Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) signaling in cancer and beyond

S Iliaki, R Beyaert, IS Afonina - Biochemical pharmacology, 2021 - Elsevier
PLK1 is an evolutionary conserved Ser/Thr kinase that is best known for its role in cell cycle
regulation and is expressed predominantly during the G2/S and M phase of the cell cycle …

Present and future perspective on PLK1 inhibition in cancer treatment

M Chiappa, S Petrella, G Damia, M Broggini… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) is the principle member of the well conserved serine/threonine
kinase family. PLK1 has a key role in the progression of mitosis and recent evidence …

Polo-like kinase 1 inhibitors in human cancer therapy: development and therapeutic potential

J Zhang, L Zhang, J Wang, L Ouyang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) plays an important role in a variety of cellular functions, including
the regulation of mitosis, DNA replication, autophagy, and the epithelial–mesenchymal …

A new wave of innovations within the DNA damage response

Q Li, W Qian, Y Zhang, L Hu, S Chen… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Genome instability has been identified as one of the enabling hallmarks in cancer. DNA
damage response (DDR) network is responsible for maintenance of genome integrity in …

PP2A as a master regulator of the cell cycle

N Wlodarchak, Y **ng - Critical reviews in biochemistry and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) plays a critical multi-faceted role in the regulation
of the cell cycle. It is known to dephosphorylate over 300 substrates involved in the cell …

Polo-like kinases: structural variations lead to multiple functions

S Zitouni, C Nabais, SC Jana, A Guerrero… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2014 - nature.com
Members of the polo-like kinase (PLK) family are crucial regulators of cell cycle progression,
centriole duplication, mitosis, cytokinesis and the DNA damage response. PLKs undergo …

Regulation of DNA repair throughout the cell cycle

D Branzei, M Foiani - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2008 - nature.com
The repair of DNA lesions that occur endogenously or in response to diverse genotoxic
stresses is indispensable for genome integrity. DNA lesions activate checkpoint pathways …

The decision to enter mitosis: feedback and redundancy in the mitotic entry network

A Lindqvist, V Rodríguez-Bravo, RH Medema - Journal of Cell Biology, 2009 - rupress.org
Maturation-promoting factor, an activity that can mediate mitotic entry, was discovered in
1971, and during the late 80s was characterized as a complex of cyclin B and Cdk1. Soon …

[HTML][HTML] PLK1 activation in late G2 sets up commitment to mitosis

L Gheghiani, D Loew, B Lombard, J Mansfeld, O Gavet - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Commitment to mitosis must be tightly coordinated with DNA replication to preserve genome
integrity. While we have previously established that the timely activation of CyclinB1-Cdk1 in …

Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) and phosphorylation: impact on stability, localization, and transactivity

T Kietzmann, D Mennerich, EY Dimova - Frontiers in cell and …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The hypoxia-inducible factor α-subunits (HIFα) are key transcription factors in the
mammalian response to oxygen deficiency. The HIFα regulation in response to hypoxia …