Evolving mechanisms of vascular smooth muscle contraction highlight key targets in vascular disease

Z Liu, RA Khalil - Biochemical pharmacology, 2018 - Elsevier
Vascular smooth muscle (VSM) plays an important role in the regulation of vascular function.
Identifying the mechanisms of VSM contraction has been a major research goal in order to …

NFAT pulls the strings during CD4+ T helper cell effector functions

N Hermann-Kleiter, G Baier - … Journal of the American Society of …, 2010 - ashpublications.org
The Ca2+ dependent transcription factor family known as nuclear factor of activated T cells
(NFAT) has been shown to be important in T-cell immune responses. Because NFAT …

Meta-analysis of shared genetic architecture across ten pediatric autoimmune diseases

YR Li, J Li, SD Zhao, JP Bradfield, FD Mentch… - Nature medicine, 2015 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified hundreds of susceptibility
genes, including shared associations across clinically distinct autoimmune diseases. We …

HIV-1-induced nuclear invaginations mediated by VAP-A, ORP3, and Rab7 complex explain infection of activated T cells

MF Santos, G Rappa, J Karbanová, P Diana… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The mechanism of human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) nuclear entry, required for
productive infection, is not fully understood. Here, we report that in HeLa cells and activated …

Protein kinase C pharmacology: refining the toolbox

AX Wu-Zhang, AC Newton - Biochemical Journal, 2013 - portlandpress.com
PKC (protein kinase C) has been in the limelight since the discovery three decades ago that
it acts as a major receptor for the tumour-promoting phorbol esters. Phorbol esters, with their …

Response to Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitors in aggressive lymphomas linked to chronic selective autophagy

JD Phelan, S Scheich, J Choi, GW Wright, B Häupl… - Cancer cell, 2024 - cell.com
Diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is an aggressive, profoundly heterogeneous cancer,
presenting a challenge for precision medicine. Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors …

The PKC/NF-κB signaling pathway induces APOBEC3B expression in multiple human cancers

B Leonard, JL McCann, GJ Starrett, L Kosyakovsky… - Cancer research, 2015 - AACR
Overexpression of the antiviral DNA cytosine deaminase APOBEC3B has been linked to
somatic mutagenesis in many cancers. Human papillomavirus infection accounts for …

GNAQ and GNA11 mutations in uveal melanoma

AN Shoushtari, RD Carvajal - Melanoma research, 2014 - journals.lww.com
G-protein-coupled receptors signal through heterotrimeric G proteins, Gα and G-βγ, to
manage numerous aspects of physiologic homeostasis. Many neoplastic processes harbor …

Protein kinase C as regulator of vascular smooth muscle function and potential target in vascular disorders

HC Ringvold, RA Khalil - Advances in pharmacology, 2017 - Elsevier
Vascular smooth muscle (VSM) plays an important role in maintaining vascular tone. In
addition to Ca 2+-dependent myosin light chain (MLC) phosphorylation, protein kinase C …

The dual roles of the atypical protein kinase Cs in cancer

M Reina-Campos, MT Diaz-Meco, J Moscat - Cancer cell, 2019 - cell.com
Atypical protein kinase C (aPKC) isozymes, PKCλ/ι and PKCζ, are now considered
fundamental regulators of tumorigenesis. However, the specific separation of functions that …