The role of tumor microenvironment in cancer metastasis: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities

CM Neophytou, M Panagi, T Stylianopoulos… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Metastasis, the process by which cancer cells escape primary tumor site
and colonize distant organs, is responsible for most cancer-related deaths. The tumor …

Mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment of bone metastases

J Ban, V Fock, DNT Aryee, H Kovar - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bone and bone marrow are among the most frequent metastatic sites of cancer. The
occurrence of bone metastasis is frequently associated with a dismal disease outcome. The …

Cathepsin K regulates the tumor growth and metastasis by IL-17/CTSK/EMT axis and mediates M2 macrophage polarization in castration-resistant prostate cancer

N Wu, YZ Wang, KK Wang, BQ Zhong, YH Liao… - Cell death & …, 2022 - nature.com
A common stage of advanced prostate cancer is castration-resistant prostate cancer
(CRPC), greater understanding of which is required in order to address and solve the …

Interleukin-1 and nuclear factor kappa B signaling promote breast cancer progression and treatment resistance

S Diep, M Maddukuri, S Yamauchi, G Geshow, NA Delk - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
While meant for wound healing and immunity in response to injury and infection,
inflammatory signaling is usurped by cancerous tumors to promote disease progression …

Breast cancer dormancy: need for clinically relevant models to address current gaps in knowledge

GG Bushnell, AP Deshmukh, P den Hollander… - NPJ breast …, 2021 - nature.com
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the USA. Although advances in
treatment over the past several decades have significantly improved the outlook for this …

IL-1B drives opposing responses in primary tumours and bone metastases; harnessing combination therapies to improve outcome in breast cancer

C Tulotta, DV Lefley, CK Moore, AE Amariutei… - NPJ Breast …, 2021 - nature.com
Breast cancer bone metastasis is currently incurable,~ 75% of patients with late-stage breast
cancer develop disease recurrence in bone and available treatments are only palliative. We …

Laboratory models for investigating breast cancer therapy resistance and metastasis

K Roarty, GV Echeverria - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
While numerous therapies are highly efficacious in early-stage breast cancers and in
particular subsets of breast cancers, therapeutic resistance and metastasis unfortunately …

IL-1β in breast cancer bone metastasis

J Zhou, C Tulotta, PD Ottewell - Expert Reviews in Molecular …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Bone is the most common site for advanced breast cancer to metastasise. The
proinflammatory cytokine, interleukin-1β (IL-1β) plays a complex and contradictory role in …

Interleukins as mediators of the tumor cell—bone cell crosstalk during the initiation of breast cancer bone metastasis

MT Haider, N Ridlmaier, DJ Smit… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Patients with advanced breast cancer are at high risk of developing bone metastasis.
Despite treatment advances for primary breast cancer, metastatic bone disease remains …

Predictive and prognostic biomarkers of bone metastasis in breast cancer: current status and future directions

S Wang, W Wu, X Lin, KM Zhang, QL Wu, M Luo… - Cell & Bioscience, 2023 - Springer
The most common site of metastasis in breast cancer is the bone, where the balance
between osteoclast-mediated bone resorption and osteoblast-mediated bone formation is …