Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

Outputs (58)

Biomolecular Condensation of the Human Papillomavirus E2 Master Regulator with p53: Implications in Viral Replication (2022)
Journal Article
Susana Borkosky, S., Fassolari, M., Campos-León, K., Hugo Rossi, A., Salgueiro, M., Antonela Pascuale, C., …de Prat Gay, G. (2022). Biomolecular Condensation of the Human Papillomavirus E2 Master Regulator with p53: Implications in Viral Replication. Journal of Molecular Biology, Article 167889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2022.167889

p53 exerts its tumour suppressor activity by modulating hundreds of genes and it can also repress viral replication. Such is the case of human papillomavirus (HPV) through targeting the E2 master regulator, but the biochemical mechanism is not known.... Read More about Biomolecular Condensation of the Human Papillomavirus E2 Master Regulator with p53: Implications in Viral Replication.

Targeting protein kinase CK2 in the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma (2021)
Journal Article
Jayaraman, P. S., & Gaston, K. (2021). Targeting protein kinase CK2 in the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma. Exploration of Targeted Anti-tumor Therapy, 2(5), 434-447. https://doi.org/10.37349/etat.2021.00055

Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a disease with a very poor prognosis and limited treatment options. Although targeted therapies directed towards specific mutations found in CCA are becoming available and are showing great potential, many tumors do not ca... Read More about Targeting protein kinase CK2 in the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma.

A runaway PRH/HHEX-Notch3 positive feedback loop drives cholangiocarcinoma and determines response to CDK4/6 inhibition (2019)
Journal Article
Jayaraman, P.-S., Kitchen, P., Gaston, K., Lee, K. Y., Afford, S., Clark, D., …Sawasdichai, A. (2020). A runaway PRH/HHEX-Notch3 positive feedback loop drives cholangiocarcinoma and determines response to CDK4/6 inhibition. Cancer Research, 80(4), 757-770. https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.can-19-0942

Aberrant Notch and Wnt signalling are known drivers of cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) but the underlying factors that initiate and maintain these pathways are not known. Here we show that the PRH/HHEX transcription factor forms a positive transcriptional f... Read More about A runaway PRH/HHEX-Notch3 positive feedback loop drives cholangiocarcinoma and determines response to CDK4/6 inhibition.

Signaling networks in cholangiocarcinoma: molecular pathogenesis, targeted therapies and drug resistance (2019)
Journal Article
Fouassier, L., Marzioni, M., Afonso, M. B., Dooley, S., Gaston, K., Giannelli, G., …Coulouarn, C. (2019). Signaling networks in cholangiocarcinoma: molecular pathogenesis, targeted therapies and drug resistance. Liver International, 39(S1), 43-62. https://doi.org/10.1111/liv.14102

Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a deadly disease. While surgery may attain cure in a minor fraction of cases, therapeutic options in either the adjuvant or advanced setting are limited. The possibility of advancing the efficacy of therapeutic approaches... Read More about Signaling networks in cholangiocarcinoma: molecular pathogenesis, targeted therapies and drug resistance.

CX-4945 induces methuosis in cholangiocarcinoma cell lines by a CK2-independent mechanism (2018)
Journal Article
Lertsuwan, J., Lertsuwan, K., Sawasdichai, A., Tasnawijitwong, N., Lee, K., Kitchen, P., …Satayavivad, J. (2018). CX-4945 induces methuosis in cholangiocarcinoma cell lines by a CK2-independent mechanism. Cancers, 10(9), Article 283. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers10090283

Cholangiocarcinoma is a disease with a poor prognosis and increasing incidence and hence there is a pressing unmet clinical need for new adjuvant treatments. Protein kinase CK2 (previously casein kinase II) is a ubiquitously expressed protein kinase... Read More about CX-4945 induces methuosis in cholangiocarcinoma cell lines by a CK2-independent mechanism.

Protein kinase CK2 inhibition suppresses neointima formation via a proline-rich homeodomain-dependent mechanism (2017)
Journal Article
Wadey, K., Brown, B., Sala-Newby, G., Jayaraman, P.-S., Gaston, K., & George, S. (2017). Protein kinase CK2 inhibition suppresses neointima formation via a proline-rich homeodomain-dependent mechanism. Vascular Pharmacology, 99, 34--44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vph.2017.09.004

Neointimal hyperplasia is a product of VSMC replication and consequent accumulation within the blood vessel wall. In this study, we determined whether inhibition of protein kinase CK2 and the resultant stabilisation of proline-rich homeodomain (PRH)... Read More about Protein kinase CK2 inhibition suppresses neointima formation via a proline-rich homeodomain-dependent mechanism.

The enigmatic origin of papillomavirus protein domains (2017)
Journal Article
Puustusmaa, M., Kirsip, H., Gaston, K., & Abroi, A. (2017). The enigmatic origin of papillomavirus protein domains. Viruses, 9(9), Article 240. https://doi.org/10.3390/v9090240

Almost a century has passed since the discovery of papillomaviruses. A few decades of research have given a wealth of information on the molecular biology of papillomaviruses. Several excellent studies have been performed looking at the long- and sho... Read More about The enigmatic origin of papillomavirus protein domains.

Proline-rich homeodomain protein (PRH/HHEX) is a suppressor of breast tumour growth (2017)
Journal Article
Kershaw, R. M., Roberts, D., Wragg, J., Shaaban, A. M., Humphreys, E., Halsall, J., …Jayaraman, P.-S. (2017). Proline-rich homeodomain protein (PRH/HHEX) is a suppressor of breast tumour growth. Oncogenesis, 6(6), Article e346. https://doi.org/10.1038/oncsis.2017.42

Breast tumours progress from hyperplasia to ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and invasive breast carcinoma (IBC). PRH/HHEX (Proline Rich Homeodomain/Haematopoietically expressed homeobox) is a transcription factor that displays both tumour suppressor... Read More about Proline-rich homeodomain protein (PRH/HHEX) is a suppressor of breast tumour growth.

Misregulation of the proline rich homeodomain (PRH/HHEX) protein in cancer cells and its consequences for tumour growth and invasion (2016)
Journal Article
Gaston, K., Tsitsilianos, M.-A., Wadey, K. S., & Jayaraman, P.-S. (2016). Misregulation of the proline rich homeodomain (PRH/HHEX) protein in cancer cells and its consequences for tumour growth and invasion. Cell and Bioscience, 6, Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13578-016-0077-7

The Proline Rich Homeodomain protein (PRH), also known as Haematopoietically Expressed homeobox (HHEX), is an essential transcription factor in embryonic development and in the adult. The PRH protein forms oligomeric complexes that bind to tandemly r... Read More about Misregulation of the proline rich homeodomain (PRH/HHEX) protein in cancer cells and its consequences for tumour growth and invasion.

Novel mechanisms of resistance to vemurafenib in melanoma – V600E B-Raf reversion and switching VEGF-A splice isoform expression (2014)
Journal Article
Beazley Long, N., Gaston, K., Harper, S. J., Orlando, A., & Bates, D. O. (2015). Novel mechanisms of resistance to vemurafenib in melanoma – V600E B-Raf reversion and switching VEGF-A splice isoform expression. American Journal of Cancer Research, 5(1), 433--441

Targeting activating mutations in the proto-oncogene B-Raf, in melanoma, has led to increases in progression free survival. Treatment with vemurafenib, which inhibits the most common activating-mutated form of B-Raf (B-RafV600E), eventually results i... Read More about Novel mechanisms of resistance to vemurafenib in melanoma – V600E B-Raf reversion and switching VEGF-A splice isoform expression.