Aetiology and pathogenesis of cutaneous melanoma: current concepts and advances

S Strashilov, A Yordanov - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Melanoma develops from malignant transformations of the pigment-producing melanocytes.
If located in the basal layer of the skin epidermis, melanoma is referred to as cutaneous …

Apoptosis in cancer: from pathogenesis to treatment

RSY Wong - Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research, 2011 - Springer
Apoptosis is an ordered and orchestrated cellular process that occurs in physiological and
pathological conditions. It is also one of the most studied topics among cell biologists. An …

Hooked! Modeling human disease in zebrafish

C Santoriello, LI Zon - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2012 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Zebrafish have been widely used as a model system for studying developmental processes,
but in the last decade, they have also emerged as a valuable system for modeling human …

Diverse matrix metalloproteinase functions regulate cancer amoeboid migration

JL Orgaz, P Pandya, R Dalmeida, P Karagiannis… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Rounded-amoeboid cancer cells use actomyosin contractility driven by Rho-ROCK and JAK-
STAT3 to migrate efficiently. It has been suggested that rounded-amoeboid cancer cells do …

Oxidative stress and antioxidants in the pathophysiology of malignant melanoma

E Obrador, F Liu-Smith, RW Dellinger… - Biological …, 2019 - degruyter.com
The high number of somatic mutations in the melanoma genome associated with cumulative
ultra violet (UV) exposure has rendered it one of the most difficult of cancers to treat. With …

[PDF][PDF] Restoring p53 function in human melanoma cells by inhibiting MDM2 and cyclin B1/CDK1-phosphorylated nuclear iASPP

M Lu, H Breyssens, V Salter, S Zhong, Y Hu, C Baer… - Cancer cell, 2013 - cell.com
Nearly 90% of human melanomas contain inactivated wild-type p53, the underlying
mechanisms for which are not fully understood. Here, we identify that cyclin B1/CDK1 …

[PDF][PDF] Regional activation of myosin II in cancer cells drives tumor progression via a secretory cross-talk with the immune microenvironment

M Georgouli, C Herraiz, E Crosas-Molist, B Fanshawe… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
ROCK-Myosin II drives fast rounded-amoeboid migration in cancer cells during metastatic
dissemination. Analysis of human melanoma biopsies revealed that amoeboid melanoma …

Group sparse canonical correlation analysis for genomic data integration

D Lin, J Zhang, J Li, VD Calhoun, HW Deng… - BMC …, 2013 - Springer
Background The emergence of high-throughput genomic datasets from different sources
and platforms (eg, gene expression, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP), and copy …

Metabolic health, mitochondrial fitness, physical activity, and cancer

VJ Clemente-Suárez, A Martín-Rodríguez… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Recent research suggests a strong link between the functioning of
mitochondria and the development of cancer. Healthy mitochondria play a vital role in …

High expression of Wee1 is associated with poor disease-free survival in malignant melanoma: potential for targeted therapy

GI Magnussen, R Holm, E Emilsen, AKR Rosnes… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Notoriously resistant malignant melanoma is one of the most increasing forms of cancer
worldwide; there is thus a precarious need for new treatment options. The Wee1 kinase is a …