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The functional diversity of Aurora kinases: a comprehensive review

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Title
The functional diversity of Aurora kinases: a comprehensive review
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Cell Division, September 2018
DOI 10.1186/s13008-018-0040-6
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Estelle Willems, Matthias Dedobbeleer, Marina Digregorio, Arnaud Lombard, Paul Noel Lumapat, Bernard Rogister

Abstract

Aurora kinases are serine/threonine kinases essential for the onset and progression of mitosis. Aurora members share a similar protein structure and kinase activity, but exhibit distinct cellular and subcellular localization. AurA favors the G2/M transition by promoting centrosome maturation and mitotic spindle assembly. AurB and AurC are chromosome-passenger complex proteins, crucial for chromosome binding to kinetochores and segregation of chromosomes. Cellular distribution of AurB is ubiquitous, while AurC expression is mainly restricted to meiotically-active germ cells. In human tumors, all Aurora kinase members play oncogenic roles related to their mitotic activity and promote cancer cell survival and proliferation. Furthermore, AurA plays tumor-promoting roles unrelated to mitosis, including tumor stemness, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and invasion. In this review, we aim to understand the functional interplay of Aurora kinases in various types of human cells, including tumor cells. The understanding of the functional diversity of Aurora kinases could help to evaluate their relevance as potential therapeutic targets in cancer.

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Unknown 350 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 70 20%
Researcher 39 11%
Student > Bachelor 37 11%
Student > Master 31 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 17 5%
Other 43 12%
Unknown 113 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 117 33%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 32 9%
Chemistry 18 5%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 13 4%
Medicine and Dentistry 13 4%
Other 38 11%
Unknown 119 34%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 September 2018.
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