Sentences with phrase «associated kinase»

In addition, our data evidence that LA via the Rho - associated kinase - mediated pathway promotes stress fiber formation, which exerts a main role in the morphological changes associated with apoptotic cell death.

Overall stem cell colony formation efficiency following single cell isolation and flow cytometry was still quite low (∼ 0.5 %) despite the use of the Rho - associated kinase inhibitor but consistent results were obtained.

Interleukin - 1 receptor - associated kinase - 1 plays an essential role for Toll - like receptor (TLR) 7 - and TLR9 - mediated interferon - α induction.

MicroRNA - 93 inhibits inflammatory responses and cell apoptosis after cerebral ischemia reperfusion by targeting interleukin - 1 receptor - associated kinase 4.

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By analysing skin biopsies post-injection, the researchers found that the excessive inflammation was associated with activation of the p38 MAP kinase pathway.

The research team, including Soumen Paul, Ph.D., associate professor, Arindam Paul, Ph.D., assistant professor, and Ossama Tawfik, professor, M.D., Ph. D., all in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and their colleagues, studied atypical protein kinase c lambda / iota signaling during the invasive progression of triple - negative breast cancer.

Among patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer without a mutation of a certain gene (EGFR), conventional chemotherapy, compared with treatment using epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors, was associated with improvement in survival without progression of the cancer, but not with overall survival, according to a study in the April 9 issue of JAMA.

Maternal alcohol consumption prior to and during pregnancy significantly affects cognitive functions in offspring, which may be related to changes in cyclin - dependent kinase 5 because it is associated with modulation of synaptic plasticity and impaired learning and memory.

«Through our collaboration with DiscoverX, we screened a large set of compounds that we call Published Kinase Inhibitor Set 2, and these results allowed us to reach the halfway point in constructing the KCGS» said David Drewry, a research associate professor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and SGC - UNC principal investigator who is leading the project to develop the Kinase Chemogenomic Set.

«We know dysregulation of a protein enzyme called multifunctional CaM kinase II plays a role in disrupting sodium channel function in cardiac disease, but it was a matter of determining how this occurred and whether we could we prevent it for therapeutic benefit,» said Hund, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at The Ohio State University.

In a proof - of - concept study, Fourches and Ash looked at the ERK2 kinase — an enzyme associated with several types of cancer — and a group of 87 known ERK2 inhibitors, ranging from very active to inactive.

This factor is required for Tat trans - activation and is a substrate of an associated cellular kinase.

Moreover, our previous study found that regular use of aspirin after diagnosis was associated with longer survival among the 15 % to 30 % of patients with colorectal cancer and with a mutation in phosphatidylinositol -4,5-bisphosphate 3 - kinase, catalytic subunit alpha (PIK3CA [NCBI Entrez Gene 5290]-RRB-, one of the PI3K family genes.30 Markedly improved survival associated with aspirin according to PIK3CA status was also found in an analysis within a separate clinical trial cohort.31 Further investigations for the joint effect of these genes would be helpful to better understand the underlying molecular mechanisms of aspirin, NSAIDs, and colorectal cancer.

Chan AC, Iwashima M, Trck CW, Weiss A. ZAP - 70: a 70kd protein - tyrosine kinase that associates with the TCRzeta chain.

NF - κB - activating kinase - associated protein 1 participates in TLR3 / Toll — IL - 1 homology domain - containing adapter molecule -1-mediated IFN regulatory factor 3 activation.

The Abl gene expresses a membrane - associated protein, a tyrosine kinase, and the BCR - Abl transcript is also translated into a tyrosine kinase.

Toll / IL -1 receptor domain - containing adaptor inducing IFN - β (TRIF) associates with TNF receptor - associated factor 6 and TANK - binding kinase 1, and activates two distinct transcription factors, NF - κB and IFN - regulatory factor - 3, in the Toll - like receptor signaling.

Adeno - associated virus replication induces a DNA damage response coordinated by DNA - dependent protein kinase.

