ReviewCancers2023
The Antithetic Roles of IQGAP2 and IQGAP3 in Cancers.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- IQGAP Family Proteins in Colorectal Cancer: Molecular Mechanisms and Prognostic Implications.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- IQGAP2 regulates phagocytic-like activity and PD-L1 expression in glioma through the JAK2/STAT3 axis.Molecular biology reports · 2026Article
- Identification of neutrophil extracellular traps-related genes as feature genes and potential therapeutic targets in pulmonary hypertension.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- IQGAP3 bridges matrix stiffness with glioma stem cell maintenance and radioresistance by stabilizing SOX2.Nature communications · 2026Article
- IQGAP3, the overlooked oncogenic twin of IQGAP1: mapping its interactome and functional roles across cellular signaling and cancer.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2026Review
- IQGAP1 and IQGAP3 are critical host factors for Marburg virus replication, nucleocapsid transport, and cell-to-cell spread.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2026Article
- Reduced IQGAP2 promotes esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by regulating MEK/ERK MAPK pathway.Frontiers in genetics · 2026Article
- Targeting IQGAP3 skews macrophages polarization towards M1 phenotype and promotes antitumor immune response.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2025Article
- Identification of IQGAP3 prognostic potential and involvement in immune cell infiltration in LUAD.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
- Impact of Mlkl or Ripk3 deletion on age-associated liver inflammation, metabolic health, and lifespan.GeroScience · 2025Article
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- IQGAP3 signalling mediates intratumoral functional heterogeneity to enhance malignant growth.Gut · 2025Article
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- Differential tumor protein expression at follicular lymphoma diagnosis reveals dysregulation of key molecular pathways associated with histological transformation.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- N6-methyladenosine-modified ALDH9A1 modulates lipid accumulation and tumor progression in clear cell renal cell carcinoma through the NPM1/IQGAP2/AKT signaling pathway.Cell death & disease · 2024Article
- Disulfidptosis, A Novel Cell Death Pathway: Molecular Landscape and Therapeutic Implications.Aging and disease · 2024Review
- Identification of Senescence-Associated Biomarkers in Diabetic Glomerulopathy Using Integrated Bioinformatics Analysis.Journal of diabetes research · 2024Article
- IQ Motif Containing GTPase-Activating Protein 3 Is Associated with Cancer Stemness and Survival in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.Pathobiology : journal of immunopathology, molecular and cellular biology · 2024Article
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Abstract
The scaffold protein family of IQ motif-containing GTPase-activating proteins (IQGAP1, 2, and 3) share a high degree of homology and comprise six functional domains. IQGAPs bind and regulate the cytoskeleton, interact with MAP kinases and calmodulin, and have GTPase-related activity, as well as a RasGAP domain. Thus, IQGAPs regulate multiple cellular processes and pathways, affecting cell division, growth, cell-cell interactions, migration, and invasion. In the past decade, significant evidence on the function of IQGAPs in signal transduction during carcinogenesis has emerged. Compared with IQGAP1, IQGAP2 and IQGAP3 were less analyzed. In this review, we summarize the different signaling pathways affected by IQGAP2 and IQGAP3, and the antithetic roles of IQGAP2 and IQGAP3 in different types of cancer. IQGAP2 expression is reduced and plays a tumor suppressor role in most solid cancer types, while IQGAP3 is overexpressed and acts as an oncogene. In lymphoma, for example, IQGAPs have partially opposite functions. There is considerable evidence that IQGAPs regulate a multitude of pathways to modulate cancer processes and chemoresistance, but some questions, such as how they trigger this signaling, through which domains, and why they play opposite roles on the same pathways, are still unanswered.
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