PMID- 22659496 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20121219 LR - 20220408 IS - 1096-3634 (Electronic) IS - 1084-9521 (Print) IS - 1084-9521 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 7 DP - 2012 Sep TI - The YAP and TAZ transcription co-activators: key downstream effectors of the mammalian Hippo pathway. PG - 785-93 LID - S1084-9521(12)00105-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.semcdb.2012.05.004 [doi] AB - The Hippo signaling pathway was initially defined by genetic studies in Drosophila to regulate tissue growth and organ size [1,2]. This pathway is highly conserved in mammals and dysregulation of the Hippo pathway has been implicated in human cancer. Although the exact extracellular signal that controls the Hippo pathway is currently unknown, compelling evidence supports a critical role of the Hippo pathway in cell contact inhibition, which is a property commonly lost in cancer cells. Many molecules, such as the merlin tumor suppressor protein, have been identified as regulating the activity of the core Hippo pathway components [1,2]. Acting downstream are two key transcription co-activators, YAP and TAZ, which mediate the major gene regulation and biological functions of the Hippo pathway. This article will focus on the physiological function and molecular regulation of YAP/TAZ and its Drosophila homolog Yki. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Hong, Wanjin AU - Hong W AD - School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, People's Republic of China. mcbhwj@imcb.a-star.edu.sg FAU - Guan, Kun-Liang AU - Guan KL LA - eng GR - R01 CA132809/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20120529 PL - England TA - Semin Cell Dev Biol JT - Seminars in cell & developmental biology JID - 9607332 RN - 0 (Trans-Activators) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Humans MH - Mammals MH - Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism MH - *Signal Transduction MH - Trans-Activators/*metabolism MH - Transcription Factors/metabolism MH - Transcription, Genetic PMC - PMC3459069 MID - NIHMS387810 EDAT- 2012/06/05 06:00 MHDA- 2012/12/20 06:00 PMCR- 2013/09/01 CRDT- 2012/06/05 06:00 PHST- 2012/02/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/05/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/05/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/06/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/06/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/12/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S1084-9521(12)00105-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.semcdb.2012.05.004 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2012 Sep;23(7):785-93. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2012.05.004. Epub 2012 May 29.