LAURA MARRONE1, MASSIMO D’AGOSTINO1, CAROLINA GIORDANO2, VALERIA DI GIACOMO1, SIMONA URZINI1, CHIARA MALASOMMA1, MARIA PAOLA GAMMELLA1, MARTINA TUFANO1, SIMONA ROMANO1,*, MARIA FIAMMETTA ROMANO1,*
Oncology Research, Vol.31, No.4, pp. 423-436, 2023, DOI:10.32604/or.2023.028392
Abstract Scaffold proteins are crucial regulators of signaling networks, and their abnormal expression may favor the development of tumors. Among the scaffold proteins, immunophilin covers a unique role as ‘protein-philin’ (Greek ‘philin’ = friend) that interacts with proteins to guide their proper assembly. The growing list of human syndromes associated with the immunophilin defect underscores the biological relevance of these proteins that are largely opportunistically exploited by cancer cells to support and enable the tumor’s intrinsic properties. Among the members of the immunophilin family, the FKBP5 gene was the only one identified to have a splicing variant. Cancer cells impose unique… More >
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