Linking EMT programmes to normal and neoplastic epithelial stem cells

AW Lambert, RA Weinberg - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Epithelial stem cells serve critical physiological functions in the generation, maintenance
and repair of diverse tissues through their ability to self-renew and spawn more specialized …

The epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity landscape: principles of design and mechanisms of regulation

J Haerinck, S Goossens, G Berx - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity (EMP) enables cells to interconvert between several
states across the epithelial–mesenchymal landscape, thereby acquiring hybrid epithelial …

Targeting metabolic plasticity and flexibility dynamics for cancer therapy

SM Fendt, C Frezza, A Erez - Cancer discovery, 2020 - AACR
Cancer cells continuously rewire their metabolism to fulfill their need for rapid growth and
survival while subject to changes in environmental cues. Thus, a vital component of a cancer …

Non-redundant functions of EMT transcription factors

MP Stemmler, RL Eccles, S Brabletz, T Brabletz - Nature cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a crucial embryonic programme that is executed
by various EMT transcription factors (EMT-TFs) and is aberrantly activated in cancer and …

EMT factors and metabolic pathways in cancer

I Georgakopoulos-Soares, DV Chartoumpekis… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) represents a biological program during which
epithelial cells lose their cell identity and acquire a mesenchymal phenotype. EMT is …

Hyaluronan: molecular size‐dependent signaling and biological functions in inflammation and cancer

AG Tavianatou, I Caon, M Franchi… - The FEBS …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Hyaluronan (HA) is a linear nonsulfated glycosaminoglycan of the extracellular matrix that
plays a pivotal role in a variety of biological processes. High‐molecular weight HA exhibits …

Role of mitochondria in radiation responses: epigenetic, metabolic, and signaling impacts

D Averbeck, C Rodriguez-Lafrasse - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Until recently, radiation effects have been considered to be mainly due to nuclear DNA
damage and their management by repair mechanisms. However, molecular biology studies …

The epithelial–mesenchymal transition at the crossroads between metabolism and tumor progression

M Fedele, R Sgarra, S Battista, L Cerchia… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The transition between epithelial and mesenchymal phenotype is emerging as a key
determinant of tumor cell invasion and metastasis. It is a plastic process in which epithelial …

PGC-1α as a pivotal factor in lipid and metabolic regulation

CF Cheng, HC Ku, H Lin - International journal of molecular sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Traditionally, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator 1α (PGC-1α), a 91 kDa
transcription factor, regulates lipid metabolism and long-chain fatty acid oxidation by …

Targeting EMT in cancer with repurposed metabolic inhibitors

V Ramesh, T Brabletz, P Ceppi - Trends in cancer, 2020 - cell.com
Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) determines the most lethal features of cancer,
metastasis formation and chemoresistance, and therefore represents an attractive target in …