Molecular mechanisms of epithelial–mesenchymal transition

S Lamouille, J Xu, R Derynck - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2014 - nature.com
The transdifferentiation of epithelial cells into motile mesenchymal cells, a process known as
epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT), is integral in development, wound healing and …

Covalent inhibition in drug discovery

AK Ghosh, I Samanta, A Mondal, WR Liu - ChemMedChem, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Although covalent inhibitors have been used as therapeutics for more than a century, there
has been general resistance in the pharmaceutical industry against their further …

In vitro cell migration and invasion assays

N Kramer, A Walzl, C Unger, M Rosner… - … Research/Reviews in …, 2013 - Elsevier
Determining the migratory and invasive capacity of tumor and stromal cells and clarifying the
underlying mechanisms is most relevant for novel strategies in cancer diagnosis, prognosis …

Role of epidermal growth factor receptor in breast cancer

H Masuda, D Zhang, C Bartholomeusz… - Breast cancer research …, 2012 - Springer
Decades of research in molecular oncology have brought about promising new therapies
which are designed to target specific molecules which promote tumor growth and survival …

Activation and function of the MAPKs and their substrates, the MAPK-activated protein kinases

M Cargnello, PP Roux - Microbiology and molecular biology …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
The mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) regulate diverse cellular programs by
relaying extracellular signals to intracellular responses. In mammals, there are more than a …

Signaling pathway cooperation in TGF-β-induced epithelial–mesenchymal transition

R Derynck, BP Muthusamy, KY Saeteurn - Current opinion in cell biology, 2014 - Elsevier
Transdifferentiation of epithelial cells into cells with mesenchymal properties and
appearance, that is, epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT), is essential during …

Reversible targeting of noncatalytic cysteines with chemically tuned electrophiles

IM Serafimova, MA Pufall, S Krishnan, K Duda… - Nature chemical …, 2012 - nature.com
Targeting noncatalytic cysteine residues with irreversible acrylamide-based inhibitors is a
powerful approach for enhancing pharmacological potency and selectivity. Nevertheless …

High-frequency genome editing using ssDNA oligonucleotides with zinc-finger nucleases

F Chen, SM Pruett-Miller, Y Huang, M Gjoka, K Duda… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs) have enabled highly efficient gene targeting in multiple cell
types and organisms. Here we describe methods for using simple ssDNA oligonucleotides …

Enzyme inhibitor discovery by activity-based protein profiling

MJ Niphakis, BF Cravatt - Annual review of biochemistry, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms possess huge numbers of uncharacterized enzymes.
Selective inhibitors offer powerful probes for assigning functions to enzymes in native …

Computational drug discovery

S Ou-Yang, J Lu, X Kong, Z Liang, C Luo… - Acta Pharmacologica …, 2012 - nature.com
Computational drug discovery is an effective strategy for accelerating and economizing drug
discovery and development process. Because of the dramatic increase in the availability of …