The functional diversity of Aurora kinases: a comprehensive review

E Willems, M Dedobbeleer, M Digregorio, A Lombard… - Cell division, 2018 - Springer
Aurora kinases are serine/threonine kinases essential for the onset and progression of
mitosis. Aurora members share a similar protein structure and kinase activity, but exhibit …

Overview and recent advances in the treatment of neuroblastoma

SB Whittle, V Smith, E Doherty, S Zhao… - Expert review of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Children with neuroblastoma have widely divergent outcomes, ranging from
cure in> 90% of patients with low risk disease to< 50% for those with high risk disease …

MYC deregulation in primary human cancers

M Kalkat, J De Melo, KA Hickman, C Lourenco… - Genes, 2017 - mdpi.com
MYC regulates a complex biological program by transcriptionally activating and repressing
its numerous target genes. As such, MYC is a master regulator of many processes, including …

Anti-cancer chalcones: Structural and molecular target perspectives

DK Mahapatra, SK Bharti, V Asati - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Chalcone or (E)-1, 3-diphenyl-2-propene-1-one scaffold remained a fascination
among researchers in the 21st century due to its simple chemistry, ease of synthesis and a …

Molecular characterization of neuroendocrine prostate cancer and identification of new drug targets

H Beltran, DS Rickman, K Park, SS Chae, A Sboner… - Cancer discovery, 2011 - AACR
Neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC) is an aggressive subtype of prostate cancer that
most commonly evolves from preexisting prostate adenocarcinoma (PCA). Using next …

Genetic instabilities in human cancers

C Lengauer, KW Kinzler, B Vogelstein - Nature, 1998 - nature.com
Whether and how human tumours are genetically unstable has been debated for decades.
There is now evidence that most cancers may indeed be genetically unstable, but that the …

Aurora A kinase (AURKA) in normal and pathological cell division

AS Nikonova, I Astsaturov, IG Serebriiskii… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2013 - Springer
Temporally and spatially controlled activation of the Aurora A kinase (AURKA) regulates
centrosome maturation, entry into mitosis, formation and function of the bipolar spindle, and …

The aurora kinases in cell cycle and leukemia

B Goldenson, JD Crispino - Oncogene, 2015 - nature.com
The Aurora kinases, which include Aurora A (AURKA), Aurora B (AURKB) and Aurora C
(AURKC), are serine/threonine kinases required for the control of mitosis (AURKA and …

Aurora kinase inhibitors: current status and outlook

V Bavetsias, S Linardopoulos - Frontiers in oncology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The Aurora kinase family comprises of cell cycle-regulated serine/threonine kinases
important for mitosis. Their activity and protein expression are cell cycle regulated, peaking …

Ubiquitin ligases: cell-cycle control and cancer

KI Nakayama, K Nakayama - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2006 - nature.com
A driving force of the cell cycle is the activation of cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs), the
activities of which are controlled by the ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis of key regulators such …