Intrinsically disordered proteins play diverse roles in cell signaling

SE Bondos, AK Dunker, VN Uversky - Cell Communication and Signaling, 2022‏ - Springer
Signaling pathways allow cells to detect and respond to a wide variety of chemical (eg Ca2+
or chemokine proteins) and physical stimuli (eg, sheer stress, light). Together, these …

The mechanism of full activation of tumor suppressor PTEN at the phosphoinositide-enriched membrane

H Jang, IN Smith, C Eng, R Nussinov - Iscience, 2021‏ - cell.com
Tumor suppressor PTEN, the second most highly mutated protein in cancer,
dephosphorylates signaling lipid PIP 3 produced by PI3Ks. Excess PIP 3 promotes cell …

Combined analysis of PTEN, HER2, and hormone receptors status: remodeling breast cancer risk profiling

E Sajjadi, K Venetis, R Piciotti, D Gambini, C Blundo… - BMC cancer, 2021‏ - Springer
Background Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) loss is associated with
tumorigenesis, tumor progression, and therapy resistance in breast cancer. However, the …

Precise immunodetection of PTEN protein in human neoplasia

R Pulido, J Mingo, A Gaafar… - Cold Spring …, 2019‏ - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
PTEN is a major tumor-suppressor protein whose expression and biological activity are
frequently diminished in sporadic or inherited cancers. PTEN gene deletion or loss-of …

Risk stratification of prostate cancer through quantitative assessment of PTEN loss (qPTEN)

T Jamaspishvili, PG Patel, Y Niu… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
Background Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) loss has long been associated with
adverse findings in early prostate cancer. Studies to date have yet to employ quantitative …

Heterogeneous expression and subcellular localization of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex in prostate cancer

CE Nunes-Xavier, J Mingo, M Emaldi… - Frontiers in …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Background Pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) complex converts pyruvate into acetyl-CoA by
pyruvate decarboxylation, which drives energy metabolism during cell growth, including …

Utilizing PTEN immunohistochemistry as a screening test for Cowden syndrome

E Hartsough, MS DeSimone… - American Journal of …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Objectives Cowden syndrome (CS) is a multisystem disease with an elevated lifetime risk of
internal malignancy. We aim to assess the role of PTEN immunostain as a screening test for …

Chemical and structural approaches to investigate PTEN function and regulation

T Viennet, SR Ospina, Y Lu, A Cui, H Arthanari… - Methods in …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Phosphatase and tensin homolog is a lipid phosphatase that serves as the major negative
regulator of the PI3K/AKT pathway. It catalyzes the 3′-specific dephosphorylation of …

Impact of B7-H3 expression on metastasis, immune exhaustion and JAK/STAT and PI3K/AKT pathways in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

M Emaldi, E Rey-Iborra, Á Marín, L Mosteiro… - …, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
Immune checkpoint inhibitors in combination with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are
improving the response rates of advanced renal cancer patients. However, many treated …

Novel anti-PTEN C2 domain monoclonal antibodies to analyse the expression and function of PTEN isoform variants

L Torices, CE Nunes-Xavier, JI López, R Pulido - Plos one, 2023‏ - journals.plos.org
PTEN is a major tumor suppressor gene frequently mutated in human tumors, and germline
PTEN gene mutations are the molecular diagnostic of PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome …