title: Physiological and oncogenic Aurora-A pathway.
abstract: Aurora family of protein kinases have emerged as crucial factors of, not only mitosis and cytokinesis, but also human carcinogenesis. Among these family members is Aurora-A that is frequently overexpressed in varieties of human cancer. Both in vitro and in vivo studies demonstrated that Aurora-A induces tumorigenesis through genome instability. These studies have further shown that cell signaling cross-talk between Aurora-A and other cellular proteins are essential for fully-transformed phenotypes. This review summarizes recent progress of Aurora-A-associated carcinogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Breast Oncology, Saitama Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saeki
authors.forename: Mutsuko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ouchi
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ouchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D064127:Aurora Kinases; D019313:BRCA1 Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases; D000097869:Polo-Like Kinase 1
chemical_list: D064127:Aurora Kinases; D019313:BRCA1 Protein; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases; D000097869:Polo-Like Kinase 1; C546842:MTOR protein, human