Therapeutic potential of targeting polo-like kinase 4

Q Lei, Q Yu, N Yang, Z **ao, C Song, R Zhang… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Polo-like kinase 4 (PLK4), a highly conserved serine/threonine kinase, masterfully
regulates centriole duplication in a spatiotemporal manner to ensure the fidelity of …

Lipid-associated macrophages in the tumor-adipose microenvironment facilitate breast cancer progression

Z Liu, Z Gao, B Li, J Li, Y Ou, X Yu, Z Zhang… - …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The tumor-adipose microenvironment (TAME) is a universal microecosystem, that is
characterized by the dysfunction of lipid metabolism, such as excessive free fatty acids …

Moonlighting at the poles: non-canonical functions of centrosomes

L Langlois-Lemay, D D'Amours - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Centrosomes are best known as the microtubule organizing centers (MTOCs) of eukaryotic
cells. In addition to their classic role in chromosome segregation, centrosomes play diverse …

Elucidating the functional mechanism of PTK7 in cancer development through spatial assembly analysis using super resolution imaging

L Qiu, H Xu, B Sui, P Jiang, J Wang, D Xu… - Analytical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Protein tyrosine kinase-7 (PTK7) has been reported as a vital participant in the Wnt signaling
pathway, influencing tumorigenesis and metastasis. However, their specific roles in the …

Daam2 regulates myelin structure and the oligodendrocyte actin cytoskeleton through Rac1 and gelsolin

CD Cristobal, CY Wang, Z Zuo, JA Smith… - Journal of …, 2022 - jneurosci.org
Myelin is essential to neuronal health and CNS function, and oligodendrocytes (OLs)
undergo a complex process of cytoskeletal remodeling to form compact myelin sheaths. We …

Dishevelled segment polarity protein 2 promotes gastric cancer progression through Wnt/β-catenin pathway

R He, Y Chen, C Qian, YL Hu, X Huang, R Tao - Tissue and Cell, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Dishevelled family proteins (DVL1–3), key scaffold proteins, act on canonical and
non-canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. DVL has been implicated in various tumor …

Use of the Polo-like kinase 4 (PLK4) inhibitor centrinone to investigate intracellular signalling networks using SILAC-based phosphoproteomics

DP Byrne, CJ Clarke, PJ Brownridge… - Biochemical …, 2020 - portlandpress.com
Polo-like kinase 4 (PLK4) is the master regulator of centriole duplication in metazoan
organisms. Catalytic activity and protein turnover of PLK4 are tightly coupled in human cells …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling the functions of Polo-like kinases in mice and their applications as cancer targets with a special focus on ovarian cancer

M Kressin, D Fietz, S Becker, K Strebhardt - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Polo-like kinases (PLKs) belong to a five-membered family of highly conserved
serine/threonine kinases (PLK1-5) that play differentiated and essential roles as key mitotic …

TEC kinase stabilizes PLK4 to promote liver cancer metastasis

SF Yeung, Y Zhou, W Zou, WL Chan, YP Ching - Cancer Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Aberrated PLK4 expression has been reported in different malignancies and causes
centrosome amplification, aneuploidy, and genomic instability. However, the mechanism by …

Wnt signaling: paths for cancer progression

F Carreira-Barbosa, SC Nunes - … : The main driver of metabolic adaptation, 2020 - Springer
The Wnt signaling pathways are well known for having several pivotal roles during
embryonic development. However, the same developmental signaling pathways also …