Targeting the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway to overcome anti-cancer drug resistance

S Narayanan, CY Cai, YG Assaraf, HQ Guo… - Drug Resistance …, 2020 - Elsevier
Drug resistance is a major obstacle in the field of pre-clinical and clinical therapeutics. The
development of novel technologies and targeted therapies have yielded new modalities to …

Advances in deubiquitinating enzyme inhibition and applications in cancer therapeutics

AM Antao, A Tyagi, KS Kim, S Ramakrishna - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Since the discovery of the ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS), the roles of ubiquitinating
and deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) have been widely elucidated. The ubiquitination of …

[HTML][HTML] X-linked ubiquitin-specific peptidase 11 increases tauopathy vulnerability in women

Y Yan, X Wang, D Chaput, MK Shin, Y Koh, L Gan… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Although women experience significantly higher tau burden and increased risk for
Alzheimer's disease (AD) than men, the underlying mechanism for this vulnerability has not …

ISG15 and ISGylation is required for pancreatic cancer stem cell mitophagy and metabolic plasticity

S Alcalá, P Sancho, P Martinelli, D Navarro… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Pancreatic cancer stem cells (PaCSCs) drive pancreatic cancer tumorigenesis,
chemoresistance and metastasis. While eliminating this subpopulation of cells would …

Molecular mechanisms of DUBs regulation in signaling and disease

Y Li, D Reverter - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The large family of deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) are involved in the regulation of a
plethora of processes carried out inside the cell by protein ubiquitination. Ubiquitination is a …

USP10 deubiquitinates RUNX1 and promotes proneural-to-mesenchymal transition in glioblastoma

W Qiu, Z **ao, Y Yang, L Jiang, S Song, X Qi… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
The mesenchymal (MES) subtype of glioblastoma (GBM) is a highly aggressive, malignant
and proliferative cancer that is resistant to chemotherapy. Runt-related transcription factor 1 …

[HTML][HTML] Deubiquitinating enzymes as cancer biomarkers: new therapeutic opportunities?

N Poondla, AP Chandrasekaran, KS Kim… - BMB …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer remains a life-threatening disease and accounts for the major mortality rates
worldwide. The practice of using biomarkers for early detection, staging, and customized …

Exploring Ubiquitin-specific proteases as therapeutic targets in Glioblastoma

VP Samuel, E Moglad, M Afzal, I Kazmi… - … -Research and Practice, 2024 - Elsevier
Glioblastoma (GB) remains a formidable challenge and requires new treatment strategies.
The vital part of the Ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) in cellular regulation has positioned …

The oncogenic role of ubiquitin specific peptidase (USP8) and its signaling pathways targeting for cancer therapeutics

MT Islam, F Chen, H Chen - Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 2021 - Elsevier
USP8 is a deubiquitinating enzyme in the family of ubiquitin-specific proteases (USPs)
which can remove ubiquitin from the substrate and protect the substrate from degradation …

[HTML][HTML] The potential roles of deubiquitinating enzymes in brain diseases

KH Lim, JY Joo, KH Baek - Ageing Research Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Most proteins undergo posttranslational modification such as acetylation, methylation,
phosphorylation, biotinylation, and ubiquitination to regulate various cellular processes …