Rho GTPase signaling in cancer progression and dissemination

E Crosas-Molist, R Samain… - Physiological …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Rho GTPases are a family of small G proteins that regulate a wide array of cellular
processes related to their key roles controlling the cytoskeleton. Cancer is a multistep …

Unravelling mechanisms of p53-mediated tumour suppression

KT Bieging, SS Mello, LD Attardi - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2014 - nature.com
Abstract p53 is a crucial tumour suppressor that responds to diverse stress signals by
orchestrating specific cellular responses, including transient cell cycle arrest, cellular …

Persistence of a regeneration-associated, transitional alveolar epithelial cell state in pulmonary fibrosis

Y Kobayashi, A Tata, A Konkimalla, H Katsura… - Nature cell …, 2020 - nature.com
Stem cells undergo dynamic changes in response to injury to regenerate lost cells.
However, the identity of transitional states and the mechanisms that drive their trajectories …

p53 and its mutants in tumor cell migration and invasion

PAJ Muller, KH Vousden, JC Norman - Journal of Cell Biology, 2011 - rupress.org
In about half of all human cancers, the tumor suppressor p53 protein is either lost or
mutated, frequently resulting in the expression of a transcriptionally inactive mutant p53 …

The molecular mechanisms of transition between mesenchymal and amoeboid invasiveness in tumor cells

K Paňková, D Rösel, M Novotný, J Brábek - Cellular and molecular life …, 2010 - Springer
Tumor cells exhibit at least two distinct modes of migration when invading the 3D
environment. A single tumor cell's invasive strategy follows either mesenchymal or …

Tumor invasion in the absence of epithelial-mesenchymal transition: podoplanin-mediated remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton

A Wicki, F Lehembre, N Wick, B Hantusch, D Kerjaschki… - Cancer cell, 2006 - cell.com
The expression of podoplanin, a small mucin-like protein, is upregulated in the invasive front
of a number of human carcinomas. We have investigated podoplanin function in cultured …

Tunneling-nanotube development in astrocytes depends on p53 activation

Y Wang, J Cui, X Sun, Y Zhang - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2011 - nature.com
Tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) can be induced in rat hippocampal astrocytes and neurons
with H 2 O 2 or serum depletion. Major cytoskeletal component of TNTs is F-actin. TNTs …

Cdc42 in oncogenic transformation, invasion, and tumorigenesis

K Stengel, Y Zheng - Cellular signalling, 2011 - Elsevier
Abstract The Rho family of GTPases represents a class of Ras-related signaling molecules
often deregulated in cancer. Rho GTPases switch from a GDP-bound, inactive state to a GTP …

Rho GTPases modulate malignant transformation of tumor cells

JL Orgaz, C Herraiz, V Sanz-Moreno - Small GTPases, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Rho GTPases are involved in the acquisition of all the hallmarks of cancer, which comprise 6
biological capabilities acquired during the development of human tumors. The hallmarks …

The pathobiology of the septin gene family

PA Hall, SEH Russell - The Journal of Pathology: A Journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Septins are an evolutionarily conserved group of GTP‐binding and filament‐forming
proteins that belong to the large superclass of P‐loop GTPases. While originally discovered …