[HTML][HTML] Cancer metastases: challenges and opportunities

X Guan - Acta pharmaceutica sinica B, 2015 - Elsevier
Cancer metastasis is the major cause of cancer morbidity and mortality, and accounts for
about 90% of cancer deaths. Although cancer survival rate has been significantly improved …

Drug-Free Hybrid Nanoarchitecture Modulation of the Metastatic Behavior of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma in Alternative in Vivo Models

A Zamborlin, P Sarogni, V Frusca… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Metastasis is the key cause of treatment failure in most oncological patients. The spreading
of cancer cells to distal tissues and organs can be associated with the epithelial-to …

[HTML][HTML] Expression of Snail and Slug in renal cell carcinoma: E-cadherin repressor Snail is associated with cancer invasion and prognosis

S Mikami, KI Katsube, M Oya, M Ishida, T Kosaka… - Laboratory …, 2011 - Elsevier
The Snail family transcription factors have been proposed as important mediators of
epithelial–mesenchymal transition because of their role in down-regulation of E-cadherin …

Osteocytes as main responders to low-intensity pulsed ultrasound treatment during fracture healing

T Shimizu, N Fujita, K Tsuji-Tamura, Y Kitagawa… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Ultrasound stimulation is a type of mechanical stress, and low-intensity pulsed ultrasound
(LIPUS) devices have been used clinically to promote fracture healing. However, it remains …

TRPM4 channel is involved in regulating epithelial to mesenchymal transition, migration, and invasion of prostate cancer cell lines

AI Sagredo, EA Sagredo, V Pola… - Journal of Cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 4 (TRPM4) is a Ca2+‐activated and voltage‐
dependent monovalent cation channel, which depolarizes the plasma cell membrane …

Muscadine grape skin extract can antagonize Snail-cathepsin L-mediated invasion, migration and osteoclastogenesis in prostate and breast cancer cells

LJ Burton, BA Smith, BN Smith, Q Loyd… - …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
To develop new and effective chemopreventive agents against bone metastasis, we
assessed the effects of muscadine grape skin extract (MSKE), whose main bioactive …

TRAP1 downregulation in human ovarian cancer enhances invasion and epithelial–mesenchymal transition

MR Amoroso, DS Matassa, I Agliarulo, R Avolio… - Cell Death & …, 2016 - nature.com
Ovarian cancer (OC) is the second leading cause of gynecological cancer death worldwide.
Although the list of biomarkers is still growing, molecular mechanisms involved in OC …

Reduction of fatty acid oxidation and responses to hypoxia correlate with the progression of de-differentiation in HCC

M Tanaka, Y Masaki, K Tanaka… - Molecular …, 2013 - spandidos-publications.com
The prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) may be improved by novel
treatments focusing on the characteristic metabolic changes of this disease. Therefore, we …

Chitosan (CMD)-mediated co-delivery of SN38 and Snail-specific siRNA as a useful anticancer approach against prostate cancer

A Afkham, L Aghebati-Maleki, H Siahmansouri… - Pharmacological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Prostate cancer is known as the most common malignancy in men. Chitosan
has generated great interest as a useful biopolymer for the encapsulation of small interfering …

Compensatory regulation of the Snai1 and Snai2 genes during chondrogenesis

Y Chen, T Gridley - Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Endochondral bone formation is a multistep process during which a cartilage primordium is
replaced by mineralized bone. Several genes involved in cartilage and bone development …