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 …

Aurora kinases: novel therapy targets in cancers

A Tang, K Gao, L Chu, R Zhang, J Yang, J Zheng - Oncotarget, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aurora kinases, a family of serine/threonine kinases, consisting of Aurora A (AURKA),
Aurora B (AURKB) and Aurora C (AURKC), are essential kinases for cell division via …

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 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 …

Aurora kinase A, a synthetic lethal target for precision cancer medicine

PK Mou, EJ Yang, C Shi, G Ren, S Tao… - Experimental & Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Recent advances in high-throughput sequencing technologies and data science have
facilitated the development of precision medicine to treat cancer patients. Synthetic lethality …

Mechanisms of mitotic spindle assembly

S Petry - Annual review of biochemistry, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Life depends on cell proliferation and the accurate segregation of chromosomes, which are
mediated by the microtubule (MT)-based mitotic spindle and∼ 200 essential MT-associated …

The cellular geography of aurora kinases

M Carmena, WC Earnshaw - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2003 - nature.com
Aurora is the name given to a family of highly conserved protein kinases with essential roles
in many aspects of cell division. Yeasts have a single Aurora kinase, whereas mammals …

Shared and separate functions of polo-like kinases and aurora kinases in cancer

S Lens, EE Voest, RH Medema - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2010 - nature.com
Large numbers of inhibitors for polo-like kinases and aurora kinases are currently being
evaluated as anticancer drugs. Interest in these drugs is fuelled by the idea that these …

Targeting the cell cycle: a new approach to cancer therapy

GK Schwartz, MA Shah - Journal of clinical oncology, 2005 - ascopubs.org
The cell cycle represents a series of tightly integrated events that allow the cell to grow and
proliferate. Critical parts of the cell cycle machinery are the cyclin-dependent kinases …

Mitosis

JR McIntosh - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2016 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
All eukaryotic cells prepare for cell division by forming a “mitotic spindle”—a bipolar machine
made from microtubules (MTs) and many associated proteins. This device organizes the …