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ArticleCancer research2023

Oncogenic ASPM Is a Regulatory Hub of Developmental and Stemness Signaling in Cancers.

Kelvin K Tsai, Byoung-Il Bae, Chung-Chi Hsu, Li-Hsin Cheng, Yuval Shaked

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Article in Cancer research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Kelvin K TsaiLaboratory of Advanced Molecular Therapeutics, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-1612-2868
Byoung-Il BaeDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut.ORCID 0000-0002-9958-678X
Chung-Chi HsuSchool of Medicine, College of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-7474-7578
Li-Hsin ChengLaboratory of Advanced Molecular Therapeutics, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-6124-6376
Yuval ShakedDepartment of Cell Biology and Cancer Science, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-9037-3895
I-Shou University · TWTaipei Medical University · TWTaipei Medical University Hospital · TWTechnion – Israel Institute of Technology · ILUniversity of Connecticut · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite recent advances in molecularly targeted therapies and immunotherapies, the effective treatment of advanced-stage cancers remains a largely unmet clinical need. Identifying driver mechanisms of cancer aggressiveness can lay the groundwork for the development of breakthrough therapeutic strategies. Assembly factor for spindle microtubules (ASPM) was initially identified as a centrosomal protein that regulates neurogenesis and brain size. Mounting evidence has demonstrated the pleiotropic roles of ASPM in mitosis, cell-cycle progression, and DNA double-strand breaks (DSB) repair. Recently, the exon 18-preserved isoform 1 of ASPM has emerged as a critical regulator of cancer stemness and aggressiveness in various malignant tumor types. Here, we describe the domain compositions of ASPM and its transcript variants and overview their expression patterns and prognostic significance in cancers. A summary is provided of recent progress in the molecular elucidation of ASPM as a regulatory hub of development- and stemness-associated signaling pathways, such as the Wnt, Hedgehog, and Notch pathways, and of DNA DSB repair in cancer cells. The review emphasizes the potential utility of ASPM as a cancer-agnostic and pathway-informed prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target.

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NeoplasmsNerve Tissue ProteinsDNAHumansMitosisSignal TransductionASPM protein, humanDNANerve Tissue Proteins

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