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- Title
DCLK1 and its interaction partners: An effective therapeutic target for colorectal cancer.
- Authors
Vijai, Muthu; Baba, Mursaleen; Ramalingam, Satish; Thiyagaraj, Anand
- Abstract
Doublecortin-like kinase protein 1 (DCLK1) is a microtubule-associated protein with a C-terminal serine/threonine kinase domain. Its expression was first reported in radial glial cells, where it serves an essential role in early neurogenesis, and since then, other functions of the DCLK1 protein have also been identified. Initially considered to be a marker of quiescent gastrointestinal and pancreatic stem cells, DCLK1 has recently been identified in the gastrointestinal tract as a marker of tuft cells. It has also been implicated in different types of cancer, where it regulates several vital pathways, such as Kras signaling. However, its underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. The present review discusses the different roles of DCLK1 and its interactions with other proteins that are homologically similar to DCLK1 to develop a novel therapeutic strategy to target cancer cells more accurately.
- Subjects
COLORECTAL cancer; CANCER patients; MICROTUBULE-associated proteins; PROTEIN kinases; STEM cell niches; NEUROGLIA
- Publication
Oncology Letters, 2021, Vol 22, Issue 6, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1792-1074
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3892/ol.2021.13111