Transglutaminase regulation of cell function

RL Eckert, MT Kaartinen, M Nurminskaya… - Physiological …, 2014 - journals.physiology.org
Transglutaminases (TGs) are multifunctional proteins having enzymatic and scaffolding
functions that participate in regulation of cell fate in a wide range of cellular systems and are …

Cellular functions of tissue transglutaminase

MV Nurminskaya, AM Belkin - International review of cell and molecular …, 2012 - Elsevier
Transglutaminase 2 (TG2 or tissue transglutaminase) is a highly complex multifunctional
protein that acts as transglutaminase, GTPase/ATPase, protein disulfide isomerase, and …

Membrane-anchored heat-shock protein 70 (Hsp70) in cancer

MIY Elmallah, M Cordonnier, V Vautrot, G Chanteloup… - Cancer Letters, 2020 - Elsevier
Hsp70 is a highly conserved and inducible heat shock protein that belongs to the HSP70
family of molecular chaperones and plays a central role in protein homeostasis. The main …

[HTML][HTML] Glutamine prevents acute kidney injury by modulating oxidative stress and apoptosis in tubular epithelial cells

K Thomas, L Zondler, N Ludwig, M Kardell… - JCI insight, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Acute kidney injury (AKI) represents a common complication in critically ill patients that is
associated with increased morbidity and mortality. In a murine AKI model induced by …

Resting potential, oncogene-induced tumorigenesis, and metastasis: the bioelectric basis of cancer in vivo

M Lobikin, B Chernet, D Lobo, M Levin - Physical biology, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Cancer may result from localized failure of instructive cues that normally orchestrate cell
behaviors toward the patterning needs of the organism. Steady-state gradients of …

Heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) peptide activated natural killer (NK) cells for the treatment of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after radiochemotherapy …

HM Specht, N Ahrens, C Blankenstein, T Duell… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) is frequently overexpressed in tumor cells. An unusual cell
surface localization could be demonstrated on a large variety of solid tumors including lung …

HSP70s in breast cancer: promoters of tumorigenesis and potential targets/tools for therapy

AE Kabakov, VL Gabai - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
The high frequency of breast cancer worldwide and the high mortality among women with
this malignancy are a serious challenge for modern medicine. A deeper understanding of …

Microvesicles as mediators of intercellular communication in cancer

MA Antonyak, RA Cerione - Cancer Cell Signaling: Methods and …, 2014 - Springer
The discovery that cancer cells generate large membrane-enclosed packets of epigenetic
information, known as microvesicles (MVs), that can be transferred to other cells and …

[HTML][HTML] Transglutaminase 2 in cancer

L Huang, AM Xu, W Liu - American journal of cancer research, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The significant influence of tumor microenvironment on malignant cells has been
investigated with enthusiasm in this era of targeted therapy. Transglutaminase 2 (TG2, EC …

[HTML][HTML] The complex function of hsp70 in metastatic cancer

AM Lipp, B Nimmervoll, A Sonnleitner, J Hesse… - Cancers, 2014 - mdpi.com
Elevated expression of the inducible heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) is known to correlate
with poor prognosis in many cancers. Hsp70 confers survival advantage as well as …