WWOX phosphorylation, signaling, and role in neurodegeneration

CC Liu, PC Ho, IT Lee, YA Chen, CH Chu… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Homozygous null mutation of tumor suppressor WWOX/Wwox gene leads to severe neural
diseases, metabolic disorders and early death in the newborns of humans, mice and rats …

[HTML][HTML] Pleiotropic functions of tumor suppressor WWOX in normal and cancer cells

M Abu-Remaileh, E Joy-Dodson… - Journal of Biological …, 2015 - Elsevier
WW domain-containing oxidoreductase (WWOX), originally marked as a likely tumor
suppressor gene, has over the years become recognized for its role in a much wider range …

[HTML][HTML] WWOX P47T partial loss-of-function mutation induces epilepsy, progressive neuroinflammation, and cerebellar degeneration in mice phenocopying human …

T Hussain, K Sanchez, J Crayton, D Saha, C Jeter… - Progress in …, 2023 - Elsevier
WWOX gene loss-of-function (LoF) has been associated with neuropathologies resulting in
developmental, epileptic, and ataxic phenotypes of varying severity based on the level of …

Wwox–Brca1 interaction: role in DNA repair pathway choice

MS Schrock, B Batar, J Lee, T Druck, B Ferguson… - Oncogene, 2017 - nature.com
In this study, loss of expression of the fragile site-encoded Wwox protein was found to
contribute to radiation and cisplatin resistance of cells, responses that could be associated …

Zfra restores memory deficits in Alzheimer's disease triple-transgenic mice by blocking aggregation of TRAPPC6AΔ, SH3GLB2, tau, and amyloid β, and inflammatory …

MH Lee, YH Shih, SR Lin, JY Chang, YH Lin… - Alzheimer's & Dementia …, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction Zinc finger-like protein that regulates apoptosis (Zfra) is a naturally occurring 31-
amino-acid protein. Synthetic peptides Zfra1–31 and Zfra4–10 are known to effectively block …

Loss of fragile WWOX gene leads to senescence escape and genome instability

HC Cheng, PH Huang, FJ Lai, MS Jan, YL Chen… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Induction of DNA damage response (DDR) to ensure accurate duplication of genetic
information is crucial for maintaining genome integrity during DNA replication. Cellular …

WWOX controls hepatic HIF1α to suppress hepatocyte proliferation and neoplasia

M Abu-Remaileh, A Khalaileh, E Pikarsky… - Cell death & …, 2018 - nature.com
Liver cancer is one of the most lethal malignancies with very poor prognosis once
diagnosed. The most common form of liver cancer is hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The …

[HTML][HTML] The WWOX/HIF1A Axis Downregulation Alters Glucose Metabolism and Predispose to Metabolic Disorders

I Baryła, E Styczeń-Binkowska, E Płuciennik… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recent reports indicate that the hypoxia-induced factor (HIF1α) and the Warburg effect play
an initiating role in glucotoxicity, which underlies disorders in metabolic diseases. WWOX …

Genome-wide identification and functional validation of the WW domain containing oxidoreductase gene associated with sleep duration

S Kim, SW Kang, SE Kim, HJ Kim, SA Kim, YW Lee… - Scientific Reports, 2025 - nature.com
Individual differences in sleep duration have been reported, and genetic components of
sleep duration have been identified showing various heritability. To identify genetic variants …

Delineating WWOX protein interactome by tandem affinity purification-mass spectrometry: identification of top interactors and key metabolic pathways involved

T Hussain, J Lee, MC Abba, J Chen, CM Aldaz - Frontiers in oncology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
It has become clear from multiple studies that WWOX (WW domain-containing
oxidoreductase) operates as a “non-classical” tumor suppressor of significant relevance in …