Protein kinase C in cancer: The top five unanswered questions

…, A Magimaidas, V CasadoMedrano… - Molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Few kinases have been studied as extensively as protein kinase C (PKC), particularly in the
context of cancer. As major cellular targets for the phorbol ester tumor promoters and …

Hormonal crosstalk between thyroid and breast cancer

S Halada, V Casado-Medrano, JA Baran, J Lee… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Differentiated thyroid cancer and breast cancer account for a significant portion of endocrine-related
malignancies and predominately affect women. As hormonally responsive tissues, …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing CAR T cell persistence through ICOS and 4-1BB costimulation

…, T Da, PR Patel, SE McGettigan, V Casado-Medrano… - JCI insight, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Successful tumor eradication by chimeric antigen receptor–expressing (CAR-expressing) T
lymphocytes depends on CAR T cell persistence and effector function. We hypothesized that …

[HTML][HTML] CAR-T cell-mediated depletion of immunosuppressive tumor-associated macrophages promotes endogenous antitumor immunity and augments adoptive …

…, NG Minutolo, V Casado-Medrano… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME) represents a major barrier for effective
immunotherapy. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are highly heterogeneous and …

The role of Rac in tumor susceptibility and disease progression: from biochemistry to the clinic

V Casado-Medrano, MJ Baker… - Biochemical Society …, 2018 - portlandpress.com
The family of Rho GTPases are involved in the dynamic control of cytoskeleton reorganization
and other fundamental cellular functions, including growth, motility, and survival. Rac1, …

[HTML][HTML] Single residue in CD28-costimulated CAR-T cells limits long-term persistence and antitumor durability

…, A Madar, V Casado-Medrano… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Chimeric antigen receptor–T (CAR-T) cell therapies can eliminate relapsed and refractory
tumors, but the durability of antitumor activity requires in vivo persistence. Differential signaling …

Heregulin/ErbB3 signaling enhances CXCR4-driven Rac1 activation and breast cancer cell motility via hypoxia-inducible factor 1α

…, L Barrio-Real, V Casado-Medrano… - … and cellular biology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The growth factor heregulin (HRG), a ligand of ErbB3 and ErbB4 receptors, contributes to
breast cancer development and the promotion of metastatic disease, and its expression in …

[HTML][HTML] DICER1 RNase IIIb domain mutations trigger widespread miRNA dysregulation and MAPK activation in pediatric thyroid cancer

JC Ricarte-Filho, V Casado-Medrano… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
DICER1 is a highly conserved RNase III endoribonuclease essential for the biogenesis of
single-stranded mature microRNAs (miRNAs) from stem-loop precursor miRNAs. Somatic …

Protein interaction perturbation profiling at amino-acid resolution

J Woodsmith, L Apelt, V Casado-Medrano, Z Özkan… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The identification of genomic variants in healthy and diseased individuals continues to
rapidly outpace our ability to functionally annotate these variants. Techniques that both …

[HTML][HTML] Differential regulation of gene expression in lung cancer cells by diacyglycerol-lactones and a phorbol ester via selective activation of protein kinase C …

M Cooke, V Casado-Medrano, J Ann, J Lee… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Despite our extensive knowledge on the biology of protein kinase C (PKC) and its
involvement in disease, limited success has been attained in the generation of PKC isozyme-specific …