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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 25.
Published in final edited form as: Bioessays. 2016 Feb 16;38(4):379–393. doi: 10.1002/bies.201500133

Table 1.

GIV is essential for a variety of physiologic cellular processes.

Cellular Processes Effect of GIV's GEF function Receptor(s) studied Citation
Cell Migration “ON” = Enhances; “OFF” = Inhibits EGFR, PDGFR, VEGFR,
IGF1R, LPAR1
[25,810,44]
Golgi Structure, Secretory
Function
“ON” = Preserves/enhances; “OFF” =
Disrupts, delays
n/a [70]
Autophagy “ON” = Halt/rescue; “OFF” =
Initiate/promote
InsR [6]
Endosome Maturation “ON” = Rapid; “OFF” = Slowed EGFR [87]
Cell Survival “ON” = Survive; “OFF” = Apoptosis PDGFR, VEGFR, EGFR [4,11]
Cell polarity*** “ON” = Polarity achieved; “OFF” = Loss of
polarity
Serum (multiple receptors) [18,88]
Cell Division Not examined n/a [89]
Endocytosis Not examined EGFR, TfR [90]
Cell-cell junctions,
permeability***
Not examined VEGFR [91]
Neuron migration,
differentiation***
Not examined n/a [92,93]
Macrophage chemotaxis Not examined fMLPR [8]
Growth, Cell Size*** Not examined n/a [94]
***

= In vivo evidence is available.