The emerging roles of forkhead box (Fox) proteins in cancer

SS Myatt, EWF Lam - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2007 - nature.com
Forkhead box (Fox) proteins are a superfamily of evolutionarily conserved transcriptional
regulators, which control a wide spectrum of biological processes. As a consequence, a loss …

Interaction between β-catenin and HIF-1 promotes cellular adaptation to hypoxia

A Kaidi, AC Williams, C Paraskeva - Nature cell biology, 2007 - nature.com
Aberrant activation of β-catenin promotes cell proliferation and initiates colorectal
tumorigenesis,. However, the expansion of tumours and the inadequacy of their local …

BIM mediates EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor-induced apoptosis in lung cancers with oncogenic EGFR mutations

DB Costa, B Halmos, A Kumar, ST Schumer… - PLoS …, 2007 - journals.plos.org
Background Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations are present in the majority
of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) responsive to the EGFR tyrosine kinase …

Osteopontin-induced relapse and progression of autoimmune brain disease through enhanced survival of activated T cells

EM Hur, S Youssef, ME Haws, SY Zhang… - Nature …, 2007 - nature.com
Relapses and disease exacerbations are vexing features of multiple sclerosis. Osteopontin
(Opn), which is expressed in multiple sclerosis lesions, is increased in patients' plasma …

Gefitinib-Induced Killing of NSCLC Cell Lines Expressing Mutant EGFR Requires BIM and Can Be Enhanced by BH3 Mimetics

MS Cragg, J Kuroda, H Puthalakath, DCS Huang… - PLoS …, 2007 - journals.plos.org
Background The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) plays a critical role in the control
of cellular proliferation, differentiation, and survival. Abnormalities in EGF-EGFR signaling …

Transcriptional cross talk between the forkhead transcription factor forkhead box O1A and the progesterone receptor coordinates cell cycle regulation and …

M Takano, Z Lu, T Goto, L Fusi, J Higham… - Molecular …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Differentiation of human endometrial stromal cells (HESCs) into decidual cells is associated
with induction of the forkhead transcription factor forkhead box O1A (FOXO1). We performed …

Convergence of TCR and cytokine signaling leads to FOXO3a phosphorylation and drives the survival of CD4+ central memory T cells

C Riou, B Yassine-Diab, J Van Grevenynghe… - The Journal of …, 2007 - rupress.org
The molecular events involved in the establishment and maintenance of CD4+ central
memory and effector memory T cells (TCM and TEM, respectively) are poorly understood. In …

Induction of Mxi1-SRα by FOXO3a Contributes to Repression of Myc-Dependent Gene Expression

O Delpuech, B Griffiths, P East, A Essafi… - … and cellular biology, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Forkhead transcription factors of the O class (FOXOs) are important targets of the
phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-kinase)/Akt pathway. FOXOs have been implicated in the …

Inhibition of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase delays tumor progression and blocks metastatic spread in a mouse model of thyroid cancer

F Furuya, C Lu, MC Willingham, S Cheng - Carcinogenesis, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Aberrant activation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)–AKT/protein kinase B-
signaling pathway has been associated with multiple human cancers, including thyroid …

β1 integrin mediated adhesion increases Bim protein degradation and contributes to drug resistance in leukaemia cells

LA Hazlehurst, RF Argilagos… - British journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
It has been shown that the tumour microenvironment confers resistance to chemotherapy.
Specifically, it was previously reported that adhesion of haematopoietic tumour cells to …