Combination strategies with PD-1/PD-L1 blockade: current advances and future directions

M Yi, X Zheng, M Niu, S Zhu, H Ge, K Wu - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
Antibodies targeting programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) or its ligand PD-L1 rescue T
cells from exhausted status and revive immune response against cancer cells. Based on the …

Signaling pathways and therapeutic interventions in gastric cancer

ZN Lei, QX Teng, Q Tian, W Chen, Y Xie… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Gastric cancer (GC) ranks fifth in global cancer diagnosis and fourth in cancer-related death.
Despite tremendous progress in diagnosis and therapeutic strategies and significant …

The role of cancer-associated fibroblasts in cancer invasion and metastasis

PJ Asif, C Longobardi, M Hahne, JP Medema - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cancer metastasis is often associated with a dismal prognosis for the
patient. It is, therefore, crucial to understand the mechanisms behind the cascade of events …

Targeted therapy for head and neck cancer: signaling pathways and clinical studies

Q Li, Y Tie, A Alu, X Ma, H Shi - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2023 - nature.com
Head and neck cancer (HNC) is malignant, genetically complex and difficult to treat and is
the sixth most frequent cancer, with tobacco, alcohol and human papillomavirus being major …

Fis1 phosphorylation by Met promotes mitochondrial fission and hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis

Y Yu, XD Peng, XJ Qian, KM Zhang, X Huang… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Met tyrosine kinase, a receptor for a hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), plays a critical role in
tumor growth, metastasis, and drug resistance. Mitochondria are highly dynamic and …

Molecular network of colorectal cancer and current therapeutic options

Z Huang, M Yang - Frontiers in oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Colorectal cancer (CRC), a leading cause of cancer-related mortalities globally, results from
the accumulation of multiple genetic and epigenetic alterations in the normal colonic and …

The Akt/mTOR and MNK/eIF4E pathways rewire the prostate cancer translatome to secrete HGF, SPP1 and BGN and recruit suppressive myeloid cells

D Brina, A Ponzoni, M Troiani, B Calì, E Pasquini… - Nature Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer is highly infiltrated by myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs). Currently
available immunotherapies do not completely eradicate MDSCs. Through a genome-wide …

Discovery of D6808, a Highly Selective and Potent Macrocyclic c-Met Inhibitor for Gastric Cancer Harboring MET Gene Alteration Treatment

C Wang, J Li, L Qu, X Tang, X Song… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
MET alterations have been validated as a driven factor in NSCLC and gastric cancers. The c-
Met inhibitors, capmatinib, tepotinib, and savolitinib, are only approved for the treatment of …

Cell death in hepatocellular carcinoma: pathogenesis and therapeutic opportunities

E García-Pras, A Fernández-Iglesias, J Gracia-Sancho… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The progression of liver tumors is highly influenced by the interactions
between cancer cells and the surrounding environment, and, consequently, can determine …

Hypoxia activated HGF expression in pancreatic stellate cells confers resistance of pancreatic cancer cells to EGFR inhibition

X Shi, M Wang, Y Zhang, X Guo, M Liu, Z Zhou… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is an essential target for cancer
treatment. However, EGFR inhibitor erlotinib showed limited clinical benefit in pancreatic …