PAK in Alzheimer disease, Huntington disease and X-linked mental retardation. [PDF]
, 2012 Developmental cognitive deficits including X-linked mental retardation (XLMR) can be caused by mutations in P21-activated kinase 3 (PAK3) that disrupt actin dynamics in dendritic spines.
Cole, Greg M +3 more
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Rho-A prenylation and signaling link epithelial homeostasis to intestinal inflammation [PDF]
, 2016 Although defects in intestinal barrier function are discussed as a key pathogenic factor in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), the molecular pathways driving disease-specific alterations of intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) are largely ...
Alastair J.M. Watson +27 more
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Wnt Signaling in Neural Crest Ontogenesis and Oncogenesis. [PDF]
, 2019 Neural crest (NC) cells are a temporary population of multipotent stem cells that generate a diverse array of cell types, including craniofacial bone and cartilage, smooth muscle cells, melanocytes, and peripheral neurons and glia during embryonic ...
Hao, Hongyan +4 more
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Targeting ROCK activity to disrupt and prime pancreatic cancer for chemotherapy [PDF]
, 2017 Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a devastating disease; the identification of novel targets and development of effective treatment strategies are urgently needed to improve patient outcomes.
Olson, Michael F. +4 more
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PAKing up to the endothelium [PDF]
, 2009 Angiogenesis recapitulates the growth of blood vessels that progressively expand and remodel into a highly organized and stereotyped vascular network. During adulthood, endothelial cells that formed the vascular wall retain their plasticity and can be ...
Armelle Le Guelte +3 more
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Myelination: all about Rac n roll. [PDF]
, 2007 During the development of the peripheral nervous system, Schwann cells select individual axons from a nerve bundle and establish a one-to-one relationship through a process termed radial sorting. Recent findings identify the Rho family GTPase Rac1 as the
Chan, Jonah
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Characterization of ROP GTPase-activated Arabidopsis receptor-like cytoplasmic kinases (RLCK class VI_A) [PDF]
, 2011 Plants have to respond and adapt to a variety of continuously changing environmental factors in order to establish an appropriate developmental strategy to ensure survival. There are ample data showing that protein phosphorylation/dephosphorylation plays
Jurca Elena Manuela
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FUS-CHOP promotes invasion in myxoid liposarcoma through a SRC/FAK/RHO/ROCK-dependent pathway [PDF]
, 2017 Deregulated SRC/FAK signaling leads to enhanced migration and invasion in many types of tumors. In myxoid and round cell liposarcoma (MRCLS), an adipocytic tumor characterized by the expression of the fusion oncogene FUS-CHOP, SRC have been found as one ...
González, M. Victoria +3 more
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Inhibition of chemotherapy resistant breast cancer stem cells by a ROR1 specific antibody. [PDF]
, 2019 Breast cancers enduring treatment with chemotherapy may be enriched for cancer stem cells or tumor-initiating cells, which have an enhanced capacity for self-renewal, tumor initiation, and/or metastasis.
Carson, Dennis A +17 more
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Chronic exposure to simulated space conditions predominantly affects cytoskeleton remodeling and oxidative stress response in mouse fetal fibroblasts [PDF]
, 2014 Microgravity and cosmic rays as found in space are difficult to recreate on earth. However, ground-based models exist to simulate space flight experiments.
Abou-El-Ardat, Khalil +11 more
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