PSPC1 mediates TGF-β1 autocrine signalling and Smad2/3 target switching to promote EMT, stemness and metastasis

HW Yeh, EC Hsu, SS Lee, YD Lang, YC Lin… - Nature cell …, 2018 - nature.com
Activation of metastatic reprogramming is critical for tumour metastasis. However, more
detailed knowledge of the underlying mechanism is needed to enable targeted intervention …

The role of CTHRC1 in regulation of multiple signaling and tumor progression and metastasis

D Mei, Y Zhu, L Zhang, W Wei - Mediators of inflammation, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Collagen triple helix repeat containing‐1 (CTHRC1) has been identified as cancer‐related
protein. CTHRC1 expresses mainly in adventitial fibroblasts and neointimal smooth muscle …

The discovery and early days of TGF-β: a historical perspective

HL Moses, AB Roberts… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2016 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Transforming growth factors (TGFs) were discovered as activities that were secreted by
cancer cells, and later by normal cells, and had the ability to phenotypically and reversibly …

LRRC15 is a novel mesenchymal protein and stromal target for antibody–drug conjugates

JW Purcell, SG Tanlimco, J Hickson, M Fox, M Sho… - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
Progress in understanding tumor stromal biology has been constrained in part because
cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF) are a heterogeneous population with limited cell-type …

The function and dysfunction of memory CD8+ T cells in tumor immunity

JL Reading, F Gálvez‐Cancino… - Immunological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The generation and maintenance of CD 8+ T cell memory is crucial to long‐term host
survival, yet the basic tenets of CD 8+ T cell immunity are still being established. Recent …

Single-cell multiomics reveals increased plasticity, resistant populations, and stem-cell–like blasts in KMT2A-rearranged leukemia

C Chen, W Yu, F Alikarami, Q Qiu… - Blood, The Journal …, 2022 - ashpublications.org
Abstract KMT2A-rearranged (KMT2A-r) infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a
devastating malignancy with a dismal outcome, and younger age at diagnosis is associated …

Regulation of tumor angiogenesis and mesenchymal–endothelial transition by p38α through TGF-β and JNK signaling

R Batlle, E Andrés, L Gonzalez, E Llonch, A Igea… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The formation of new blood vessels is essential for normal development, tissue repair and
tumor growth. Here we show that inhibition of the kinase p38α enhances angiogenesis in …

TGFβ Signaling in Tumor Initiation, Epithelial‐to‐Mesenchymal Transition, and Metastasis

P Papageorgis - Journal of oncology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Retaining the delicate balance in cell signaling activity is a prerequisite for the maintenance
of physiological tissue homeostasis. Transforming growth factor‐beta (TGFβ) signaling is an …

Three-dimensional human liver-chip emulating premetastatic niche formation by breast cancer-derived extracellular vesicles

J Kim, C Lee, I Kim, J Ro, J Kim, Y Min, J Park… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The liver is one of the most common sites of breast cancer metastasis and is associated with
high lethality. Although the interaction between tumor cells and their microenvironment at …

A novel bifunctional anti-PD-L1/TGF-β Trap fusion protein (M7824) efficiently reverts mesenchymalization of human lung cancer cells

JM David, C Dominguez, KK McCampbell… - …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Mesenchymalization is a cellular and molecular program in which epithelial cells
progressively lose their well-differentiated phenotype and adopt mesenchymal …