WEE1 Cancer Research Results

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WEE1 - WEE1 G2 Checkpoint Kinase

Abbreviation: WEE1

Type: Protein kinase / cell-cycle checkpoint kinase / DNA-damage response regulator

Function: WEE1 inhibits cyclin-dependent kinases, particularly CDK1 and CDK2, through inhibitory phosphorylation. This restrains S-phase progression and G2/M transition, prevents premature mitotic entry, stabilizes replication forks, and allows time for DNA-damage repair.

Cancer: ↑ WEE1 is frequently overexpressed or functionally relied upon in cancer cells, particularly tumors with defective TP53-dependent G1 checkpoint control. Increased WEE1 activity helps cancer cells tolerate replication stress and DNA damage by delaying cell-cycle progression and permitting repair.

Favorable Direction in Cancer: ↓ WEE1 activity is generally favorable in WEE1-dependent cancers because checkpoint inhibition can increase replication stress, prevent adequate DNA repair, force premature mitotic entry, and promote mitotic catastrophe and cancer-cell death.

Interpretation Note: WEE1 also has normal genome-protective functions in non-cancerous cells. Its cancer-promoting role is therefore best understood as tumor cells exploiting an otherwise protective checkpoint mechanism.
Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
8237- LCA,    Role of Licochalcone A in Potential Pharmacological Therapy: A Review
- Review, Var, NA
*other↝, *Inflam↓, *Bacteria↓, *antiOx↑, *AntiP↑, *neuroP↑, *glucose↝, *lipid-P↓, PKCδ↓, P70S6K↓, Akt↓, ER Stress↑, Apoptosis↑, Ca+2↑, PI3K↓, mTOR↓, Casp3↑, Bcl-2↓, Cyt‑c↑, BAX↑, cl‑PARP↑, cycD1/CCND1↑, ROS↑, CHOP/DDIT3↑, ERK↑, p38↑, JNK↓, IAP1↓, XIAP↓, survivin↓, cFLIP↓, RIP1↓, EGFR↓, MET↓, HER2/EBBR2↓, p‑4E-BP1↓, PERK↑, eIF2α↑, PD-L1↓, HK2↓, Glycolysis↓, Sp1/3/4↓, FasL↑, MMP↓, ATP↓, TumAuto↑, WEE1↑, P21↑, CDK1↓, TumCCA↑, TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, ABCG2↓, HSP90↓, T-Cell↑, CD4+↑, CD25+↑, FOXP3↑, Imm↝, *Inflam↓, *NF-kB↓, *NRF2↑, *AntiArt↑,
8244- LCA,    Licochalcone A from licorice root, an inhibitor of human hepatoma cell growth via induction of cell apoptosis and cell cycle arrest
- in-vitro, Liver, HepG2
TumCP↓, ROS↑, TumCCA↑, Apoptosis↑, survivin↓, CycB/CCNB1↓, CDK1↓, WEE1↑, P21↑, cycD1/CCND1↑, JNK↑, TNFRSF25/DR3/APO3/LARD/TRAMP/WSL1↑, DR5↑, Casp3↑, Casp8↑, Casp10↑, Fas↑, BAD↑, BAX↑, PUMA↑, PKCδ↓, P70S6K↓, Akt↓,

Showing Research Papers: 1 to 2 of 2

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 2

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


NA, unassigned(tgid=0) ⓘ

TNFRSF25/DR3/APO3/LARD/TRAMP/WSL1↑, 1,   WEE1↑, 2,  

Redox & Oxidative Stress(tgid=1) ⓘ

ROS↑, 2,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics(tgid=3) ⓘ

ATP↓, 1,   MMP↓, 1,   XIAP↓, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis(tgid=4) ⓘ

Glycolysis↓, 1,   HK2↓, 1,  

Cell Death(tgid=5) ⓘ

Akt↓, 2,   Apoptosis↑, 2,   BAD↑, 1,   BAX↑, 2,   Bcl-2↓, 1,   Casp10↑, 1,   Casp3↑, 2,   Casp8↑, 1,   cFLIP↓, 1,   Cyt‑c↑, 1,   DR5↑, 1,   Fas↑, 1,   FasL↑, 1,   IAP1↓, 1,   JNK↓, 1,   JNK↑, 1,   p38↑, 1,   PUMA↑, 1,   RIP1↓, 1,   survivin↓, 2,  

Kinase & Signal Transduction(tgid=6) ⓘ

HER2/EBBR2↓, 1,   Sp1/3/4↓, 1,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress(tgid=8) ⓘ

CHOP/DDIT3↑, 1,   eIF2α↑, 1,   ER Stress↑, 1,   HSP90↓, 1,   PERK↑, 1,  

Autophagy & Lysosomes(tgid=9) ⓘ

TumAuto↑, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair(tgid=10) ⓘ

cl‑PARP↑, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence(tgid=11) ⓘ

CDK1↓, 2,   CycB/CCNB1↓, 1,   cycD1/CCND1↑, 2,   P21↑, 2,   TumCCA↑, 2,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State(tgid=12) ⓘ

p‑4E-BP1↓, 1,   ERK↑, 1,   mTOR↓, 1,   P70S6K↓, 2,   PI3K↓, 1,  

Migration(tgid=13) ⓘ

Ca+2↑, 1,   MET↓, 1,   PKCδ↓, 2,   TumCI↓, 1,   TumCMig↓, 1,   TumCP↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature(tgid=14) ⓘ

EGFR↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling(tgid=16) ⓘ

CD25+↑, 1,   CD4+↑, 1,   FOXP3↑, 1,   Imm↝, 1,   PD-L1↓, 1,   T-Cell↑, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance(tgid=21) ⓘ

ABCG2↓, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers(tgid=22) ⓘ

EGFR↓, 1,   HER2/EBBR2↓, 1,   PD-L1↓, 1,  
Total Targets: 64

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


NA, unassigned(tgid=0) ⓘ

AntiArt↑, 1,   AntiP↑, 1,  

Redox & Oxidative Stress(tgid=1) ⓘ

antiOx↑, 1,   lipid-P↓, 1,   NRF2↑, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis(tgid=4) ⓘ

glucose↝, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics(tgid=7) ⓘ

other↝, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling(tgid=16) ⓘ

Inflam↓, 2,   NF-kB↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes(tgid=23) ⓘ

neuroP↑, 1,  

Infection & Microbiome(tgid=24) ⓘ

Bacteria↓, 1,  
Total Targets: 11

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: WEE1, WEE1 G2 Checkpoint Kinase
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