The androgen receptor as an emerging target in hepatocellular carcinoma

T Kanda, O Yokosuka - Journal of hepatocellular carcinoma, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the male-dominant liver diseases with poor
prognosis, although treatments for HCC have been progressing in the past decades …

Link of sorafenib resistance with the tumor microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma: Mechanistic insights

X Tian, T Yan, F Liu, Q Liu, J Zhao, H Xiong… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Sorafenib, a multi-kinase inhibitor with antiangiogenic, antiproliferative, and proapoptotic
properties, is the first-line treatment for patients with late-stage hepatocellular carcinoma …

Combined inhibition of TGF-β1-induced EMT and PD-L1 silencing re-sensitizes hepatocellular carcinoma to sorafenib treatment

R Shrestha, P Prithviraj, KR Bridle… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of primary hepatic malignancy.
HCC is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths worldwide. The oral multi-tyrosine kinase …

Transforming growth factor-beta polymorphisms and serum level in the development of osteosarcoma

S Xu, S Yang, G Sun, W Huang, Y Zhang - DNA and cell biology, 2014 - liebertpub.com
The transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) signaling pathway plays critical roles in the
development of various diseases. The current study investigated whether TGF-β was …

[HTML][HTML] The histone deacetylase inhibitor vaproic acid induces cell growth arrest in hepatocellular carcinoma cells via suppressing notch signaling

G Sun, LV Mackey, DH Coy, CY Yu, L Sun - Journal of cancer, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a type of malignant cancer. Notch signaling is aberrantly
expressed in HCC tissues with more evidence showing that this signaling plays a critical …

[HTML][HTML] Wnt signaling pathway participates in valproic acid-induced neuronal differentiation of neural stem cells

L Wang, Y Liu, S Li, ZY Long, YM Wu - International journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Neural stem cells (NSCs) are multipotent cells that have the capacity for differentiation into
the major cell types of the nervous system, ie neurons, astrocytes and oligodendrocytes …

Valproate induced hepatic steatosis by enhanced fatty acid uptake and triglyceride synthesis

X Bai, W Hong, P Cai, Y Chen, C Xu, D Cao… - Toxicology and Applied …, 2017 - Elsevier
Steatosis is the characteristic type of VPA-induced hepatotoxicity and may result in life-
threatening hepatic lesion. Approximately 61% of patients treated with VPA have been …

Potential treatment strategies for hepatocellular carcinoma cell sensitization to sorafenib

Z Jiang, C Dai - Journal of Hepatocellular Carcinoma, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Liver cancer is highly malignant, has a low sensitivity to chemotherapy, and is associated
with poor patient prognosis. The last 3 years have seen the emergence of promising …

A Novel TGF-β-Related Signature for Predicting Prognosis, Tumor Microenvironment, and Therapeutic Response in Colorectal Cancer

B Tao, C Yi, Y Ma, Y Li, B Zhang, Y Geng, Z Chen… - Biochemical …, 2023 - Springer
The transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) signaling plays a critical role in immune evasion
and tumor progression. However, its modulatory influences on prognosis, tumor …

The malignancy of liver cancer cells is increased by IL-4/ERK/AKT signaling axis activity triggered by irradiated endothelial cells

SD Kim, JS Baik, JH Lee, SW Mun… - Journal of Radiation …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The malignant traits involved in tumor relapse, metastasis and the expansion of cancer stem-
like cells are acquired via the epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) process in the tumor …