Enhanced permeability and retention effect: A key facilitator for solid tumor targeting by nanoparticles

VR Shinde, N Revi, S Murugappan, SP Singh… - Photodiagnosis and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Exploring the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect through therapeutic
nanoparticles has been a subject of considerable interest in tumor biology. This passive …

Rewiring of mitochondrial metabolism in therapy-resistant cancers: permanent and plastic adaptations

KE Pendleton, K Wang, GV Echeverria - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Deregulation of tumor cell metabolism is widely recognized as a “hallmark of cancer.” Many
of the selective pressures encountered by tumor cells, such as exposure to anticancer …

Meiosis initiation: a story of two sexes in all creatures great and small

IF Sou, RM Pryce, WW Tee, UL McClurg - Biochemical Journal, 2021 - portlandpress.com
Meiosis facilitates diversity across individuals and serves as a major driver of evolution.
However, understanding how meiosis begins is complicated by fundamental differences that …

Metabolic stress induces GD2+ cancer stem cell-like phenotype in triple-negative breast cancer

A Jaggupilli, S Ly, K Nguyen, V Anand, B Yuan… - British journal of …, 2022 - nature.com
Background Metabolic stress resulting from nutrient deficiency is one of the hallmarks of a
growing tumour. Here, we tested the hypothesis that metabolic stress induces breast cancer …

[HTML][HTML] The CD73 is induced by TGF-β1 triggered by nutrient deprivation and highly expressed in dedifferentiated human melanoma

C Giraulo, R Turiello, L Orlando, S Leonardelli… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
CD73 is the key enzyme in the generation of extracellular adenosine, a mediator involved in
tumor progression, tumor immune escape and resistance to anti-cancer therapeutics …

CK2 and the Hallmarks of Cancer

MB Firnau, A Brieger - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. Casein kinase 2 (CK2) is commonly
dysregulated in cancer, impacting diverse molecular pathways. CK2 is a highly conserved …

Starvation-inactivated MTOR triggers cell migration via a ULK1-SH3PXD2A/TKS5-MMP14 pathway in ovarian carcinoma

CY Lin, KY Wu, LM Chi, YH Tang, HJ Huang, CH Lai… - Autophagy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT SH3PXD2A/TKS5 (SH3 and PX domains 2A) is a scaffold protein that promotes
invadopodia formation and regulates cell migration; therefore, the overexpression of …

In vitro and in vivo studies of cancer cell behavior under nutrient deprivation

N Ahmadiankia - Cell Biology International, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer cells are confronted with nutrient deprivation because of high proliferation rate,
especially at the early stage of their development. There is a frequent assumption that …

Ezh2 promotes TRβ lysine methylation-mediated degradation in hepatocellular carcinoma

SC Park, JM Lee - Genes & genomics, 2022 - Springer
Background Post-translational modification (PTM) of proteins controls various cellular
functions of transcriptional regulators and participates in diverse signal transduction …

[HTML][HTML] Intracellular acidity impedes KCa3. 1 activation by Riluzole and SKA-31

M Cozzolino, G Panyi - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background: The unique microenvironment in tumors inhibits the normal functioning of
tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, leading to immune evasion and cancer progression. Over …