Regulation of ubiquitination-mediated protein degradation by survival kinases in cancer

Frontiers in Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue FEB, 2012, Pages

  Yamaguchi, Hirohito ^a   Hsu, Jennifer L ^a   Hung, Mien Chie ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

catenin; AKT; ERK; FOXO3; IKK; Mcl 1; Snail

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BORTEZOMIB; CASEIN KINASE I; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; I KAPPA B KINASE GAMMA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MYELOID LEUKEMIA FACTOR 1; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEASOME; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN MDM2; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; SOMATOMEDIN RECEPTOR; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHRL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL DEATH; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA REPAIR; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEOPLASM; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UBIQUITINATION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84876106535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2234943X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2012.00015     Document Type: Review

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