Prostate cancer stem cell markers drive progression, therapeutic resistance, and bone metastasis

KS Harris, BA Kerr - Stem cells international, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Metastatic or recurrent tumors are the primary cause of cancer‐related death. For prostate
cancer, patients diagnosed with local disease have a 99% 5‐year survival rate; however …

Inhibitors of tissue transglutaminase

JW Keillor, KYP Apperley, A Akbar - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2015 - cell.com
Tissue transglutaminase (TG2) catalyzes the cross-linking of proteins by the formation of
isopeptide bonds between glutamine (Gln) and lysine (Lys) side chains. Although TG2 is …

Transglutaminase is a tumor cell and cancer stem cell survival factor

RL Eckert, ML Fisher, D Grun, G Adhikary… - Molecular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies indicate that cancer cells express elevated levels of type II transglutaminase
(TG2), and that expression is further highly enriched in cancer stem cells derived from these …

Transglutaminase interaction with α6/β4-integrin stimulates YAP1-dependent ΔNp63α stabilization and leads to enhanced cancer stem cell survival and tumor …

ML Fisher, C Kerr, G Adhikary, D Grun, W Xu… - Cancer research, 2016 - AACR
Abstract Transglutaminase 2 (TG2) expression is required for epidermal squamous cell
carcinoma cancer stem cell survival. However, the molecular signaling mechanisms …

Transglutaminase 2 takes center stage as a cancer cell survival factor and therapy target

RL Eckert - Molecular carcinogenesis, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Transglutaminase 2 (TG2) has emerged as a key cancer cell survival factor that drives
epithelial to mesenchymal transition, angiogenesis, metastasis, inflammation, drug …

CRISPR-based gene knockout screens reveal deubiquitinases involved in HIV-1 latency in two Jurkat cell models

A Rathore, S Iketani, P Wang, M Jia, V Sahi, DD Ho - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The major barrier to a HIV-1 cure is the persistence of latent genomes despite treatment with
antiretrovirals. To investigate host factors which promote HIV-1 latency, we conducted a …

The biological and biomechanical role of transglutaminase-2 in the tumour microenvironment

R Tempest, S Guarnerio, R Maani, J Cooper, N Peake - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Transglutaminase-2 (TG2) is an enzyme primarily involved in protein cross-
linking, which has been shown to play a role in the development and progression of …

Prostate cancer stem cells: clinical aspects and targeted therapies

I Wolf, C Gratzke, P Wolf - Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Despite decades of research and successful improvements in diagnosis and therapy,
prostate cancer (PC) remains a major challenge. In recent years, it has become clear that …

[HTML][HTML] Androgen receptor activity modulates responses to cisplatin treatment in bladder cancer

E Kashiwagi, H Ide, S Inoue, T Kawahara, Y Zheng… - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cisplatin (CDDP)-based combination chemotherapy remains the mainstream treatment for
advanced bladder cancer. However, its efficacy is often limited due to the development of …

Transglutaminase-2: evolution from pedestrian protein to a promising therapeutic target

N Agnihotri, K Mehta - Amino Acids, 2017 - Springer
The ability of cancer cells to metastasize represents the most devastating feature of cancer.
Currently, there are no specific biomarkers or therapeutic targets that can be used to predict …