Hypoxia as a driver of resistance to immunotherapy

J Kopecka, IC Salaroglio, E Perez-Ruiz… - Drug Resistance …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hypoxia, a hallmark of solid tumors, determines the selection of invasive and aggressive
malignant clones displaying resistance to radiotherapy, conventional chemotherapy or …

Up-down regulation of HIF-1α in cancer progression

M Rashid, LR Zadeh, B Baradaran, O Molavi… - Gene, 2021 - Elsevier
Hypoxia induicible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α) is a key transcription factor in cancer progression
and target therapy in cancer. HIF-1α acts differently depending on presence or absence of …

A GPX4-dependent cancer cell state underlies the clear-cell morphology and confers sensitivity to ferroptosis

Y Zou, MJ Palte, AA Deik, H Li, JK Eaton… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Clear-cell carcinomas (CCCs) are a histological group of highly aggressive malignancies
commonly originating in the kidney and ovary. CCCs are distinguished by aberrant lipid and …

Hypoxia-inducible factors: master regulators of cancer progression

L Schito, GL Semenza - Trends in cancer, 2016 - cell.com
Intratumoral hypoxia (reduced O 2 availability) is a common finding in human cancer and
leads to increased activity of hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs), which regulate the expression …

Cabozantinib versus everolimus in advanced renal-cell carcinoma

TK Choueiri, B Escudier, T Powles… - … England Journal of …, 2015 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Cabozantinib is an oral, small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor that targets
vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) as well as MET and AXL, each of which …

Phase I dose-escalation trial of PT2385, a first-in-class hypoxia-inducible factor-2α antagonist in patients with previously treated advanced clear cell renal cell …

KD Courtney, JR Infante, ET Lam, RA Figlin… - Journal of Clinical …, 2018 - ascopubs.org
Purpose The von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor is inactivated in the majority of clear cell
renal cell carcinomas (ccRCCs), leading to inappropriate stabilization of hypoxia-inducible …

[HTML][HTML] Current and emerging therapies for first-line treatment of metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma

MB Atkins, NM Tannir - Cancer treatment reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
There has been significant progress in the treatment of patients with advanced clear cell
renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), with improved knowledge of disease biology and the …

Endogenous tRNA-derived fragments suppress breast cancer progression via YBX1 displacement

H Goodarzi, X Liu, HCB Nguyen, S Zhang, L Fish… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
Upon exposure to stress, tRNAs are enzymatically cleaved, yielding distinct classes of tRNA-
derived fragments (tRFs). We identify a novel class of tRFs derived from tRNA Glu, tRNA …

Determinants of resistance to VEGF-TKI and immune checkpoint inhibitors in metastatic renal cell carcinoma

R Sharma, E Kadife, M Myers, G Kannourakis… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - Springer
Vascular endothelial growth factor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (VEGF-TKIs) have been the
mainstay of treatment for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Despite its …

Integrative molecular characterization of sarcomatoid and rhabdoid renal cell carcinoma

Z Bakouny, DA Braun, SA Shukla, W Pan, X Gao… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Sarcomatoid and rhabdoid (S/R) renal cell carcinoma (RCC) are highly aggressive tumors
with limited molecular and clinical characterization. Emerging evidence suggests immune …