9_i1 regulates human breast cancer cell motility through cytoskeletal and RhoA/FAK signaling pathway regulation

Y Zeng, Y Cao, L Liu, J Zhao, T Zhang, L Xiao… - Cell death & …, 2019 - nature.com
Increasing cell mobility is the basis of tumor invasion and metastasis, and is therefore a
therapeutic target for preventing the spread of many types of cancer. Septins are a family of …

Cytoskeleton and associated proteins: pleiotropic JNK substrates and regulators

B Benoit, A Baillet, C Poüs - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
This review extensively reports data from the literature concerning the complex relationships
between the stress-induced c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs) and the four main cytoskeleton …

[HTML][HTML] Novel functions of the septin cytoskeleton: shaping up tissue inflammation and fibrosis

AI Ivanov, HT Le, NG Naydenov, F Rieder - The American Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chronic inflammatory diseases cause profound alterations in tissue homeostasis, including
unchecked activation of immune and nonimmune cells leading to disease complications …

[HTML][HTML] Advance in plasma SEPT9 gene methylation assay for colorectal cancer early detection

Y Wang, PM Chen, RB Liu - World journal of gastrointestinal …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This review article summarizes the research advances of the plasma-based SEPT9 gene
methylation assay for the clinical detection of colorectal cancer and its limitations. Colorectal …