[HTML][HTML] Oral squamous cell carcinoma: metastasis, potentially associated malignant disorders, etiology and recent advancements in diagnosis

A Bugshan, I Farooq - F1000Research, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is a commonly occurring head and neck cancer. It
has a high prevalence in certain parts of the world, and is associated with a high mortality …

Current challenges and opportunities in treating glioblastoma

A Shergalis, A Bankhead, U Luesakul… - Pharmacological …, 2018 - ASPET
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common and aggressive primary brain tumor, has
a high mortality rate despite extensive efforts to develop new treatments. GBM exhibits both …

Pancreatic cancer genomes reveal aberrations in axon guidance pathway genes

AV Biankin, N Waddell, KS Kassahn, MC Gingras… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Pancreatic cancer is a highly lethal malignancy with few effective therapies. We performed
exome sequencing and copy number analysis to define genomic aberrations in a …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor-induced neurogenesis and immune evasion as targets of innovative anti-cancer therapies

RD Cervantes-Villagrana, D Albores-García… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Normal cells are hijacked by cancer cells forming together heterogeneous tumor masses
immersed in aberrant communication circuits that facilitate tumor growth and dissemination …

MET signalling: principles and functions in development, organ regeneration and cancer

L Trusolino, A Bertotti, PM Comoglio - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2010 - nature.com
The MET tyrosine kinase receptor (also known as the HGF receptor) promotes tissue
remodelling, which underlies developmental morphogenesis, wound repair, organ …

Semaphorins and plexins as therapeutic targets

T Worzfeld, S Offermanns - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2014 - nature.com
Semaphorins are membrane-bound or diffusible factors that regulate key cellular functions
and are involved in cell–cell communication. Most of the effects of semaphorins are …

c-MET as a potential therapeutic target and biomarker in cancer

JR Sierra, MS Tsao - Therapeutic advances in medical …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
The receptor tyrosine kinase c-MET and its ligand, hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), regulate
multiple cellular processes that stimulate cell proliferation, invasion and angiogenesis. This …

[HTML][HTML] miRSystem: an integrated system for characterizing enriched functions and pathways of microRNA targets

TP Lu, CY Lee, MH Tsai, YC Chiu, CK Hsiao, LC Lai… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Many prediction tools for microRNA (miRNA) targets have been developed, but
inconsistent predictions were observed across multiple algorithms, which can make further …

Human Wharton's jelly stem cells have unique transcriptome profiles compared to human embryonic stem cells and other mesenchymal stem cells

CY Fong, LL Chak, A Biswas, JH Tan… - Stem Cell Reviews and …, 2011 - Springer
The human umbilical cord that originates from the embryo is an extra-embryonic membrane
and the Wharton's jelly within it is a rich source of stem cells (hWJSCs). It is not definitely …

[HTML][HTML] Neuropilins are multifunctional coreceptors involved in tumor initiation, growth, metastasis and immunity

GJ Prud'homme, Y Glinka - Oncotarget, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The neuropilins (Nrps) are multifunctional proteins involved in development, immunity and
cancer. Neuropilin-1 (Nrp1), or its homologue neuropilin-2 (Nrp2), are coreceptors that …