So we looked to see whether middle T also had an associated protein kinase activity, and we were delighted to find that it did.»

Activation of Src kinase Lyn by the Kaposi sarcoma — associated herpesvirus K1 protein: implications for lymphomagenesis.

P16 binds to cyclin - dependent kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4 and CDK6) and inhibits phosphorylation of Rb, which remains associated with the transcription factor, E2F.

It is known that one of the pathways involved in cutaneous cancer is mediated through CDKN2A which is a gene associated with melanoma dysregulation through its pro-oncogenic products p16INK4a (Cyclin - Dependent Kinase Inhibitor P16) and p14ARF (P14 alternate open reading frame)[28].

Expression of the receptor tyrosine kinase Tie2 in neoplastic glial cells is associated with integrin beta1 - dependent adhesion to the extracellular matrix.

«Two groups had reported a kinase activity associated with the viral Src protein,» recalls Hunter: Marc Collett and Ray Erikson, then at the University of Colorado Medical Center, and Mike Bishop and Harold Varmus, then at the University of California, San Francisco.

[48] Mutations in GNAQ or GNA11 occur in the majority of uveal melanomas and drive oncogenesis via activation of the phospholipase C / protein kinase C (PKC), Rho / Rac, and Yes - associated protein pathways.

The genome encodes a large number of novel receptor kinases and contains expansions of a variety of gene families, including those associated with virulence.

mTOR is a serine / threonine protein kinase that forms two distinct protein complexes within cells: one with the regulatory - associated protein of TOR (raptor) and another with the rapamycin - insensitive companion (rictor; refs.

«As a result, researchers have used the presence of IBs and heightened kinase activity as a proxy for measuring LRRK2's harmful effects, rather than measuring LRRK2 levels directly,» explained Dr. Finkbeiner, who is the associate director of neurological research at Gladstone as well as a professor at the University of California, San Francisco, with which Gladstone is affiliated.

To address this question we study various microtubule - associated proteins (molecular motors and MAPs) and their regulators (kinases, phosphatases and the small GTPase Ran during M - phase).

Along the same lines, in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), acquired resistance to Gefitinib / Erlotinib kinase inhibitors has also been associated with a secondary mutation of the gatekeeper Thr790 residue of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR).

The initial model for STAT signaling involves a specific cytokine binding to its cognate receptor and promoting the transphosphorylation of receptor associated tyrosine kinases from the Janus - activated kinase family (JAK).

It belongs to the MAGUK family of proteins (membrane - associated guanylate kinase homologues), that also includes SAP90, PSD - 95 and many others (for review, see Montgomery et al 2004).

Inhibitory role of alpha6beta 4 - associated erbB - 2 and phosphoinositide 3 - kinase in keratinocyte haptotactic migration dependent on alpha3beta1 integrin.

These mutant kinases are attractive therapeutic targets, as demonstrated by the efficacy of imatinib in BCR - ABL — positive chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), 5 as well as in MPD associated with activating alleles involving PDGFRA or PDGFRB.2, 6,7 In addition, activating mutations in the FLT3 receptor tyrosine kinase are the most common genetic event in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and specific inhibitors of the FMS - like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) have entered late - stage clinical trials.8 Although mutations in tyrosine kinases and in other genes have been identified in a subset of MPD and AML, in many cases the genetic events that contribute to the molecular pathogenesis of these diseases remain unknown.

