Signal pathways of melanoma and targeted therapy

W Guo, H Wang, C Li - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2021 - nature.com
Melanoma is the most lethal skin cancer that originates from the malignant transformation of
melanocytes. Although melanoma has long been regarded as a cancerous malignancy with …

Protein acylation: mechanisms, biological functions and therapeutic targets

S Shang, J Liu, F Hua - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Metabolic reprogramming is involved in the pathogenesis of not only cancers but also
neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and infectious diseases. With the …

[HTML][HTML] An improved transformer network for skin cancer classification

C Xin, Z Liu, K Zhao, L Miao, Y Ma, X Zhu… - Computers in Biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Use of artificial intelligence to identify dermoscopic images has brought major
breakthroughs in recent years to the early diagnosis and early treatment of skin cancer, the …

Post-translational modifications of G Protein–Coupled receptors control cellular signaling dynamics in space and time

A Patwardhan, N Cheng, JA Trejo, G Schulte - Pharmacological reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) are a large family comprising> 800 signaling
receptors that regulate numerous cellular and physiologic responses. GPCRs have been …

Protein posttranslational modifications in health and diseases: Functions, regulatory mechanisms, and therapeutic implications

Q Zhong, X Xiao, Y Qiu, Z Xu, C Chen, B Chong… - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Protein posttranslational modifications (PTMs) refer to the breaking or generation of covalent
bonds on the backbones or amino acid side chains of proteins and expand the diversity of …

Protein palmitoylation in cancer: molecular functions and therapeutic potential

B Zhou, Q Hao, Y Liang, E Kong - Molecular oncology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Protein S‐palmitoylation (hereinafter referred to as protein palmitoylation) is a reversible
lipid posttranslational modification catalyzed by the zinc finger DHHC‐type containing …

Germline mutations predisposing to melanoma

A Toussi, N Mans, J Welborn… - Journal of cutaneous …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nearly 15% of melanomas occur in patients with a family history and a subset of these
patients have a germline mutation in a melanoma predisposing gene. CDKN2A mutations …

Protein S‐Palmitoylation: advances and challenges in studying a therapeutically important lipid modification

A Main, W Fuller - The FEBS Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The lipid post‐translational modification S‐palmitoylation is a vast developing field, with the
modification itself and the enzymes that catalyse the reversible reaction implicated in a …

Melanogenesis and the targeted therapy of melanoma

C Li, L Kuai, R Cui, X Miao - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pigment production is a unique character of melanocytes. Numerous factors are linked with
melanin production, including genetics, ultraviolet radiation (UVR) and inflammation …

Protein palmitoylation and its pathophysiological relevance

J Jin, X Zhi, X Wang, D Meng - Journal of cellular physiology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Protein palmitoylation, in which C16 fatty acid chains are attached to cysteine residues via a
reversible thioester linkage, is one of the most common lipid modifications and plays …