Small molecule strategies to harness the unfolded protein response: where do we go from here?

JMD Grandjean, RL Wiseman - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2020 - ASBMB
The unfolded protein response (UPR) plays a central role in regulating endoplasmic
reticulum (ER) and global cellular physiology in response to pathologic ER stress. The UPR …

Current methods of post-translational modification analysis and their applications in blood cancers

K Dunphy, P Dowling, D Bazou, P O'Gorman - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This review discusses current techniques used to study post-translational
protein modifications (PTMs) and their contribution to blood cancer research. Blood cancer …

Profiling of ERBB receptors and downstream pathways reveals selectivity and hidden properties of ERBB4 antagonists

L Popović, JP Wintgens, Y Wu, B Brankatschk… - Iscience, 2024 - cell.com
ERBB receptor tyrosine kinases are involved in development and diseases like cancer,
cardiovascular, neurodevelopmental, and mental disorders. Although existing drugs target …

New target for precision medicine treatment of giant-cell tumor of bone: sunitinib is effective in the treatment of neoplastic stromal cells with activated PDGFRβ …

M Mahdal, J Neradil, P Mudry, S Paukovcekova… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The purpose of this study was to analyze differential cell signaling in
response to denosumab treatment to identify and subsequently inhibit molecular targets in …

Pursuing precision: Receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors for treatment of pediatric solid tumors

AJ Bellantoni, LM Wagner - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Children with metastatic or relapsed solid tumors remain in desperate
need of better treatment since conventional chemotherapy is often ineffective and can cause …

Personalized dendritic cell vaccine in multimodal individualized combination therapy improves survival in high‐risk pediatric cancer patients

M Kyr, P Mudry, K Polaskova, LZ Dubska… - … Journal of Cancer, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A lot of hope for high‐risk cancers is being pinned on immunotherapy but the evidence in
children is lacking due to the rarity and limited efficacy of single‐agent approaches. Here …

Arylated gold nanoparticles have no effect on the adipogenic differentiation of MG-63 cells nor regulate any key signaling pathway during the differentiation

M Abdulwahab, AA Khan, SH Abdallah… - BMC Research …, 2021 - Springer
Objective MG-63 cells that have osteoblastic and adipogenic differentiation potential were
evaluated for internalization, and adipogenic differentiation in the presence and absence of …

Adult Human Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells on 3D Silk Fibroin Nonwovens Release Exosomes Enriched in Angiogenic and Growth-Promoting Factors

P Hu, A Chiarini, J Wu, Z Wei, U Armato, I Dal Prà - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background. Our earlier works showed the quick vascularization of mouse skin grafted
Bombyx mori 3D silk fibroin nonwoven scaffolds (3D-SFnws) and the release of exosomes …

Thiosemicarbazones and selected tyrosine kinase inhibitors synergize in pediatric solid tumors: NDRG1 upregulation and impaired prosurvival signaling in …

M Krchniakova, S Paukovcekova, P Chlapek… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are frequently used in combined therapy to enhance
treatment efficacy and overcome drug resistance. The present study analyzed the effects of …

Iron-chelation treatment by novel thiosemicarbazone targets major signaling pathways in neuroblastoma

P Macsek, J Skoda, M Krchniakova, J Neradil… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Despite constant advances in the field of pediatric oncology, the survival rate of high-risk
neuroblastoma patients remains poor. The molecular and genetic features of …