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Distinct association of HRAS and KRAS with Mn2+ ion illustrated by paramagnetic NMR

Magnetic Resonance Letters
Rat sarcoma virus oncogene (RAS) proteins are of crucial oncogenic proteins and are involved in several essential intracellular processes. The RAS protein has an intrinsic metal binding site for Mg2+, which is important for the conformational stability ...
Jia-Liang Chen, Xun-Cheng Su
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Spatial and single‐nuclei transcriptomics reveals idiosyncratic and generic patterns in papillary and anaplastic thyroid cancers

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Matched spatial transcriptomics and single‐nuclei RNA‐seq were generated for anaplastic and BRAFV600E papillary thyroid cancers revealing generic and tumor‐specific states occurring in cancer cells and in the tumor microenvironment. In this context, cancer dedifferentiation mirrored organoid maturation through ordered thyroid marker gain/loss ...
Adrien Tourneur, Joel Rodrigues Vitória, Manuel Saiselet, Ligia Craciun, Denis Larsimont, Anne Lefort, Frédérick Libert, Carine Maenhaut, Sabine Costagliola, Maxime Tarabichi, Mirian Romitti, Vincent Detours   +11 more
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Upregulation of DAB2IP Inhibits Ras Activity and Tumorigenesis in Human Pancreatic Cancer Cells

Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment, 2020
KRAS mutation-induced Ras activation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of pancreatic cancer, but the role of wild-type Ras and Ras GTPase-activating proteins remains unclear. The present study was designed to determine the expression spectra of
Yifan Duan MD, PhD, Xiaoyu Yin MD, PhD, Xiaorong Lai MD, PhD, Chao Liu MD, PhD, Wenjing Nie MD, MM, Dongfeng Li MM, Zijun Xie MD, PhD, Zijun Li MD, PhD, Fan Meng MD, PhD   +8 more
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Natural Products Attenuating Biosynthesis, Processing, and Activity of Ras Oncoproteins: State of the Art and Future Perspectives

Biomolecules, 2020
RAS genes encode signaling proteins, which, in mammalian cells, act as molecular switches regulating critical cellular processes as proliferation, growth, differentiation, survival, motility, and metabolism in response to specific stimuli.
Renata Tisi, Vadim Gaponenko, Marco Vanoni, Elena Sacco   +3 more
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Somatostatin receptor 4 (SSTR4) is a tumor suppressor in cutaneous and head & neck squamous cell carcinomas

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This study identifies somatostatin receptor 4 (Sstr4) as a critical tumor suppressor against skin and head/neck cancers (HNSCC, cSCC, and BCC). The loss of Sstr4 removes a check on cell growth, causing hyperactivation of the MAPK‐ERK signaling pathway (↑).
Ali Taqvi, Tuan Khang Huynh, Adway Kadam, Zahra Kardan, Yue Yan, Amina Jamal Laham, Sampath Kumar Loganathan   +6 more
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KRAS Ubiquitination at Lysine 104 Retains Exchange Factor Regulation by Dynamically Modulating the Conformation of the Interface

iScience, 2020
Summary: RAS proteins function as highly regulated molecular switches that control cellular growth. In addition to regulatory proteins, RAS undergoes a number of posttranslational modifications (PTMs) that regulate its activity.
Guowei Yin, Jerry Zhang, Vinay Nair, Vinh Truong, Angelo Chaia, Johnny Petela, Joseph Harrison, Alemayehu A. Gorfe, Sharon L. Campbell   +8 more
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Castration‐resistant prostate cancer cells are addicted to the high activity of cyclin‐dependent kinase 2

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
We show that emergence of castration‐resistant prostate (CRPC) is associated with significant upregulation of cyclins that positively regulate cyclin‐dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) and concomitant downregulation of CDK4 cyclins. This renders CRPC cells dependent on the high activity of CDK2, and CDK2 inhibitors synergistically sensitize CRPC cells to both ...
Joyeeta Chatterjee, Alessia Marin, Shivani Yalala, Harri M. Itkonen   +3 more
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Exploration of Aspergillus fumigatus Ras pathways for novel antifungal drug targets

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015
Ras pathway signaling is a critical virulence determinant for pathogenic fungi. Localization of Ras to the plasma membrane (PM) is required for Ras network interactions supporting fungal growth and virulence. For example, loss of A.
Qusai eAl Abdallah, Jarrod R Fortwendel
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Mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities of the ribotoxic stress response in cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Cancer cells' high translational demand creates opportunities to therapeutically target ribosome function. Ribosome stalling and collisions activate ZAKα and the ribotoxic stress response (RSR), which can trigger rapid, p53‐independent apoptosis in cancer.
Anastassiya Kim, Maryam Aslam, Elouise Torruella, Alphons Sony, Asif Rahman, Simira Smith, Columba de la Parra, Moira Sauane   +7 more
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The interaction of Ras with GTPase‐activating proteins

FEBS Letters, 1997
Ras plays a major role as a molecular switch in many signal transduction pathways which lead to cell growth and differentiation. The GTPase reaction of Ras is of central importance in the function of the switch since it terminates Ras‐effector interactions.
Wittinghofer, A., Scheffzek, K., Ahmadian, M.   +2 more
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