ERK: a key player in the pathophysiology of cardiac hypertrophy

S Gallo, A Vitacolonna, A Bonzano, P Comoglio… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cardiac hypertrophy is an adaptive and compensatory mechanism preserving cardiac
output during detrimental stimuli. Nevertheless, long-term stimuli incite chronic hypertrophy …

The biology of IQGAP proteins: beyond the cytoskeleton

AC Hedman, JM Smith, DB Sacks - EMBO reports, 2015 - embopress.org
IQGAP scaffold proteins are evolutionarily conserved in eukaryotes and facilitate the
formation of complexes that regulate cytoskeletal dynamics, intracellular signaling, and …

IQGAP1 and its binding proteins control diverse biological functions

CD White, HH Erdemir, DB Sacks - Cellular signalling, 2012 - Elsevier
IQGAP proteins have been identified in a wide spectrum of organisms, ranging from yeast to
humans. The most extensively studied family member is the ubiquitously expressed scaffold …

IQGAPs choreograph cellular signaling from the membrane to the nucleus

JM Smith, AC Hedman, DB Sacks - Trends in cell biology, 2015 - cell.com
Since its discovery in 1994, recognized cellular functions for the scaffold protein IQGAP1
have expanded immensely. Over 100 unique IQGAP1-interacting proteins have been …

The long noncoding RNA CARDINAL attenuates cardiac hypertrophy by modulating protein translation

X He, T Yang, YW Lu, G Wu, G Dai, Q Ma… - The Journal of clinical …, 2024 - jci.org
One of the features of pathological cardiac hypertrophy is enhanced translation and protein
synthesis. Translational inhibition has been shown to be an effective means of treating …

Agonist-stimulated phosphatidylinositol-3, 4, 5-trisphosphate generation by scaffolded phosphoinositide kinases

S Choi, AC Hedman, S Sayedyahossein, N Thapa… - Nature cell …, 2016 - nature.com
Generation of the lipid messenger phosphatidylinositol-3, 4, 5-trisphosphate (PtdIns (3, 4, 5)
P3) is crucial for development, cell growth and survival, and motility, and it becomes …

The IQGAP scaffolds: Critical nodes bridging receptor activation to cellular signaling

L Thines, FJ Roushar, AC Hedman, DB Sacks - Journal of Cell Biology, 2023 - rupress.org
The scaffold protein IQGAP1 assembles multiprotein signaling complexes to influence
biological functions. Cell surface receptors, particularly receptor tyrosine kinases and G …

MYL9 expressed in cancer-associated fibroblasts regulate the immune microenvironment of colorectal cancer and promotes tumor progression in an autocrine …

S Deng, D Cheng, J Wang, J Gu, Y Xue, Z Jiang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - Springer
Background The tumor microenvironment (TME) is an important factor that regulates the
progression of colorectal cancer (CRC). Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are the main …

IQGAP1: insights into the function of a molecular puppeteer

AM Abel, KM Schuldt, K Rajasekaran, D Hwang… - Molecular …, 2015 - Elsevier
The intracellular spatiotemporal organization of signaling events is critical for normal cellular
function. In response to environmental stimuli, cells utilize highly organized signaling …

Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase scaffolding proteins: a recount

M Meister, A Tomasovic, A Banning… - International journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is the canonical signaling pathway
for many receptor tyrosine kinases, such as the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor …