Contextual determinants of TGFβ action in development, immunity and cancer

CJ David, J Massagué - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
Few cell signals match the impact of the transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) family in
metazoan biology. TGFβ cytokines regulate cell fate decisions during development, tissue …

Genetics and biology of prostate cancer

G Wang, D Zhao, DJ Spring… - Genes & …, 2018 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Despite the high long-term survival in localized prostate cancer, metastatic prostate cancer
remains largely incurable even after intensive multimodal therapy. The lethality of advanced …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging role of tumor cell plasticity in modifying therapeutic response

S Qin, J Jiang, Y Lu, EC Nice, C Huang… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Resistance to cancer therapy is a major barrier to cancer management. Conventional views
have proposed that acquisition of resistance may result from genetic mutations. However …

Rb1 and Trp53 cooperate to suppress prostate cancer lineage plasticity, metastasis, and antiandrogen resistance

SY Ku, S Rosario, Y Wang, P Mu, M Seshadri… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Prostate cancer relapsing from antiandrogen therapies can exhibit variant histology with
altered lineage marker expression, suggesting that lineage plasticity facilitates therapeutic …

Mechanisms of PTEN loss in cancer: It's all about diversity

V Álvarez-Garcia, Y Tawil, HM Wise… - Seminars in cancer biology, 2019 - Elsevier
PTEN is a phosphatase which metabolises PIP 3, the lipid product of PI 3-Kinase, directly
opposing the activation of the oncogenic PI3K/AKT/mTOR signalling network. Accordingly …

Gastric adenocarcinoma

JA Ajani, J Lee, T Sano, YY Janjigian, D Fan… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2017 - nature.com
Gastric cancers, with gastric adenocarcinoma (GAC) as the most common histological type,
impose a considerable global health burden. Although the screening strategies for early …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted hypoxia reduction restores T cell infiltration and sensitizes prostate cancer to immunotherapy

P Jayaprakash, M Ai, A Liu, P Budhani… - The Journal of …, 2018 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Despite the success of immune checkpoint blockade against melanoma, many “cold” tumors
like prostate cancer remain unresponsive. We found that hypoxic zones were prevalent …

Lipid-loaded tumor-associated macrophages sustain tumor growth and invasiveness in prostate cancer

M Masetti, R Carriero, F Portale, G Marelli… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - rupress.org
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are correlated with the progression of prostatic
adenocarcinoma (PCa). The mechanistic basis of this correlation and therapeutic strategies …

[HTML][HTML] ARID1A loss induces polymorphonuclear myeloid-derived suppressor cell chemotaxis and promotes prostate cancer progression

N Li, Q Liu, Y Han, S Pei, B Cheng, J Xu, X Miao… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Chronic inflammation and an immunosuppressive microenvironment promote prostate
cancer (PCa) progression and diminish the response to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) …

Antiandrogen treatment induces stromal cell reprogramming to promote castration resistance in prostate cancer

H Wang, N Li, Q Liu, J Guo, Q Pan, B Cheng, J Xu… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Lineage plasticity causes therapeutic resistance; however, it remains unclear how the fate
conversion and phenotype switching of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are implicated …