Ubiquitination and deubiquitination in cancer: from mechanisms to novel therapeutic approaches

F Liu, J Chen, K Li, H Li, Y Zhu, Y Zhai, B Lu, Y Fan… - Molecular Cancer, 2024 - Springer
Ubiquitination, a pivotal posttranslational modification of proteins, plays a fundamental role
in regulating protein stability. The dysregulation of ubiquitinating and deubiquitinating …

Ubiquitination: Friend and foe in cancer

MA Mansour - The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Dynamic modulation and posttranslational modification of proteins are tightly controlled
biological processes that occur in response to physiological cues. One such dynamic …

Proteome-wide map** of short-lived proteins in human cells

J Li, Z Cai, LP Vaites, N Shen, DC Mitchell, EL Huttlin… - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
Rapid protein degradation enables cells to quickly modulate protein abundance.
Dysregulation of short-lived proteins plays essential roles in disease pathogenesis. A …

Ubiquitination of NF-κB p65 by FBXW2 suppresses breast cancer stemness, tumorigenesis, and paclitaxel resistance

C Ren, X Han, C Lu, T Yang, P Qiao, Y Sun… - Cell Death & …, 2022 - nature.com
The F-box and WD-repeat-containing protein 2 (FBXW2) plays a crucial role as an E3 ligase
in regulating tumorigenesis. However, the functions of FBXW2 in breast cancer are still …

Targeting matrix metalloproteinases by E3 ubiquitin ligases as a way to regulate the tumor microenvironment for cancer therapy

J Liu, T Chen, S Li, W Liu, P Wang, G Shang - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
The tumor microenvironment (TME) plays an important role in neoplastic development.
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are critically involved in tumorigenesis by modulation of …

The Skp2 pathway: a critical target for cancer therapy

Z Cai, A Moten, D Peng, CC Hsu, BS Pan… - Seminars in cancer …, 2020 - Elsevier
Strictly regulated protein degradation by ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) is essential for
various cellular processes whose dysregulation is linked to serious diseases including …

Regulation of Wnt signaling through ubiquitination and deubiquitination in cancers

HB Park, JW Kim, KH Baek - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Wnt signaling pathway plays important roles in embryonic development, homeostatic
processes, cell differentiation, cell polarity, cell proliferation, and cell migration via the β …

lncRNA SLC7A11-AS1 promotes chemoresistance by blocking SCFβ-TRCP-mediated degradation of NRF2 in pancreatic cancer

Q Yang, K Li, X Huang, C Zhao, Y Mei, X Li… - … Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2020 - cell.com
Drug resistance is the major obstacle of gemcitabine-based chemotherapy for the treatment
of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Many long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are …

FBXO28 suppresses liver cancer invasion and metastasis by promoting PKA-dependent SNAI2 degradation

X Qiao, J Lin, J Shen, Y Chen, L Zheng, H Ren, X Zhao… - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
FBXO28 is a member of F-box proteins that are the substrate receptors of SCF (SKP1,
CULLIN1, F-box protein) ubiquitin ligase complexes. Despite the implications of its role in …

FBXW2 suppresses breast tumorigenesis by targeting AKT-Moesin-SKP2 axis

GK Barik, O Sahay, A Mukhopadhyay, RK Manne… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Oncogene Moesin plays critical role in initiation, progression, and metastasis of multiple
cancers. It exerts oncogenic activity due to its high-level expression as well as …