The roles of E3 ubiquitin ligases in cancer progression and targeted therapy

C Sampson, Q Wang, W Otkur, H Zhao… - Clinical and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ubiquitination is one of the most important post‐translational modifications which plays a
significant role in conserving the homeostasis of cellular proteins. In the ubiquitination …

Targeting NF-κB-inducing kinase (NIK) in immunity, inflammation, and cancer

KM Pflug, R Sitcheran - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
NF-κB-inducing kinase (NIK), the essential upstream kinase, which regulates activation of
the noncanonical NF-κB pathway, has important roles in regulating immunity and …

Mutant KRas-induced mitochondrial oxidative stress in acinar cells upregulates EGFR signaling to drive formation of pancreatic precancerous lesions

GY Liou, H Döppler, KE DelGiorno, L Zhang, M Leitges… - Cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
The development of pancreatic cancer requires the acquisition of oncogenic KRas mutations
and upregulation of growth factor signaling, but the relationship between these is not well …

NF-κB regulates GDF-15 to suppress macrophage surveillance during early tumor development

NM Ratnam, JM Peterson, EE Talbert, KJ Ladner… - The Journal of clinical …, 2017 - jci.org
Macrophages are attracted to develo** tumors and can participate in immune surveillance
to eliminate neoplastic cells. In response, neoplastic cells utilize NF-κB to suppress this …

TRAF2 multitasking in TNF receptor-induced signaling to NF-κB, MAP kinases and cell death

A Borghi, L Verstrepen, R Beyaert - Biochemical pharmacology, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) is a potent inflammatory cytokine that exerts its
functions through the activation of two distinct receptors, TNFR1 and TNFR2. Both receptors …

The noncanonical NFκB pathway: Regulatory mechanisms in health and disease

BN Rodriguez, H Huang, JJ Chia… - WIREs mechanisms of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The noncanonical NFκB signaling pathway mediates the biological functions of diverse cell
survival, growth, maturation, and differentiation factors that are important for the …

Exploiting the Ref-1-APE1 node in cancer signaling and other diseases: from bench to clinic

F Shah, D Logsdon, RA Messmann… - NPJ precision …, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Reduction-oxidation factor 1-apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease (Ref-1/APE1) is a
critical node in tumor cells, both as a redox regulator of transcription factor activation and as …

Critical role of NF-κB in pancreatic cancer

L Prabhu, R Mundade, M Korc, PJ Loehrer, T Lu - Oncotarget, 2014 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the deadliest cancers, and in spite of
intense efforts there are limited therapeutic options for patients with PDAC. PDACs harbor a …

Targeting IKK and NF-κB for therapy

JK Durand, AS Baldwin - Advances in protein chemistry and structural …, 2017 - Elsevier
In addition to regulating immune responses, the NF-κB family of transcription factors also
promotes cellular proliferation and survival. NF-κB and its activating kinase, IKK, have …

Genetic alterations of TRAF proteins in human cancers

S Zhu, J **, 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 …