Cancer-associated fibroblasts build and secure the tumor microenvironment

T Liu, L Zhou, D Li, T Andl, Y Zhang - Frontiers in cell and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Tumor cells reside in a highly complex and heterogeneous tumor microenvironment (TME),
which is composed of a myriad of genetically stable non-cancer cells, including fibroblasts …

Extracellular matrix in uterine leiomyoma pathogenesis: a potential target for future therapeutics

MS Islam, A Ciavattini, F Petraglia… - Human reproduction …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Uterine leiomyoma (also known as fibroid or myoma) is the most common
benign tumor of the uterus found in women of reproductive age. It is not usually fatal but can …

An overview of quinazolines: Pharmacological significance and recent developments

V Alagarsamy, K Chitra, G Saravanan… - European journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Most of the drugs and pharmacologically relevant molecules possess heterocyclic ring
structures and presence of hetero atoms or groupings divulges privileged specificities in …

Antifibrotic therapy disrupts stromal barriers and modulates the immune landscape in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

KY Elahi-Gedwillo, M Carlson, J Zettervall… - Cancer research, 2019 - AACR
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) remains one of the deadliest forms of cancer, in
part, because it is largely refractory to current therapies. The failure of most standard …

A high-throughput screen for TMPRSS2 expression identifies FDA-approved compounds that can limit SARS-CoV-2 entry

Y Chen, TB Lear, JW Evankovich, MB Larsen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract SARS-CoV-2 (2019-nCoV) is the pathogenic coronavirus responsible for the global
pandemic of COVID-19 disease. The Spike (S) protein of SARS-CoV-2 attaches to host lung …

Proline metabolism in tumor growth and metastatic progression

C D'Aniello, EJ Patriarca, JM Phang… - Frontiers in oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cancer cells show a formidable capacity to survive under stringent conditions, to elude
mechanisms of control, such as apoptosis, and to resist therapy. Cancer cells reprogram …

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases: Structure, function, and drug discovery

V Rajendran, P Kalita, H Shukla, A Kumar… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (AARSs) are the enzymes that catalyze the aminoacylation
reaction by covalently linking an amino acid to its cognate tRNA in the first step of protein …

Targeting tumor cell motility to prevent metastasis

TD Palmer, WJ Ashby, JD Lewis, A Zijlstra - Advanced drug delivery …, 2011 - Elsevier
Mortality and morbidity in patients with solid tumors invariably result from the disruption of
normal biological function caused by disseminating tumor cells. Tumor cell migration is …

Antifibrotic therapy to normalize the tumor microenvironment

A Hauge, EK Rofstad - Journal of translational medicine, 2020 - Springer
Most tumors develop abnormal fibrotic regions consisting of fibroblasts, immune cells, and a
dense extracellular matrix (ECM) immersed in a viscous interstitial fluid, and an abundant …

ATP-directed capture of bioactive herbal-based medicine on human tRNA synthetase

H Zhou, L Sun, XL Yang, P Schimmel - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Febrifugine is the active component of the Chinese herb Chang Shan (Dichroa febrifuga
Lour.),, which has been used for treating malaria-induced fever for about 2,000 years …