FOXO transcription factor family in cancer and metastasis

Y Jiramongkol, EWF Lam - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2020 - Springer
Forkhead box O (FOXO) transcription factors regulate diverse biological processes, affecting
development, metabolism, stem cell maintenance and longevity. They have also been …

Functional characterization of SOX2 as an anticancer target

S Zhang, X Xiong, Y Sun - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2020 - nature.com
SOX2 is a well-characterized pluripotent factor that is essential for stem cell self-renewal,
reprogramming, and homeostasis. The cellular levels of SOX2 are precisely regulated by a …

Emerging insights into targeted therapy-tolerant persister cells in cancer

HF Cabanos, AN Hata - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Acquired resistance to molecularly targeted therapies remains a major
challenge in the treatment of cancer. It has been hypothesized that drug-tolerant (or …

Non-canonical functions of the RB protein in cancer

FA Dick, DW Goodrich, J Sage, NJ Dyson - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2018 - nature.com
The canonical model of RB-mediated tumour suppression developed over the past 30 years
is based on the regulation of E2F transcription factors to restrict cell cycle progression …

SOX2 in cancer stemness: tumor malignancy and therapeutic potentials

MA Mamun, K Mannoor, J Cao, F Qadri… - Journal of molecular …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs), a minor subpopulation of tumor bulks with self-renewal and
seeding capacity to generate new tumors, posit a significant challenge to develop effective …

Ferroptosis and tumor drug resistance: current status and major challenges

Z Nie, M Chen, Y Gao, D Huang, H Cao… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Ferroptosis is a novel type of regulated cell death, whose unique metabolic characteristics
are commonly used to evaluate the conditions of various diseases especially in tumors …

Salivary glands regenerate after radiation injury through SOX2‐mediated secretory cell replacement

E Emmerson, AJ May, L Berthoin… - EMBO molecular …, 2018 - embopress.org
Salivary gland acinar cells are routinely destroyed during radiation treatment for head and
neck cancer that results in a lifetime of hyposalivation and co‐morbidities. A potential …

Role of Forkhead Box Class O proteins in cancer progression and metastasis

CG Kim, H Lee, N Gupta, S Ramachandran… - Seminars in cancer …, 2018 - Elsevier
It is now widely accepted that several gene alterations including transcription factors are
critically involved in cancer progression and metastasis. Forkhead Box Class O proteins …

Epigenetic alterations and mechanisms that drive resistance to targeted cancer therapies

N Wajapeyee, R Gupta - Cancer research, 2021 - AACR
Cancer is a complex disease and cancer cells typically harbor multiple genetic and
epigenetic alterations. Large-scale sequencing of patient-derived cancer samples has …

YAP1 and COX2 coordinately regulate urothelial cancer stem-like cells

A Ooki, M Del Carmen Rodriguez Pena, L Marchionni… - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
Overcoming acquired drug resistance remains a core challenge in the clinical management
of human cancer, including in urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (UCB). Cancer stem-like …