Apical–basal polarity and the control of epithelial form and function

CE Buckley, D St Johnston - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2022 - nature.com
Epithelial cells are the most common cell type in all animals, forming the sheets and tubes
that compose most organs and tissues. Apical–basal polarity is essential for epithelial cell …

Tumour–host interactions through the lens of Drosophila

D Bilder, K Ong, TC Hsi, K Adiga, J Kim - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
There is a large gap between the deep understanding of mechanisms driving tumour growth
and the reasons why patients ultimately die of cancer. It is now appreciated that interactions …

Scribble mis-localization induces adaptive resistance to KRAS G12C inhibitors through feedback activation of MAPK signaling mediated by YAP-induced MRAS

Y Adachi, R Kimura, K Hirade, S Yanase, Y Nishioka… - Nature Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Tumor cells evade targeted drugs by rewiring their genetic and epigenetic networks. Here,
we identified that inhibition of MAPK signaling rapidly induces an epithelial-to-mesenchymal …

[HTML][HTML] P120 and E-cadherin: Double-edged swords in tumor metastasis

JH Venhuizen, FJC Jacobs, PN Span… - Seminars in cancer …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cell-cell adhesion by adherens junctions controls proliferation and cell polarization and is
crucial to maintain epithelial architecture and homeostasis. Downregulation of two of the …

Unannotated microprotein EMBOW regulates the interactome and chromatin and mitotic functions of WDR5

Y Chen, H Su, J Zhao, Z Na, K Jiang, A Bacchiocchi… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
The conserved WD40-repeat protein WDR5 interacts with multiple proteins both inside and
outside the nucleus. However, it is currently unclear whether and how the distribution of …

[HTML][HTML] Scaffolding proteins of vertebrate apical junctions: structure, functions and biophysics

F Rouaud, S Sluysmans, A Flinois, J Shah… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2020 - Elsevier
Tight and adherens junctions are specialized sites of cell-cell interaction in epithelia and
endothelia, and are involved in barrier, adhesion, and signaling functions. These functions …

Epithelial monitoring through ligand-receptor segregation ensures malignant cell elimination

G de Vreede, SU Gerlach, D Bilder - Science, 2022 - science.org
Animals have evolved mechanisms, such as cell competition, to remove dangerous or
nonfunctional cells from a tissue. Tumor necrosis factor signaling can eliminate clonal …

[HTML][HTML] New insights into apical-basal polarization in epithelia

A Riga, VG Castiglioni, M Boxem - Current opinion in cell biology, 2020 - Elsevier
The establishment of an apical–basal axis of polarity is essential for the organization and
functioning of epithelial cells. Polarization of epithelial cells is orchestrated by a network of …

New insights into the organization and regulation of the apical polarity network in mammalian epithelial cells

E Martin, R Girardello, G Dittmar, A Ludwig - The FEBS journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cell polarity is a fundamental property of most animal cells and is critical during
development and for most cell and tissue functions. Epithelial cells are organized into apical …

The Scribble family in cancer: twentieth anniversary

MJ Santoni, R Kashyap, L Camoin, JP Borg - Oncogene, 2020 - nature.com
Among the more than 160 PDZ containing proteins described in humans, the cytoplasmic
scaffold Scribble stands out because of its essential role in many steps of cancer …