Search Results - "Stephenson, Natalie L"
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Cancer-Associated Protein Kinase C Mutations Reveal Kinase’s Role as Tumor Suppressor
Published in Cell (29-01-2015)“…Protein kinase C (PKC) isozymes have remained elusive cancer targets despite the unambiguous tumor promoting function of their potent ligands, phorbol esters,…”
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Direct observation of proteolytic cleavage at the S2 site upon forced unfolding of the Notch negative regulatory region
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (09-10-2012)“…The conserved Notch signaling pathway plays crucial roles in developing and self-renewing tissues. Notch is activated upon ligand-induced conformation change…”
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Mixed lineage kinases activate MEK independently of RAF to mediate resistance to RAF inhibitors
Published in Nature communications (22-05-2014)“…RAF inhibitor therapy yields significant reductions in tumour burden in the majority of V600E-positive melanoma patients; however, resistance occurs within…”
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Targeted genetic dependency screen facilitates identification of actionable mutations in FGFR4, MAP3K9, and PAK5 in lung cancer
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (23-07-2013)“…Approximately 70% of patients with non–small-cell lung cancer present with late-stage disease and have limited treatment options, so there is a pressing need…”
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Using large-scale genomics data to identify driver mutations in lung cancer: methods and challenges
Published in Pharmacogenomics (01-07-2015)“…Lung cancer is the commonest cause of cancer death in the world and carries a poor prognosis for most patients. While precision targeting of mutated proteins…”
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Somatically mutated ABL1 is an actionable and essential NSCLC survival gene
Published in EMBO molecular medicine (01-02-2016)“…The lack of actionable mutations in patients with non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) presents a significant hurdle in the design of targeted therapies for this…”
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Improved Production and Biophysical Analysis of Recombinant Silicatein-α
Published in Biomolecules (Basel, Switzerland) (20-08-2020)“…Silicatein-α is a hydrolase found in siliceous sea sponges with a unique ability to condense and hydrolyse silicon-oxygen bonds. The enzyme is thus of interest…”
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Mutational analysis of the Notch2 negative regulatory region identifies key structural elements for mechanical stability
Published in FEBS open bio (01-01-2015)“…•Mutations within heterodimerization (HD) domain of Notch2 reduce mechanical stability.•Structural changes are observed within the LNRA:B linker region/LNRB…”
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Protein kinase Cα gain-of-function variant in Alzheimer’s disease displays enhanced catalysis by a mechanism that evades down-regulation
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (12-06-2018)“…Conventional protein kinase C (PKC) family members are reversibly activated by binding to the second messengers Ca2+ and diacylglycerol, events that break…”
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Recurrent MLK4 Loss-of-Function Mutations Suppress JNK Signaling to Promote Colon Tumorigenesis
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (01-02-2016)“…MLK4 is a member of the mixed-lineage family of kinases that regulate the JNK, p38, and ERK kinase signaling pathways. MLK4 mutations have been identified in…”
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Truncation- and motif-based pan-cancer analysis reveals tumor-suppressing kinases
Published in Science signaling (17-04-2018)“…A major challenge in cancer genomics is identifying "driver" mutations from the many neutral "passenger" mutations within a given tumor. To identify driver…”
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Abstract 4408: Mutant ABL1 is a genetic dependency in non-small cell lung cancer amenable to pharmacological intervention
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (15-07-2016)“…Abstract Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most frequent lung cancer subtype and it affects near 1.5 million patients worldwide annually. The lack of…”
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Protein kinase Ca gain-of-function variant in Alzheimer’s disease displays enhanced catalysis by a mechanism that evades down-regulation
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (12-06-2018)“…Conventional protein kinase C (PKC) family members are reversibly activated by binding to the second messengers Ca2+ and diacylglycerol, events that break…”
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Abstract 5270: Prevalence of inactivating protein kinase C mutations in human cancers
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (01-10-2014)“…Abstract Protein kinase C (PKC) levels are aberrant in diverse cancers and over 400 mutations in PKC have been identified in human cancers. Here we…”
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Abstract 125: Protein kinase C loss-of-function mutations in cancer reveal role as tumor suppressor
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (01-08-2015)“…Abstract Protein kinase C (PKC) remains an elusive chemotherapeutic target despite decades of research. To determine whether PKC isozymes function as oncogenes…”
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Somatically mutated ABL 1 is an actionable and essential NSCLC survival gene
Published in EMBO molecular medicine (01-02-2016)“…Abstract The lack of actionable mutations in patients with non‐small cell lung cancer ( NSCLC ) presents a significant hurdle in the design of targeted…”
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