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The biochemical mechanism of Rho GTPase membrane binding, activation and retention in activity patterning

The EMBO Journal
Rho GTPases form plasma membrane-associated patterns that control the cytoskeleton during cell division, morphogenesis, migration, and wound repair.
Michael C Armstrong, Yannic R Weiß, Lila E Hoachlander-Hobby, Ankit A Roy, Ilaria Visco, Alison Moe, Adriana E Golding, Scott D Hansen, William M Bement, Peter Bieling   +9 more
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The potential for biased signalling in the P2Y receptor family of GPCRs

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
The purinergic receptor family is primarily activated by nucleotides, and contains members of both the G protein coupled‐receptor (GPCR) superfamily (P1 and P2Y) and ligand‐gated ion channels (P2X). The P2Y receptors are widely expressed in the human body, and given the ubiquitous nature of nucleotides, purinergic signalling is involved with a plethora
Claudia M. Sisk, Simon Pitchford, Graham Ladds   +2 more
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The nitty‐gritty of vascular permeability in cancer: targeting blood endothelium to control metastases

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Blood vascular permeability is a hallmark of cancer and acts as an active driver of metastatic dissemination. Metastasis accounts for the vast majority of cancer deaths, yet most work has focussed on tumour‐intrinsic traits and angiogenesis, while the specific contribution of endothelial barrier regulation to intravasation and extravasation remains ...
Pierre Boucher, Mérone Da Costa Oliveira, Adrien Levesque, Alexandre Rutault, Patrick Savoyaud, Nicolas Bréchot, Stéphane Germain   +6 more
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Targeting KRAS for cancer therapy

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
In recent years, therapeutics targeted against KRAS proto‐oncogene GTPase (KRAS)‐mutant cancers have seen significant progress. Herein we outline the biology and epidemiology of KRAS alterations at the lineage and allele levels, reviewing the clinical evidence for KRASG12C inhibition from the discovery of the recessive switch pocket to sotorasib ...
Jianlong Jia, Ruonan Liu, Tonia A. Adamide, Isis E. Fernandez, Georgios T. Stathopoulos   +4 more
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The histone deacetylase inhibitor, suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid, restores blood–brain barrier integrity in a human stem cell‐based model of ischaemic stroke

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Ischaemic stroke is characterised by acute cerebrovascular occlusion and blood–brain barrier (BBB) breakdown. Our results indicated that the histone deacetylase inhibitor suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) ameliorated the loss of BBB integrity, changed the morphology of brain endothelial cells, increased the level of basement membrane and ...
Anikó Szecskó, Koppány Párdi, Zuhao Cui, Gergő Porkoláb, Zsófia Hoyk, Csilla Kovács, Janet F. Adegbite, Virág Fodor, Nárcisz M. Cser, László Dér, Krisztina Nagy, Csilla Sajben, Roland Tengölics, Mária A. Deli, Szilvia Veszelka   +14 more
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p21-Activated kinase (PAK) regulates cytoskeletal reorganization and directional migration in human neutrophils.

PLoS ONE, 2013
Neutrophils serve as a first line of defense in innate immunity owing in part to their ability to rapidly migrate towards chemotactic factors derived from invading pathogens.
Asako Itakura, Joseph E Aslan, Branden T Kusanto, Kevin G Phillips, Juliana E Porter, Paul K Newton, Xiaolin Nan, Robert H Insall, Jonathan Chernoff, Owen J T McCarty   +9 more
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CD93—An emerging vascular target in cancer therapy

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract CD93 is a single‐pass transmembrane glycoprotein that belongs to the C‐type lectin domain group XIV family of proteins. Although it is known to be expressed in other cell types, namely, in some subsets of immune cells, CD93 is primarily expressed on endothelial cells, where it acts as a crucial regulator of angiogenesis.
Beatriz de Alves Pereira, Stefano Barbera, Roberta Lugano, Anna Dimberg   +3 more
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Rho/ROCK Signaling Pathway in Kidney Diseases: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Perspectives

Biomedicines
Rho GTPases are a group of guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-binding proteins with a relative molecular weight of about 20–30 kD, and 22 different Rho GTPases have been identified in mammalian cells, among which RhoA, Rac1 and Cdc42 are the most well-studied.
Wei Xiong, Daojia Miao, Zongchen Hou, Xiaoping Zhang, Zhiyong Xiong   +4 more
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Inhibition of leucine‐rich kinase 2 (LRRK2) promotes peripheral axon regeneration via phosphorylation‐network remodelling

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Background and Purpose In contrast to neurons in the central nervous system, neurons in the peripheral nervous system can regenerate axons after injury via activation of a pro‐regenerative transcriptional programme. Pathogenic mutations in leucine‐rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) are the most common genetic cause of Parkinson's disease, and several small ...
Eun‐Hae Jang, Eun Mo Yang, Gil Song, Seung Min Park, Harryn Choi, Jaeyong Kim, Chanil Kim, Yunho Gim, Hyuk‐Joo Jeon, Yewon Cho, Jong Bae Park, Eun‐Mi Hur   +11 more
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Systematic profiling reveals broad G protein coupling and context‐dependent modulation of cyclic AMP by the orphan receptor GPR139

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Background and Purpose G protein‐coupled receptors (GPCRs) are major drug targets, yet many orphan receptors remain poorly characterized. GPR139 has been implicated in CNS disorders, including schizophrenia and depression, but its signalling mechanisms remain unclear.
Boris Trapkov, Hans Bräuner, Alexander Sebastian Hauser   +2 more
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