Eph receptors and ephrins in cancer progression

EB Pasquale - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Evidence implicating Eph receptor tyrosine kinases and their ephrin ligands (that together
make up the 'Eph system') in cancer development and progression has been accumulating …

Membrane receptor activation mechanisms and transmembrane peptide tools to elucidate them

JM Westerfield, FN Barrera - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2020 - ASBMB
Single-pass membrane receptors contain extracellular domains that respond to external
stimuli and transmit information to intracellular domains through a single transmembrane …

Manipulating macrophage/microglia polarization to treat glioblastoma or multiple sclerosis

T Kuntzel, D Bagnard - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Macrophages and microglia are implicated in several diseases with divergent roles in
physiopathology. This discrepancy can be explained by their capacity to endorse different …

The Candida albicans virulence factor candidalysin polymerizes in solution to form membrane pores and damage epithelial cells

CM Russell, KG Schaefer, A Dixson, ALH Gray… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Candida albicans causes severe invasive candidiasis. C. albicans infection requires the
virulence factor candidalysin (CL) which damages target cell membranes. However, the …

Eph receptor signaling complexes in the plasma membrane

EB Pasquale - Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 2024 - cell.com
Eph receptor tyrosine kinases, together with their cell surface-anchored ephrin ligands,
constitute an important cell–cell communication system that regulates physiological and …

Inhibition of the EphA2-Sam/Ship2-Sam Association through Peptide Ligands: Studying the Combined Effect of Charge and Aromatic Character

M Vincenzi, FA Mercurio, R Palumbo… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The Sam (sterile alpha motif) domain from the lipid phosphatase Ship2 binds the Sam
domain from the EphA2 receptor to negatively regulate receptor endocytosis and …

PIP2 promotes conformation-specific dimerization of the EphA2 membrane region

KM Stefanski, CM Russell, JM Westerfield… - Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
The impact of the EphA2 receptor on cancer malignancy hinges on the two different ways it
can be activated. EphA2 induces antioncogenic signaling after ligand binding, but ligand …

Targeting the EphA2 pathway: could it be the way for bone sarcomas?

G Giordano, C Tucciarello, A Merlini, S Cutrupi… - Cell Communication and …, 2024 - Springer
Bone sarcomas are malignant tumors of mesenchymal origin. Complete surgical resection is
the cornerstone of multidisciplinary treatment. However, advanced, unresectable forms …

De novo-designed transmembrane proteins bind and regulate a cytokine receptor

M Mravic, L He, HT Kratochvil, H Hu, SE Nick… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
Transmembrane (TM) domains as simple as a single span can perform complex biological
functions using entirely lipid-embedded chemical features. Computational design has the …

The adipose‐derived stem cell peptide ADSCP2 alleviates hypertrophic scar fibrosis via binding with pyruvate carboxylase and remodeling the metabolic landscape

J Li, Y Yin, J Zou, E Zhang, Q Li, L Chen… - Acta Physiologica, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The purpose of this study was to investigate the function and mechanism of a novel
peptide derived from adipose‐derived stem cell‐conditioned medium (ADSC‐CM). Methods …