Redox control of inflammation in macrophages

B Brüne, N Dehne, N Grossmann, M Jung… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Macrophages are present throughout the human body, constitute important immune effector
cells, and have variable roles in a great number of pathological, but also physiological …

Regulation of autophagy by stress-responsive transcription factors

F Pietrocola, V Izzo, M Niso-Santano, E Vacchelli… - Seminars in cancer …, 2013 - Elsevier
Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved process that promotes the lysosomal degradation
of intracellular components including organelles and portions of the cytoplasm. Besides …

Inhibition of VEGF expression through blockade of Hif1α and STAT3 signalling mediates the anti-angiogenic effect of melatonin in HepG2 liver cancer cells

S Carbajo-Pescador, R Ordoñez, M Benet… - British journal of …, 2013 - nature.com
Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) growth relies on angiogenesis via vascular
endothelial growth factor (VEGF) release. Hypoxia within tumour environment leads to …

The hypoxia factor Hif-1α controls neural crest chemotaxis and epithelial to mesenchymal transition

EH Barriga, PH Maxwell, AE Reyes, R Mayor - Journal of Cell Biology, 2013 - rupress.org
One of the most important mechanisms that promotes metastasis is the stabilization of Hif-1
(hypoxia-inducible transcription factor 1). We decided to test whether Hif-1α also was …

IL-27 inhibits epithelial-mesenchymal transition and angiogenic factor production in a STAT1-dominant pathway in human non-small cell lung cancer

P Kachroo, MH Lee, L Zhang, F Baratelli, G Lee… - Journal of Experimental …, 2013 - Springer
Background Interleukin-27 signaling is mediated by the JAK-STAT pathway via activation of
STAT1 and STAT3, which have tumor suppressive and oncogenic activities, respectively …

Enhanceosomes as integrators of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) and other transcription factors in the hypoxic transcriptional response

MR Pawlus, CJ Hu - Cellular signalling, 2013 - Elsevier
Hypoxia is a prevalent attribute of the solid tumor microenvironment that promotes the
expression of genes through posttranslational modifications and stabilization of alpha …

Inhibition of apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease I's redox activity revisited

J Zhang, M Luo, D Marasco, D Logsdon… - Biochemistry, 2013 - ACS Publications
The essential base excision repair protein, apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1),
plays an important role in redox regulation in cells and is currently targeted for the …

A phase II trial of dasatinib in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer treated previously with chemotherapy

PW Twardowski, JH Beumer, CS Chen, AS Kraft… - Anti-cancer …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
There is a need for efficacious therapies for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
(mCRPC) after disease progression on docetaxel. The SRC tyrosine kinase and its related …

PIAS4 is an activator of hypoxia signalling via VHL suppression during growth of pancreatic cancer cells

W Chien, KL Lee, LW Ding, P Wuensche, H Kato… - British journal of …, 2013 - nature.com
Background: The PIAS4 protein belongs to the family of protein inhibitors of activated STAT,
but has since been implicated in various biological activities including the post-translational …

Dasatinib plus capecitabine for advanced breast cancer: safety and efficacy in phase I study CA180004

G Somlo, F Atzori, LC Strauss, WJ Geese… - Clinical Cancer …, 2013 - AACR
Abstract Purpose: Dasatinib is an Src family kinase inhibitor with modest activity in advanced
breast cancer. We aimed to assess toxicity and maximum tolerated dose (MTD) for dasatinib …