Abbreviations: ASC, apoptosis - associated speck - like protein containing a caspase - recruitment domain; ATM, adipose - tissue - resident macrophage; BAT, brown adipose tissue; CCR2, CC chemokine receptor 2; CHOP, C / EBP (CCAAT / enhancer - binding protein)- homologous protein; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid; EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; ER, endoplasmic reticulum; GPCR, G - protein - coupled receptor; HIF, hypoxia - inducible factor; IFNγ, interferon γ; IKK, inhibitor of nuclear factor κB kinase; IL, interleukin; IRS - 1, insulin receptor substrate - 1; JNK, c - Jun N - terminal kinase; LDL, low - density lipoprotein; Ldlr, LDL receptor; LXR, liver X receptor; MCP - 1, monocyte chemoattractant protein 1; miRNA, microRNA; mTOR, mammalian target of rapamycin; NAFLD, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; NF - κB, nuclear factor κB; NLRP3, NLR (nucleotide - binding - domain - and leucine - rich - repeat - containing) family, pyrin - domain - containing 3; oxLDL, oxidized LDL; PKR, double - stranded RNA - dependent protein kinase; PPAR, peroxisome - proliferator - activated receptor; STAT6, signal transducer and activator of transcription 6; SVF, stromal vascular fraction; TLR, Toll - like receptor; TNFα, tumour necrosis factor α; UPR, unfolded protein response; WAT, white adipose tissue

In 2005, the identification of an activating mutation in JAK2 (the V617F mutation) as a STAT5 - activating and disease - causing genetic alteration in a significant proportion of patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) has emphasized the oncogenic role of the JAK tyrosine kinases in hematologic malignancies.2 — 5 JAK2 is a member of the Janus tyrosine kinase family comprising three other mammalian non-receptor tyrosine kinases (JAK1, JAK3 and TYK2) that associate with cytokine receptors lacking intrinsic kinase activity to mediate cytokine - induced signal transduction and activation of STAT transcription factors.6 All JAKs share a similar protein structure and contain a tyrosine kinase domain at the C - terminus flanked by a catalytically inactive pseudokinase domain with kinase - regulatory activity, by an atypical SH2 domain and by a FERM domain that mediates association to the membrane - proximal region of the cytokine receptors.7, 8 Soon after the discovery of JAK2 V617F, we and others described that activating JAK1 mutations are relatively common in adult patients with T - cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and participate in ALL development allowing for constitutive activation of STAT5.9 — 11 Several STAT5 - activating JAK1 mutations were also reported in AML and breast cancer patients.10

Death - associated protein kinase (DAPK) and signal transduction: fine - tuning of autophagy in Caenorhabditis elegans homeostasis.

Interestingly, the most commonly mutated set of genes were those involved in epigenetic modification (25 % of tumors) followed by transcriptional regulators and MAP kinase - associated genes (12 - 15 %).

DAXX associates with RelB, a transcription factor of the NF - κB family that directly controls the expression of numerous apoptosis - and autophagy - relevant genes, including tumor suppressor protein kinases DAPK1 / 3 [1; 2].

Common and rare variants associating with serum levels of creatine kinase and lactate dehydrogenase.

