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ReviewJournal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany)2025

The role of SUMOylation in epithelial-mesenchymal transition.

Shujing Li, Xiaomin Yu, Lei Liang, Yang Zheng

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Review in Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Shujing Li *School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning, China. lsj@dlut.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8643-1244
Xiaomin Yu *Department of Oncology, Central Hospital Affiliated With Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning, China.
Lei LiangCancer Hospital of Dalian University of Technology, Shenyang, Liaoning, China.
Yang ZhengCancer Hospital of Dalian University of Technology, Shenyang, Liaoning, China. ZY1706@outlook.com.

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities DUT24YG128University of Science and Technology Liaoning 2023JH2/101700174
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor metastasis remains a leading cause of mortality in cancer patients. The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is pivotal for the invasion and metastasis of cancer cells, facilitating the transformation from epithelial to mesenchymal phenotypes and thereby altering cellular morphology and function. SUMOylation, a critical post-translational modification, orchestrates a myriad of cellular physiological responses by binding to lysine residues on target substrates. This review delineates the signaling pathways of EMT, the mechanism of SUMOylation, and its consequential impact on the EMT process. Insight into the intricate regulation of SUMOylation within the EMT pathway could unlock novel avenues for the development and optimization of targeted EMT inhibitors that are dependent on SUMOylation modulation. This could potentially offer significant advances in the therapeutic strategies against cancer metastasis.

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Epithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionNeoplasmsSumoylationAnimalsHumansProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalSignal TransductionEMTSignal pathwaySUMOylationTumor metastasis

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