Saga of Mcl-1: regulation from transcription to degradation

VV Senichkin, AY Streletskaia, AS Gorbunova… - Cell Death & …, 2020 - nature.com
The members of the Bcl-2 family are the central regulators of various cell death modalities.
Some of these proteins contribute to apoptosis, while others counteract this type of …

Mechanisms of oncogenesis by HTLV-1 Tax

S Mohanty, EW Harhaj - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
The human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is the etiological agent of adult T-cell
leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL), a neoplasm of CD4+ CD25+ T cells that occurs in 2–5% of …

Ubiquitination and deubiquitination of MCL1 in cancer: deciphering chemoresistance mechanisms and providing potential therapeutic options

X Wu, Q Luo, Z Liu - Cell death & disease, 2020 - nature.com
MCL1 is an important antiapoptotic member of the BCL-2 family that is distinguishable from
other family members based on its relatively short half-life. Emerging studies have revealed …

Genetic alterations of TRAF proteins in human cancers

S Zhu, J Jin, S Gokhale, AM Lu, H Shan… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNF-R)-associated factor (TRAF) family of cytoplasmic
adaptor proteins regulate the signal transduction pathways of a variety of receptors …

Role of K63-linked ubiquitination in cancer

L Cao, X Liu, B Zheng, C Xing, J Liu - Cell death discovery, 2022 - nature.com
Ubiquitination is a critical type of post-translational modifications, of which K63-linked
ubiquitination regulates interaction, translocation, and activation of proteins. In recent years …

Skp2 stabilizes Mcl-1 and confers radioresistance in colorectal cancer

X Yu, L Zhou, W Liu, L Liu, F Gao, W Li, H Liu - Cell Death & Disease, 2022 - nature.com
Overexpression of Skp2 plays a critical role in tumorigenesis and correlates with poor
prognosis in human malignancies. Thus, Skp2 has been proposed as an attractive target for …

The OX40-TRAF6 axis promotes CTLA-4 degradation to augment antitumor CD8+ T-cell immunity

J Yu, J Cui, X Zhang, H Xu, Z Chen, Y Li… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB), including anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated protein
4 (CTLA-4), benefits only a limited number of patients with cancer. Understanding the in …

Understanding MCL1: from cellular function and regulation to pharmacological inhibition

M Sancho, D Leiva, E Lucendo, M Orzáez - The FEBS Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Myeloid cell leukemia‐1 (MCL1), an antiapoptotic member of the BCL2 family characterized
by a short half‐life, functions as a rapid sensor that regulates cell death and other relevant …

Co-Infection and Cancer: Host–Pathogen Interaction between Dendritic Cells and HIV-1, HTLV-1, and Other Oncogenic Viruses

TH Mulherkar, DJ Gómez, G Sandel, P Jain - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Dendritic cells (DCs) function as a link between innate and adaptive immune responses.
Retroviruses HIV-1 and HTLV-1 modulate DCs to their advantage and utilize them to …

NF‐κB signaling mechanisms in HTLV‐1‐induced adult T‐cell leukemia/lymphoma

EW Harhaj, CZ Giam - The FEBS journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The human T‐cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV‐1) is a complex deltaretrovirus linked to
adult T‐cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL), a fatal CD 4+ malignancy in 3–5% of infected …