Abbreviations: Aβ, amyloid β - peptide; AD, Alzheimer's disease; ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Ambra1, activating molecule in Beclin -1-regulated autophagy; AMPK, AMP - activated protein kinase; APP, amyloid precursor protein; AR, androgen receptor; Atg, autophagy - related; AV, autophagic vacuole; Bcl, B - cell lymphoma; BH3, Bcl - 2 homology 3; CaMKKβ, Ca2 + - dependent protein kinase kinase β; CHMP2B, charged multivesicular body protein 2B; CMA, chaperone - mediated autophagy; 2 ′ 5 ′ ddA, 2 ′, 5 ′ - dideoxyadenosine; deptor, DEP - domain containing mTOR - interacting protein; DRPLA, dentatorubral pallidoluysian atrophy; 4E - BP1, translation initiation factor 4E - binding protein - 1; Epac, exchange protein directly activated by cAMP; ER, endoplasmic reticulum; ERK1 / 2, extracellular - signal - regulated kinase 1/2; ESCRT, endosomal sorting complex required for transport; FAD, familial AD; FDA, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; FIP200, focal adhesion kinase family - interacting protein of 200 kDa; FoxO3, forkhead box O3; FTD, frontotemporal dementia; FTD3, FTD linked to chromosome 3; GAP, GTPase - activating protein; GR, guanidine retinoid; GSK3, glycogen synthase kinase 3; HD, Huntington's disease; hiPSC, human induced pluripotent stem cell; hVps, mammalian vacuolar protein sorting homologue; IKK, inhibitor of nuclear factor κB kinase; IMPase, inositol monophosphatase; IP3R, Ins (1,4,5) P3 receptor; I1R, imidazoline - 1 receptor; JNK1, c - Jun N - terminal kinase 1; LC3, light chain 3; LD, Lafora disease; L - NAME, NG - nitro - L - arginine methyl ester; LRRK2, leucine - rich repeat kinase 2; MIPS, myo - inositol -1-phosphate synthase; mLST8, mammalian lethal with SEC13 protein 8; MND, motor neuron disease; mTOR, mammalian target of rapamycin; mTORC, mTOR complex; MVB, multivesicular body; NAC, N - acetylcysteine; NBR1, neighbour of BRCA1 gene 1; NOS, nitric oxide synthase; p70S6K, ribosomal protein S6 kinase - 1; PD, Parkinson's disease; PDK1, phosphoinositide - dependent kinase 1; PE, phosphatidylethanolamine; PI3K, phosphoinositide 3 - kinase; PI3KC1a, class Ia PI3K; PI3KC3, class III PI3K; PI3KK, PI3K - related protein kinase; PINK1, PTEN - induced kinase 1; PKA, protein kinase A; PLC, phospholipase C; polyQ, polyglutamine; PS, presenilin; PTEN, phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted from chromosome 10; Rag, Ras - related GTP - binding protein; raptor, regulatory - associated protein of mTOR; Rheb, Ras homologue enriched in brain; rictor, rapamycin - insensitive companion of mTOR; SBMA, spinobulbar muscular atrophy; SCA, spinocerebellar ataxia; SLC, solute carrier; SMER, small - molecule enhancer of rapamycin; SMIR, small - molecule inhibitor of rapamycin; SNARE, N - ethylmaleimide - sensitive factor - attachment protein receptor; SOD1, copper / zinc superoxide dismutase 1; TFEB, transcription factor EB; TOR, target of rapamycin; TSC, tuberous sclerosis complex; ULK1, UNC -51-like kinase 1; UVRAG, UV irradiation resistance - associated gene; VAMP, vesicle - associated membrane protein; v - ATPase, vacuolar H + - ATPase; Vps, vacuolar protein sorting

We also have research interests in cellular regulation by ADP - ribosylation, which links epigenetics to metabolism; lipid kinases; and sphingolipid biosynthesis, which has strong links to both inflammation and cancer, and where mutations in the various proteins involved are associated with a variety of rare diseases.

First, Nanog opened two key cellular pathways, known as Rho - associated protein kinase (ROCK) and Transforming growth factor beta (TGF - β).

This kinase receptor has important clinical relevance, as EGFR deregulated signalling is strongly associated with cancer.

Abbreviations: AMPAR, AMPA receptor; AS, Angelman syndrome; BDNF, brain - derived neurotrophic factor; CaMKII, α - calcium / calmodulin - dependent protein kinase II; CGN, cerebellar granule neuron; co-IP, coimmunoprecipitation; DG, dentate gyrus; ERK, extracellular signal - regulated kinase; fEPSP, field excitatory postsynaptic potential; Gab1, Grb2 - associated binder 1; HFS, high frequency stimulation; IGF, insulin - like growth factor; LTP, long - term potentiation; PSD - 95, postsynaptic density protein - 95; SYN, synaptophysin; WT, wild type

Expression of the MAP kinase phosphatase DUSP4 is associated with microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer (CRC) and causes increased cell proliferation.

Five Xanthomonas type III effectors suppress cell death induced by components of immunity - associated MAP kinase cascades

Myosin IIA's activity is regulated by RhoA and Rho - associated protein kinase (ROCK) signaling.

Free fatty acid - induced insulin resistance is associated with activation of protein kinase C theta and alterations in the insulin signaling cascade.

Mechanism by which fatty acids inhibit insulin activation of insulin receptor substrate - 1 (IRS - 1)- associated phosphatidylinositol 3 - kinase activity in muscle.