New understandings of the pathway of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis

JT Brenna, KSD Kothapalli - Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
The mixture of fatty acids available to FADS2 in any tissue defines the product mixture
available for further synthesis of membrane lipids and signaling molecules and may be …

SPOC domain proteins in health and disease

LM Appel, J Benedum, M Engl, S Platzer… - Genes & …, 2023 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Since it was first described> 20 yr ago, the SPOC domain (Spen paralog and ortholog C-
terminal domain) has been identified in many proteins all across eukaryotic species. SPOC …

Effectiveness of immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a meta-analysis including low PD-L1 subgroups

DWT Yap, AG Leone, NZH Wong, JJ Zhao… - JAMA …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have improved survival outcomes of patients
with advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in both first-and second-line settings …

CDKN2A is a prognostic biomarker and correlated with immune infiltrates in hepatocellular carcinoma

J Luo, J Wang, J Huang - Bioscience Reports, 2021 - portlandpress.com
Cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 2A (CDKN2A) is an essential regulator of immune cell
functionality, but the mechanisms whereby it drives immune infiltration in hepatocellular …

[HTML][HTML] Shikonin inhibits tumor growth of ESCC by suppressing PKM2 mediated aerobic glycolysis and STAT3 phosphorylation

Q Zhang, Q Liu, S Zheng, T Liu, L Yang, X Han… - Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Shikonin, a small molecule inhibitor of pyruvate kinase 2 (PKM2), has been
demonstrated to play the antitumor effect in various cancers. However, the specific effects …

Novel immune-related ferroptosis signature in esophageal cancer: an informatics exploration of biological processes related to the TMEM161B-AS1/hsa-miR-27a-3p …

M Lu, J Li, X Fan, F Xie, J Fan, Y Xiong - Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background: Considering the role of immunity and ferroptosis in the invasion, proliferation
and treatment of cancer, it is of interest to construct a model of prognostic-related differential …

Clonal relationship and alcohol consumption-associated mutational signature in synchronous hypopharyngeal tumours and oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma

JMY Ko, C Guo, C Liu, L Ning, W Dai, L Tao… - British Journal of …, 2022 - nature.com
Background The patients with dual oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and
hypopharyngeal cancer (HPC) have poor prognosis; their underlying genetic pathogenesis …

Hippo cooperates with p53 to maintain foregut homeostasis and suppress the malignant transformation of foregut basal progenitor cells

Y Jiang, H Huang, J Liu, D Luo, R Mu… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Basal progenitor cells serve as a stem cell pool to maintain the homeostasis of the
epithelium of the foregut, including the esophagus and the forestomach. Aberrant genetic …

Prognostic biomarkers correlated with immune infiltration in non‐small cell lung cancer

F Xu, W Cui, C Liu, F Feng, R Liu, J Zhang… - FEBS Open …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer‐related mortality in men and women globally.
Non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most prevalent subtype, accounting for 85–90 …

The Cuproptosis‐Related Long Noncoding RNA Signature Predicts Prognosis and Immune Cell Infiltration in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Y Li, K Song, W Zheng - Journal of Oncology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), ranking as one of the most common
malignant tumors, is one of the leading causes of cancer death, with a poor prognosis …