PROTACs: great opportunities for academia and industry (an update from 2020 to 2021)

M He, C Cao, Z Ni, Y Liu, P Song, S Hao, Y He… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras (PROTACs) technology is a new protein-
degradation strategy that has emerged in recent years. It uses bifunctional small molecules …

Normal and disease-related biological functions of Twist1 and underlying molecular mechanisms

Q Qin, Y Xu, T He, C Qin, J Xu - Cell research, 2012 - nature.com
This article reviews the molecular structure, expression pattern, physiological function,
pathological roles and molecular mechanisms of Twist1 in development, genetic disease …

Transcription factors in cancer development and therapy

K Vishnoi, N Viswakarma, A Rana, B Rana - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cancer is a multi-step process and requires constitutive expression/activation of
transcription factors (TFs) for growth and survival. Many of the TFs reported so far are critical …

Normal and cancer-related functions of the p160 steroid receptor co-activator (SRC) family

J Xu, RC Wu, BW O'malley - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2009 - nature.com
The three homologous members of the p160 SRC family (SRC1, SRC2 and SRC3) mediate
the transcriptional functions of nuclear receptors and other transcription factors, and are the …

Honokiol: a review of its anticancer potential and mechanisms

CP Ong, WL Lee, YQ Tang, WH Yap - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cancer is characterised by uncontrolled cell division and abnormal cell growth, which is
largely caused by a variety of gene mutations. There are continuous efforts being made to …

Role of estrogen receptor signaling in breast cancer metastasis

S Saha Roy, RK Vadlamudi - International journal of breast …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Metastatic breast cancer is a life‐threatening stage of cancer and is the leading cause of
death in advanced breast cancer patients. Estrogen signaling and the estrogen receptor …

Twist: a molecular target in cancer therapeutics

MA Khan, H Chen, D Zhang, J Fu - Tumor Biology, 2013 - Springer
Twist, the basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, is involved in the process of epithelial to
mesenchymal transitions (EMTs), which play an essential role in cancer metastasis …

Phosphorylation of serine 68 of Twist1 by MAPKs stabilizes Twist1 protein and promotes breast cancer cell invasiveness

J Hong, J Zhou, J Fu, T He, J Qin, L Wang, L Liao, J Xu - Cancer research, 2011 - AACR
Twist1, a basic helix–loop–helix transcription factor, promotes breast tumor cell epithelial–
mesenchymal transition (EMT), invasiveness, and metastasis. However, the mechanisms …

Twist1 promotes breast cancer invasion and metastasis by silencing Foxa1 expression

Y Xu, L Qin, T Sun, H Wu, T He, Z Yang, Q Mo, L Liao… - Oncogene, 2017 - nature.com
The heterogeneous breast cancers can be classified into different subtypes according to
their histopathological characteristics and molecular signatures. Foxa1 expression is linked …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple biological functions of Twist1 in various cancers

Z Zhao, MA Rahman, ZG Chen, DM Shin - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Twist1 is a well-known regulator of transcription during embryonic organogenesis in many
species. In humans, Twist1 malfunction was first linked to Saethre-Chotzen syndrome and …