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Design of a New Peptide Substrate Probe of the Putative Biomarker Legumain with Potential Application in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis ex vivo (2019)
Journal Article
Mathur, S., Turnbull, A., Akaev, I., Stevens, C., Agrawal, N., Chopra, M., & Mincher, D. (2020). Design of a New Peptide Substrate Probe of the Putative Biomarker Legumain with Potential Application in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis ex vivo. International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, 26, 1965-1980. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10989-019-09994-1

The lysosomal endoprotease legumain (asparaginyl endoprotease) has been proposed as a putative biomarker in prostate tumours, in which the enzyme is markedly overexpressed. Overexpression, coupled with highly selective specificity for cleavage of sub... Read More about Design of a New Peptide Substrate Probe of the Putative Biomarker Legumain with Potential Application in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis ex vivo.

The inflammatory bowel disease drug azathioprine induces autophagy via mTORC1 and the unfolded protein response sensor PERK (2019)
Journal Article
Hooper, K. M., Casanova, V., Kemp, S., Staines, K. A., Satsangi, J., Barlow, P. G., Henderson, P., & Stevens, C. (2019). The inflammatory bowel disease drug azathioprine induces autophagy via mTORC1 and the unfolded protein response sensor PERK. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 25(9), 1481-1496. https://doi.org/10.1093/ibd/izz039

Background Genetic studies have strongly linked autophagy to Crohn's disease (CD) and stimulating autophagy in CD patients may be therapeutically beneficial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of current inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)... Read More about The inflammatory bowel disease drug azathioprine induces autophagy via mTORC1 and the unfolded protein response sensor PERK.

Interactions Between Autophagy and the Unfolded Protein Response: Implications for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (2018)
Journal Article
Hooper, K. M., Barlow, P. G., Henderson, P., & Stevens, C. (2019). Interactions Between Autophagy and the Unfolded Protein Response: Implications for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 25(4), 661-671. https://doi.org/10.1093/ibd/izy380

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), which includes Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis, is characterised by chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Aetiology involves a combination of genetic and environmental factors resulting in a... Read More about Interactions Between Autophagy and the Unfolded Protein Response: Implications for Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Cathelicidins display conserved direct antiviral activity towards rhinovirus. (2017)
Journal Article
Sousa, F. H., Casanova, V., Findlay, F., Stevens, C., Svoboda, P., Pohl, J., Proudfoot, L., & Barlow, P. G. (2017). Cathelicidins display conserved direct antiviral activity towards rhinovirus. Peptides, 95, 76-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peptides.2017.07.013

Human rhinoviruses (HRVs) are the most common cause of viral respiratory tract infections, and are associated with significant morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised individuals and patients with pre-existing pulmonary conditions. The therapeut... Read More about Cathelicidins display conserved direct antiviral activity towards rhinovirus..

Antiviral host defence peptides. (2016)
Book Chapter
Sousa, F. H., Casanova, V., Stevens, C., & Barlow, P. G. (2016). Antiviral host defence peptides. In R. M. Epand (Ed.), Host Defense Peptides and Their Potential as Therapeutic Agents (57-94). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32949-9_3

The on going global mortality and morbidity associated with viral pathogens highlights the need for the continued development of effective, novel antiviral molecules. The antiviral activity of cationic host defence peptides is of significant interest... Read More about Antiviral host defence peptides..

Death-associated protein kinase (DAPK) and signal transduction: additional roles beyond cell death: DAPK and signal transduction (2009)
Journal Article
Lin, Y., Hupp, T. R., & Stevens, C. (2010). Death-associated protein kinase (DAPK) and signal transduction: additional roles beyond cell death: DAPK and signal transduction. FEBS Journal, 277(1), 48-57. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07411.x

Death-associated protein kinase (DAPK) is a stress-regulated protein
kinase that mediates a range of processes, including signal-induced cell death and autophagy. Although the kinase domain of DAPK has a range of substrates that mediate its signalli... Read More about Death-associated protein kinase (DAPK) and signal transduction: additional roles beyond cell death: DAPK and signal transduction.

ATP stimulates MDM2-mediated inhibition of the DNA-binding function of E2F1: ATP stimulated inhibition of E2F1 by MDM2 (2008)
Journal Article
Stevens, C., Pettersson, S., Wawrzynow, B., Wallace, M., Ball, K., Zylicz, A., & Hupp, T. R. (2008). ATP stimulates MDM2-mediated inhibition of the DNA-binding function of E2F1: ATP stimulated inhibition of E2F1 by MDM2. FEBS Journal, 275(19), 4875-4886. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06627.x

Murine double minute 2 (MDM2) protein exhibits many diverse biochemical functions on the tumour suppressor protein p53, including transcriptional suppression and E3 ubiquitin ligase activity. However, more recent data have shown that MDM2 can exhibit... Read More about ATP stimulates MDM2-mediated inhibition of the DNA-binding function of E2F1: ATP stimulated inhibition of E2F1 by MDM2.

Identification of a dominant negative functional domain on DAPK-1 that degrades DAPK-1 protein and stimulates TNFR-1-mediated apoptosis. (2007)
Journal Article
Lin, Y., Stevens, C., & Hupp, T. (2007). Identification of a dominant negative functional domain on DAPK-1 that degrades DAPK-1 protein and stimulates TNFR-1-mediated apoptosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 282(23), 16792-16802. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M611559200

DAPK-1 is a stress-activated tumor suppressor protein that plays a role in both proapoptotic or antiapoptotic signal transduction pathways. To define mechanisms of DAPK-1 protein regulation, we have determined that DAPK-1 protein has a long half-life... Read More about Identification of a dominant negative functional domain on DAPK-1 that degrades DAPK-1 protein and stimulates TNFR-1-mediated apoptosis..

A Germ Line Mutation in the Death Domain of DAPK-1 Inactivates ERK-induced Apoptosis (2007)
Journal Article
Stevens, C., Lin, Y., Sanchez, M., Amin, E., Copson, E., White, H., Durston, V., Eccles, D. M., & Hupp, T. (2007). A Germ Line Mutation in the Death Domain of DAPK-1 Inactivates ERK-induced Apoptosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 282(18), 13791-13803. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m605649200

p53 is activated genetically by a set of kinases that are components of the calcium calmodulin kinase superfamily, including CHK2, AMP kinase, and DAPK-1. In dissecting the mechanism of DAPK-1 control, a novel mutation (N1347S) was identified in the... Read More about A Germ Line Mutation in the Death Domain of DAPK-1 Inactivates ERK-induced Apoptosis.

Chk2 activates E2F-1 in response to DNA damage (2003)
Journal Article
Stevens, C., Smith, L., & La Thangue, N. B. (2003). Chk2 activates E2F-1 in response to DNA damage. Nature Cell Biology, 5(5), 401-409. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb974

The E2F-1 transcription factor is regulated during cell cycle progression and induced by cellular stress, such as DNA damage. We report that checkpoint kinase 2 (Chk2) regulates E2F-1 activity in response to the DNA-damaging agent etoposide. A Chk2 c... Read More about Chk2 activates E2F-1 in response to DNA damage.