Cytoskeletal dynamics in epithelial-mesenchymal transition: insights into therapeutic targets for cancer metastasis

A Datta, S Deng, V Gopal, KCH Yap, CE Halim, ML Lye… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a well-documented
process in the study of cancer metastases. The cytoskeleton is an intricate network involved …

Movers and shakers: cell cytoskeleton in cancer metastasis

CM Fife, JA McCarroll… - British journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Metastasis is responsible for the greatest number of cancer deaths. Metastatic disease, or
the movement of cancer cells from one site to another, is a complex process requiring …

Physicochemical properties of cells and their effects on intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs)

FX Theillet, A Binolfi, T Frembgen-Kesner… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
It has long been axiomatic that a protein's structure determines its function. Intrinsically
disordered proteins (IDPs) and disordered protein regions (IDRs) defy this structure …

Intrinsically disordered proteins: regulation and disease

MM Babu, R van der Lee, NS de Groot… - Current opinion in …, 2011 - Elsevier
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are enriched in signaling and regulatory functions
because disordered segments permit interaction with several proteins and hence the re-use …

Role of microRNA/epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition axis in the metastasis of bladder cancer

M Ashrafizadeh, K Hushmandi, M Hashemi, ME Akbari… - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Bladder cancer (BC) is the 11th most common diagnosed cancer, and a number of factors
including environmental and genetic ones participate in BC development. Metastasis of BC …

The Cdk inhibitor p27 in human cancer: prognostic potential and relevance to anticancer therapy

IM Chu, L Hengst, JM Slingerland - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2008 - nature.com
The cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) inhibitor p27 (also known as KIP1) regulates cell
proliferation, cell motility and apoptosis. Interestingly, the protein can exert both positive and …

MicroRNAs—the micro steering wheel of tumour metastases

MS Nicoloso, R Spizzo, M Shimizu, S Rossi… - Nature Reviews …, 2009 - nature.com
Recently, microRNAs (miRNAs) have been discovered to have a role in metastasis. Here we
describe how miRNAs are involved in advanced stages of tumour progression, stressing …

p27 as a transcriptional regulator: new roles in development and cancer

SF Razavipour, KB Harikumar, JM Slingerland - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
Abstract p27 binds and inhibits cyclin-CDK to arrest the cell cycle. p27 also regulates other
processes including cell migration and development independent of its cyclin-dependent …

MicroRNA-9 coordinates proliferation and migration of human embryonic stem cell-derived neural progenitors

C Delaloy, L Liu, JA Lee, H Su, F Shen, GY Yang… - Cell stem cell, 2010 - cell.com
Human pluripotent stem cells offer promise for use in cell-based therapies for brain injury
and diseases. However, their cellular behavior is poorly understood. Here we show that the …

Cell cycle, cytoskeleton dynamics and beyond: the many functions of cyclins and CDK inhibitors

N Bendris, B Lemmers, JM Blanchard - Cell cycle, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
While targeting experiments carried out on the genes encoding many cell cycle regulators
have challenged our views of cell cycle control, they also suggest that redundancy might not …