2014
Targeting aPKC disables oncogenic signaling by both the EGFR and the proinflammatory cytokine TNFα in glioblastoma
Kusne Y, Carrera-Silva EA, Perry AS, Rushing EJ, Mandell EK, Dietrich JD, Errasti AE, Gibbs D, Berens ME, Loftus JC, Hulme C, Yang W, Lu Z, Aldape K, Sanai N, Rothlin CV, Ghosh S. Targeting aPKC disables oncogenic signaling by both the EGFR and the proinflammatory cytokine TNFα in glioblastoma. Science Signaling 2014, 7: ra75. PMID: 25118327, PMCID: PMC4486020, DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.2005196.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCarcinogenesisDrug Delivery SystemsEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayEpidermal Growth FactorErbB ReceptorsErlotinib HydrochlorideFlow CytometryFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGlioblastomaHumansImmunoblottingImmunohistochemistryImmunoprecipitationKaplan-Meier EstimateMiceNF-kappa BParacrine CommunicationProtein Kinase CQuinazolinesReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSignal TransductionTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaConceptsAtypical protein kinase CEpidermal growth factor receptorEGFR kinase inhibitorsHuman glioblastoma tumor cellsReceptor tyrosine kinasesProtein kinase CTNFα-dependent activationKinase inhibitorsTranscription factor nuclear factor κBGlioblastoma tumor cellsGrowth factor receptorKinase activityMolecular approachesTyrosine kinaseKinase CNuclear factor κBFactor receptorGlioblastoma microenvironmentFactor κBProinflammatory cytokine TNFαAbundanceTumor necrosis factorGlioblastoma therapyTumor growthGrade IV glioblastoma
2013
Competing molecular interactions of aPKC isoforms regulate neuronal polarity
Parker SS, Mandell EK, Hapak SM, Maskaykina IY, Kusne Y, Kim JY, Moy JK, St. John PA, Wilson JM, Gothard KM, Price TJ, Ghosh S. Competing molecular interactions of aPKC isoforms regulate neuronal polarity. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2013, 110: 14450-14455. PMID: 23940317, PMCID: PMC3761571, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1301588110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtypical protein kinase CNeuronal polarityAPKC isoformsProtein kinase CCell polarityPolarized neuronsAlternative transcriptsKinase CPar3Supernumerary axonsIsoformsEmbryonic hippocampal neuronsMolecular interactionsOverexpressionPresumptive axonsMolecular modelHippocampal neuronsPolarityPKMTranscriptsRegulatorIntermolecular competitionInteractsNeuronsDisrupts