Altered iron metabolism and impact in cancer biology, metastasis, and immunology

RAM Brown, KL Richardson, TD Kabir, D Trinder… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Iron is an essential nutrient that plays a complex role in cancer biology. Iron metabolism
must be tightly controlled within cells. Whilst fundamental to many cellular processes and …

Tumor microenvironment differences between primary tumor and brain metastases

B Cacho-Díaz, DR García-Botello… - Journal of Translational …, 2020 - Springer
The present review aimed to discuss contemporary scientific literature involving differences
between the tumor microenvironment (TME) in melanoma, lung cancer, and breast cancer in …

Role of the blood-brain barrier in the formation of brain metastases

I Wilhelm, J Molnár, C Fazakas, J Haskó… - International journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
The majority of brain metastases originate from lung cancer, breast cancer and malignant
melanoma. In order to reach the brain, parenchyma metastatic cells have to transmigrate …

Brain metastases: pathobiology and emerging targeted therapies

M Preusser, D Capper, A Ilhan-Mutlu, AS Berghoff… - Acta …, 2012 - Springer
Brain metastases (BM) are common in cancer patients and are associated with high
morbidity and poor prognosis, even after intensive multimodal therapy including resection …

Transmigration of melanoma cells through the blood-brain barrier: role of endothelial tight junctions and melanoma-released serine proteases

C Fazakas, I Wilhelm, P Nagyőszi, AE Farkas, J Haskó… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Malignant melanoma represents the third common cause of brain metastasis, having the
highest propensity to metastasize to the brain of all primary neoplasms in adults. Since the …

The resurgence of antibody drug conjugates in cancer therapeutics: novel targets and payloads

V Boni, MR Sharma, A Patnaik - American Society of Clinical …, 2020 - ascopubs.org
Antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) are an emerging class of therapeutics that consist of a
cytotoxic agent linked covalently to an antibody, which is directed toward a specific cell …

Molecular evolution of the transferrin family and associated receptors

LA Lambert - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-General Subjects, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: In vertebrates, serum transferrins are essential iron transporters that have
bind and release Fe (III) in response to receptor binding and changes in pH. Some family …

Insights into the molecular mechanisms mediating extravasation in brain metastasis of breast cancer, melanoma, and lung cancer

R Alsabbagh, M Ahmed, MAY Alqudah, R Hamoudi… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Despite the advancements in systemic treatments, the incidence of brain
metastasis (BM) is increasing. BM is a multi-step cascade. One critical event in BM is the …

In vitro models of molecular and nano-particle transport across the blood-brain barrier

C Hajal, M Campisi, C Mattu, V Chiono, RD Kamm - Biomicrofluidics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is the tightest endothelial barrier in humans. Characterized by
the presence of tight endothelial junctions and adherens junctions, the primary function of …

New era in the management of melanoma brain metastases

HA Tawbi, C Boutros, D Kok, C Robert… - American Society of …, 2018 - ascopubs.org
The remarkable advances in the systemic therapy of metastatic melanoma have now
extended the 1-year overall survival rate from 25% to nearing 85%. Systemic treatment in …