Stanford researchers harness nanoparticles to track cancer-cell changes
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...mas from others. Finally, they were able to detect subtle differences in phosphorylation in several other cancer-associated proteins. "Some of these proteins can ex...s research in the Felsher lab, the lipid-lowering drug atorvastatin reduces phosphorylation of yet another cancer-associated protein. "This is the first time we've bee...Protein-Folding Problem May Help Spur Alzheimer's
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... Rift Valley fever virus from using cellular protein synthesis machinery to make the proteins it needs to replicate itself. But since NSs prevents the phosphorylation of eIF2-alpha by taking out PKR, the virus is free to copy itself within host cells without interference. "It's amazing that the virus evolved to ...Oncogene inhibits tumor suppressor to promote cancer: Study links B-RAF and LKB1
...ignaling activated AMPK. The researchers went on to show that LKB1 was phosphorylated by two kinases that are downstream of B-RAF, ERK and Rsk. The phosphorylation of LKB1 interfered with the ability of LKB1 to bind and activate AMPK. Importantly, expression of mutant LKB1 that could not be phosphorylated resulte...Cylene to Present Advances in its Oral Inhibitor of CK2 at AACR Annual Meeting
...peutics 34, Abstract 4660 Tuesday, April 21, 2009: 2:00 PM CX -4945, a potent and selective inhibitor of CK2, modulates PI3K/AKT signaling and phosphorylation of p21 in vitro and in vivo: Implications for biomarker development - Experimental and Molecular Therapeutics 37, Minisymposium, Abstract 4768 ...Nerviano Medical Sciences Invited by EORTC-NCI-AACR to Present the State-of-the-Art of Aurora
...lly highlighted in experimental tumour models and was recently confirmed by findings obtained from patient biopsies", explains Laffranchi. A decreased phosphorylation of Histone H3 in patients treated with PHA 739358 supports this hypothesis whereby the anti-cancer activity exerted by the compound is mediated throug...SuperGen's JAK2 Inhibitor, SGI-1252, Inhibits in Vivo Tumor Cell Proliferation
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