Prolonged exposure to extracellular lumican restrains pancreatic adenocarcinoma growth

X Li, Y Kang, D Roife, Y Lee, M Pratt, MR Perez, B Dai… - Oncogene, 2017 - nature.com
We previously demonstrated that pancreatic stellate cells within pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma (PDAC) stroma secrete lumican and its presence is associated with …

Antagonistic functional duality of cancer genes

AA Stepanenko, YS Vassetzky, VM Kavsan - Gene, 2013 - Elsevier
Cancer evolution is a stochastic process both at the genome and gene levels. Most of
tumors contain multiple genetic subclones, evolving in either succession or in parallel, either …

YC‐1 inhibits proliferation of breast cancer cells by down‐regulating EZH 2 expression via activation of c‐C bl and ERK

LC Chang, HY Lin, MT Tsai, RH Chou… - British journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose YC‐1 exhibits potent anticancer activity via numerous actions in
many cancer cell lines. Hence, we investigated the in vivo antitumour efficacy of YC‐1 in an …

[HTML][HTML] MicroRNA-29b-2-5p inhibits cell proliferation by directly targeting Cbl-b in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

C Li, Q Dong, X Che, L Xu, Z Li, Y Fan, K Hou, S Wang… - BMC cancer, 2018 - Springer
Background MicroRNAs can be used in the prognosis of malignancies; however, their
regulatory mechanisms are unknown, especially in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma …

[HTML][HTML] E3 ligase-inactivation rewires CBL interactome to elicit oncogenesis by hijacking RTK–CBL–CIN85 axis

SF Ahmed, L Buetow, M Gabrielsen, S Lilla, GJ Sibbet… - Oncogene, 2021 - nature.com
Casitas B-lineage lymphoma (CBL) is a ubiquitin ligase (E3) that becomes activated upon
Tyr371-phosphorylation and targets receptor protein tyrosine kinases for ubiquitin-mediated …

[HTML][HTML] Utility of network integrity methods in therapeutic target identification

Q Peng, NJ Schork - Frontiers in genetics, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Analysis of the biological gene networks involved in a disease may lead to the identification
of therapeutic targets. Such analysis requires exploring network properties, in particular the …

[HTML][HTML] Peroxidase from foxtail millet bran exerts anti-colorectal cancer activity via targeting cell-surface GRP78 to inactivate STAT3 pathway

S Shan, J Niu, R Yin, J Shi, L Zhang, C Wu, H Li… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2022 - Elsevier
Molecular targeted therapy has become an emerging promising strategy in cancer
treatment, and screening the agents targeting at cancer cell specific targets is very desirable …

Cortactin controls bone homeostasis through regulating the differentiation of osteoblasts and osteoclasts

X Yang, M Chen, S Wang, X Hu, J Zhou, H Yuan… - Stem Cells, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Cortactin (CTTN), a cytoskeletal protein and substrate of Src kinase, is implicated in tumor
aggressiveness. However, its role in bone cell differentiation remains unknown. The current …

[HTML][HTML] MicroRNA-891b is an independent prognostic factor of pancreatic cancer by targeting Cbl-b to suppress the growth of pancreatic cancer cells

Q Dong, C Li, X Che, J Qu, Y Fan, X Li, Y Li, Q Wang… - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Growing evidence has revealed that microRNAs could regulate the proliferation of
pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) cells and predict the prognosis of PDAC. Here …

BRK phosphorylates SMAD4 for proteasomal degradation and inhibits tumor suppressor FRK to control SNAIL, SLUG, and metastatic potential

S Miah, CAS Banks, Y Ogunbolude, ET Bagu… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
The tumor-suppressing function of SMAD4 is frequently subverted during mammary
tumorigenesis, leading to cancer growth, invasion, and metastasis. A long-standing concept …