Aurora Kinase A: Integrating Insights into Cancer, Inflammation, and Infectious Diseases

Aurora kinase A (AURKA) is crucial in regulating cell division and maintaining genomic stability, making it significant in cancer biology. This review explores AURKA’s structural and functional roles, emphasizing its involvement in cell cycle progression. Beyond cancer, AURKA emerges as a multifaceted player in host cell modulation, exerting influence over inflammatory responses, cell death mechanisms, and autophagy pathways. Moreover, recent research highlights its involvement in viral and bacterial infections. Numerous viruses, for their replication and assembly, modulate host cell cycle progression. Various viruses modulated AURKA to induce viral-mediated tumor. It also emerged as a key modulator in various gut microbiome-mediated cancers. Further, it also imparts oncogenic effect by modulation in cytoplasmic and mitochondrial regions of the cell. It hampers DNA replication independent of its kinase domain. Understanding AURKA’s diverse roles underscores its potential as a promising drug target, offering therapeutic avenues for various diseases. This comprehensive exploration navigates through complex landscape of AURKA biology, paving way for future investigations and therapeutic interventions.