The role of ubiquitination in tumorigenesis and targeted drug discovery

L Deng, T Meng, L Chen, W Wei, P Wang - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Ubiquitination, an important type of protein posttranslational modification (PTM), plays a
crucial role in controlling substrate degradation and subsequently mediates the “quantity” …

[HTML][HTML] DUBs, hypoxia, and cancer

D Mennerich, K Kubaichuk, T Kietzmann - Trends in cancer, 2019 - cell.com
Alterations in protein ubiquitylation and hypoxia are commonly associated with cancer.
Ubiquitylation is carried out by three sequentially acting ubiquitylating enzymes and can be …

Engineering micro oxygen factories to slow tumour progression via hyperoxic microenvironments

W Wang, H Zheng, J Jiang, Z Li, D Jiang, X Shi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
While hypoxia promotes carcinogenesis, tumour aggressiveness, metastasis, and resistance
to oncological treatments, the impacts of hyperoxia on tumours are rarely explored because …

HIF-1 Interacts with TRIM28 and DNA-PK to release paused RNA polymerase II and activate target gene transcription in response to hypoxia

Y Yang, H Lu, C Chen, Y Lyu, RN Cole… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) is a transcription factor that acts as a regulator of
oxygen (O2) homeostasis in metazoan species by binding to hypoxia response elements …

[HTML][HTML] Reprogramming of the tumor in the hypoxic niche: the emerging concept and associated therapeutic strategies

GZ Qiu, MZ **, JX Dai, W Sun, JH Feng… - Trends in pharmacological …, 2017 - cell.com
Hypoxia exerts a profound impact on diverse aspects of cancer biology. Increasing evidence
has revealed novel functions of hypoxia in cancer cell epigenomics, epitranscriptomics …

Rutin is a potent senomorphic agent to target senescent cells and can improve chemotherapeutic efficacy

H Liu, Q Xu, H Wufuer, Z Li, R Sun, Z Jiang, X Dou… - Aging …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aging is a major risk factor for most chronic disorders, for which cellular senescence is one
of the central hallmarks. Senescent cells develop the pro‐inflammatory senescence …

Hypoxia promotes breast cancer cell growth by activating a glycogen metabolic program

K Tang, L Zhu, J Chen, D Wang, L Zeng, C Chen… - Cancer research, 2021 - AACR
Hypoxia is known to be commonly present in breast tumor microenvironments. Stem-like
cells that repopulate breast tumors, termed tumor-repopulating cells (TRC), thrive under …

[HTML][HTML] PROTACs technology for treatment of Alzheimer's disease: Advances and perspectives

H Inuzuka, J Liu, W Wei, AH Rezaeian - Acta materia medica, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) are characteristic with progression of neuron
degeneration, resulting in dysfunction of cognition and mobility. Many neurodegenerative …

Cyclers' kinases in cell division: from molecules to cancer therapy

G Milletti, V Colicchia, F Cecconi - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2023 - nature.com
Faithful eucaryotic cell division requires spatio-temporal orchestration of multiple sequential
events. To ensure the dynamic nature of these molecular and morphological transitions, a …

The intricate interplay between HIFs, ROS, and the ubiquitin system in the tumor hypoxic microenvironment

Y Wang, X Liu, W Huang, J Liang, Y Chen - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Alterations in protein ubiquitination and hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) signaling both
contribute to tumorigenesis and tumor progression. Ubiquitination is a dynamic process that …