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Emerging insights into HAUSP (USP7) in physiology, cancer and other diseases.
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Herpesvirus-associated ubiquitin-specific protease (HAUSP) is a USP family deubiquitinase. HAUSP is a protein of immense biological importance as it is involved in several cellular processes, including host-virus interactions, oncogenesis and tumor suppression, DNA damage and repair processes, DNA dynamics and epigenetic modulations, regulation of gene expression and protein function, spatio-temporal distribution, and immune functions. Since its discovery in the late 1990s as a protein interacting with a herpes virus regulatory protein, extensive studies have assessed its complex roles in p53-MDM2-related networks, identified numerous additional interacting partners, and elucidated the different roles of HAUSP in the context of cancer, development, and metabolic and neurological pathologies. Recent analyses have provided new insights into its biochemical and functional dynamics. In this review, we provide a comprehensive account of our current knowledge about emerging insights into HAUSP in physiology and diseases, which shed light on fundamental biological questions and promise to provide a potential target for therapeutic intervention.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bhattacharya, S., Chakraborty, D., Basu, M., & Ghosh, M. K.
- Affiliations
- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IN)
- Surendranath College (IN)
- Corresponding author
- Ghosh, Mrinal K
- Venue
- Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
- Published
- 2018-06-29
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 17-17
- ISSN
- 2059-3635 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6023882
- OpenAlex
- W2809511392
- Cited by
- 162
- References
- 114
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 5.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
- Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India (SR/NM/NS-1058/2015)
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
- Keywords
- USP7, deubiquitinase, host-virus interaction, herpesvirus, carcinogenesis, tumor suppression, DNA damage and repair, epigenetic regulation, gene expression regulation, immune function, metabolic disorders, neurological disorders, therapeutic target
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