Target c-Myc to treat pancreatic cancer

M Ala - Cancer biology & therapy, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT C-Myc overexpression is a common finding in pancreatic cancer and predicts
the aggressive behavior of cancer cells. It binds to the promoter of different genes, thereby …

Regulation of pancreatic cancer therapy resistance by chemokines

SK Gautam, S Basu, A Aithal, NV Dwivedi… - Seminars in cancer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly lethal malignancy characterized by
high resistance and poor response to chemotherapy. In addition, the poorly immunogenic …

MYC-mediated resistance to trametinib and HCQ in PDAC is overcome by CDK4/6 and lysosomal inhibition

MR Silvis, D Silva, R Rohweder, S Schuman… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - rupress.org
Pharmacological inhibition of KRAS> RAF> MEK1/2> ERK1/2 signaling has provided no
clinical benefit to patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Interestingly …

High‐throughput, microscope‐based sorting to dissect cellular heterogeneity

N Hasle, A Cooke, S Srivatsan, H Huang… - Molecular Systems …, 2020 - embopress.org
Microscopy is a powerful tool for characterizing complex cellular phenotypes, but linking
these phenotypes to genotype or RNA expression at scale remains challenging. Here, we …

Potential role of exosomes in the chemoresistance to gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel in pancreatic cancer

A Comandatore, B Immordino, R Balsano, M Capula… - Diagnostics, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, a growing number of studies have evaluated the role of exosomes in
pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cancer (PDAC) demonstrating their involvement in a …

Assessment of spatial transcriptomics for oncology discovery

A Lyubetskaya, B Rabe, A Fisher, A Lewin… - Cell Reports …, 2022 - cell.com
Tumor heterogeneity is a major challenge for oncology drug discovery and development.
Understanding of the spatial tumor landscape is key to identifying new targets and impactful …

Oncogenic RAS promotes MYC protein stability by upregulating the expression of the inhibitor of apoptosis protein family member Survivin

WH Chang, Y Liu, EA Hammes, KL Bryant… - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - ASBMB
The small GTPase KRAS is frequently mutated in pancreatic cancer and its cooperation with
the transcription factor MYC is essential for malignant transformation. The key to oncogenic …

Degradation of DRAK1 by CUL3/SPOP E3 Ubiquitin ligase promotes tumor growth of paclitaxel-resistant cervical cancer cells

K Pang, J Lee, J Kim, J Park, Y Park, E Hong… - Cell death & …, 2022 - nature.com
Despite favorable responses to initial chemotherapy, drug resistance is a major cause
limiting chemotherapeutic efficacy in many advanced cancers. However, mechanisms that …

Zebrafish xenografts for drug discovery and personalized medicine

J Xiao, E Glasgow, S Agarwal - Trends in cancer, 2020 - cell.com
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world. Given that cancer is a highly
individualized disease, predicting the best chemotherapeutic treatment for individual …

HMGB1 release promotes paclitaxel resistance in castration-resistant prostate cancer cells via activating c-Myc expression

X Lei, X Hu, T Zhang, J Zhang, C Wu, W Hong, Y Jiang… - Cellular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Paclitaxel (PTX) is one of standard chemotherapy drug for patients with metastatic castration-
resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). However, PTX resistance leads to treatment failures, for …