[HTML][HTML] Adipokines: new potential therapeutic target for obesity and metabolic, rheumatic, and cardiovascular diseases

L Recinella, G Orlando, C Ferrante… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Besides its role as an energy storage organ, adipose tissue can be viewed as a dynamic
and complex endocrine organ, which produces and secretes several adipokines, including …

WNT signaling and cancer stemness

M Katoh, M Katoh - Essays in biochemistry, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Cancer stemness, defined as the self-renewal and tumor-initiation potential of cancer stem
cells (CSCs), is a cancer biology property featuring activation of CSC signaling networks …

Single Molecule Ratcheting Motion of Peptides in a Mycobacterium smegmatis Porin A (MspA) Nanopore

S Yan, J Zhang, Y Wang, W Guo, S Zhang, Y Liu… - Nano …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Diverse functions of proteins, including synthesis, catalysis, and signaling, result from their
highly variable amino acid sequences. The technology allowing for direct analysis of protein …

[HTML][HTML] Canonical and non-canonical WNT signaling in cancer stem cells and their niches: Cellular heterogeneity, omics reprogramming, targeted therapy and tumor …

M Katoh - International journal of oncology, 2017 - spandidos-publications.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs), which have the potential for self-renewal, differentiation and de-
differentiation, undergo epigenetic, epithelial-mesenchymal, immunological and metabolic …

RNA-Seq of single prostate CTCs implicates noncanonical Wnt signaling in antiandrogen resistance

DT Miyamoto, Y Zheng, BS Wittner, RJ Lee, H Zhu… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Prostate cancer is initially responsive to androgen deprivation, but the effectiveness of
androgen receptor (AR) inhibitors in recurrent disease is variable. Biopsy of bone …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer stem cells in progression of colorectal cancer

Y Zhou, L Xia, H Wang, L Oyang, M Su, Q Liu, J Lin… - Oncotarget, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide with high mortality. Distant
metastasis and relapse are major causes of patient death. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) play a …

Pathogenic mechanisms in HBV-and HCV-associated hepatocellular carcinoma

A Arzumanyan, HM Reis, MA Feitelson - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly lethal cancer, with increasing worldwide
incidence, that is mainly associated with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) and/or hepatitis C …

FGF receptors: cancer biology and therapeutics

M Katoh, H Nakagama - Medicinal research reviews, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) are involved in a variety of cellular processes, such as
stemness, proliferation, anti‐apoptosis, drug resistance, and angiogenesis. Here, FGF …

[HTML][HTML] Multi‑layered prevention and treatment of chronic inflammation, organ fibrosis and cancer associated with canonical WNT/β‑catenin signaling activation

M Katoh - International journal of molecular …, 2018 - build.spandidos-publications.com
Abstract β‑catenin/CTNNB1 is an intracellular scaffold protein that interacts with adhesion
molecules (E‑cadherin/CDH1, N‑cadherin/CDH2, VE‑cadherin/CDH5 and α‑catenins) …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic analyses identify recurrent MEF2D fusions in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Z Gu, M Churchman, K Roberts, Y Li, Y Liu… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Chromosomal rearrangements are initiating events in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).
Here using RNA sequencing of 560 ALL cases, we identify rearrangements between …