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Roles of Rap1 signaling in tumor cell migration and invasion

Cancer Biology & Medicine, 2017
Ras-associated protein-1 (Rap1), a small GTPase in the Ras-related protein family, is an important regulator of basic cellular functions (e.g., formation and control of cell adhesions and junctions), cellular migration, and polarization.
Yi-Lei Zhang, Ruo-Chen Wang, Ken Cheng, Brian Z. Ring, Li Su   +4 more
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A nucleotide‐independent, pan‐RAS‐targeted DARPin elicits anti‐tumor activity in a multimodal manner

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
We report a Designed Ankyrin Repeat Protein that binds and inhibits RAS proteins, which serve as central cell signaling hubs and are essential for the progression of many cancers. Its unique feature is that it does not discriminate between different RAS isoforms or mutations and is capable of binding to RAS in both its active (GTP‐bound) and inactive ...
Jonas N. Kapp, Wouter P. R. Verdurmen, Jonas V. Schaefer, Kari Kopra, Gabriela Nagy‐Davidescu, Elodie Richard, Marie‐Julie Nokin, Patrick Ernst, Rastislav Tamaskovic, Martin Schwill, Ralph Degen, Claudia Scholl, David Santamaria, Andreas Plückthun   +13 more
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CD13 regulation of membrane recycling: implications for cancer dissemination

Molecular & Cellular Oncology, 2019
Membrane recycling is critical to numerous cell functions and its dysregulation contributes to cancer and metastasis. We established that activation of the transmembrane molecule aminopeptidase N (ANPEP, also known as CD13) tethers the IQ motif ...
Mallika Ghosh, Linda H. Shapiro
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Short‐term actions of epigalocatechin‐3‐gallate in the liver: a mechanistic insight into hypoglycemic and potential toxic effects

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Epigallocatechin‐3‐gallate (EGCG) acutely inhibited gluconeogenesis and enhanced glycolysis, glycogenolysis, and fatty acid oxidation in perfused rat livers. Mechanistic assays revealed mitochondrial uncoupling, inhibition of pyruvate carboxylation and glucose‐6‐phosphatase, shift of NADH/NAD+ ratios toward oxidation, and loss of membrane integrity ...
Carla Indianara Bonetti, Bruna Lopes Correia, Francielle Cristina Nakamura Manicardi, Nairana Mithieli de Queiroz Eskuarek Melo, Vanesa de Oliveira Pateis, Jurandir Fernando Comar, Anacharis Babeto de Sá‐Nakanishi, Adelar Bracht, Lívia Bracht   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exocytosis from permeabilized bovine adrenal chromaffin cells is differently modulated by guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate and guanosine 5'-[beta gamma-imido]triphosphate [PDF]

, 1992
1. In bovine adrenal chromaffin cells made permeable either to molecules less than or equal to 3 kDa with alphatoxin or to proteins less than or equal to 150 kDa with streptolysin O, the GTP analogues guanosine 5'-[beta gamma-imido]triphosphate (p[NH]ppG)
Ahnert-Hilger, G., Gratzl, Manfred, Rosenthal, W., Spicher, K., Stecher, B., Wegenhorst, U.   +5 more
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hGBP1 Coordinates Chlamydia Restriction and Inflammasome Activation through Sequential GTP Hydrolysis

Cell Reports, 2020
Summary: Human guanylate binding protein 1 (hGBP1) belongs to the dynamin superfamily of GTPases and conveys host defense against intracellular bacteria and parasites.
Audrey Xavier, Munir A. Al-Zeer, Thomas F. Meyer, Oliver Daumke   +3 more
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Advances and Strategies in Enhancing mRNA Cancer Vaccines

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines offer a powerful approach for cancer immunotherapy, but their clinical impact remains limited by delivery challenges and suboptimal immune activation. This review discusses key biological barriers and design strategies—including structural optimization, immunomodulation, organ targeting delivery, and advanced nanocarriers ...
Miao Zhang, Shengqi Chen, Haijun Hu, Yenhui Ong, Qianqian Ni   +4 more
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Roles of ion channels in immune cells [PDF]

, 2016
The Editorial on the Research Topic - Roles of Ion Channels in Immune ...
Amanda eMacKenzie, Leanne eStokes, Leanne eStokes, Ronald eSluyter, Ronald eSluyter, Ronald eSluyter   +5 more
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Mechanical properties of tubulin intra- and inter-dimer interfaces and their implications for microtubule dynamic instability.

PLoS Computational Biology, 2019
Thirteen tubulin protofilaments, made of αβ-tubulin heterodimers, interact laterally to produce cytoskeletal microtubules. Microtubules exhibit the striking property of dynamic instability, manifested in their intermittent growth and shrinkage at both ...
Vladimir A Fedorov, Philipp S Orekhov, Ekaterina G Kholina, Artem A Zhmurov, Fazoil I Ataullakhanov, Ilya B Kovalenko, Nikita B Gudimchuk   +6 more
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A metazoan/plant-like capping enzyme and cap modified nucleotides in the unicellular eukaryote Trichomonas vaginalis. [PDF]

PLoS Pathogens, 2010
The cap structure of eukaryotic messenger RNAs is initially elaborated through three enzymatic reactions: hydrolysis of the 5'-triphosphate, transfer of guanosine through a 5'-5' triphosphate linkage and N7-methylation of the guanine cap.
Augusto Simoes-Barbosa, Robert P Hirt, Patricia J Johnson   +2 more
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