Cancer Metastasis‐on‐a‐Chip for Modeling Metastatic Cascade and Drug Screening

A Brooks, Y Zhang, J Chen… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Microfluidic chips are valuable tools for studying intricate cellular and cell–microenvironment
interactions. Traditional in vitro cancer models lack accuracy in mimicking the complexities …

Is cancer an intelligent species?

C Nicolazzo, F Francescangeli, V Magri… - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2023 - Springer
Some relevant emerging properties of intelligent systems are “adaptation to a changing
environment,”“reaction to unexpected situations,”“capacity of problem solving,” and “ability to …

Prevention of metastasis by suppression of stemness genes using a combination of microRNAs

KV Nevskaya, AG Pershina… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We propose an original strategy for metastasis prevention using a combination of three
microRNAs that blocks the dedifferentiation of cancer cells in a metastatic niche owing to the …

Resistance to 2-Hydroxy-Flutamide in Prostate Cancer Cells Is Associated with the Downregulation of Phosphatidylcholine Biosynthesis and Epigenetic Modifications

JM Mora-Rodríguez, BG Sánchez… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this study, we examined the metabolic adaptations of a chemoresistant prostate cancer
cell line in comparison to a sensitive cell line. We utilized prostate cancer LNCaP cells and …

Stroma-mediated breast cancer cell proliferation indirectly drives chemoresistance by accelerating tumor recovery between chemotherapy cycles

D Miroshnychenko, T Miti, P Kumar, A Miller, M Laurie… - Cancer research, 2023 - AACR
The ability of tumors to survive therapy reflects both cell-intrinsic and microenvironmental
mechanisms. Across many cancers, including triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), a high …

Recurrence‐free survival dynamics following adjuvant chemotherapy for resected colorectal cancer: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

E Vail, AP Choubey, HR Alexander… - Cancer …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Several cytotoxic chemotherapies have demonstrated efficacy in improving
recurrence‐free survival (RFS) following resection of Stage II–IV colorectal cancer (CRC) …

The von Hippel-Lindau protein forms fibrillar amyloid assemblies that are mitigated by the anti-amyloid molecule Purpurin

V Kumar, V Kaushik, S Kumar, SA Levkovich… - Biochemical and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The von Hippel-Lindau protein (pVHL) is a tumor suppressor involved in oxygen
regulation via dynamic nucleocytoplasmic shuttling. It plays a crucial role in cell survival by …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer stem-like cells in uveal melanoma: Novel insights and therapeutic implications

A Loda, F Semeraro, S Parolini, R Ronca… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2024 - Elsevier
Uveal melanoma (UM) is the most common primary ocular tumor in the adult population.
Even though these primary tumors are successfully treated in 90% of cases, almost 50% of …

The cellular-centered view of hypoxia tumor microenvironment: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic interventions

TQ Zhang, QY Lv, WL Jin - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cancer is a profoundly dynamic, heterogeneous and aggressive systemic ailment, with a
coordinated evolution of various types of tumor niches. Hypoxia plays an indispensable role …

The ubiquitin-proteasome system in the regulation of tumor dormancy and recurrence

BA Alhasan, AV Morozov, IV Guzhova… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2024 - Elsevier
Tumor recurrence is a mechanism triggered in sparse populations of cancer cells that
usually remain in a quiescent state after strict stress and/or therapeutic factors, which is …