Cancer cachexia: molecular mechanisms and treatment strategies

T Setiawan, IN Sari, YT Wijaya, NM Julianto… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2023 - Springer
Muscle wasting is a consequence of physiological changes or a pathology characterized by
increased catabolic activity that leads to progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass and …

Mitochondrial dysfunction: roles in skeletal muscle atrophy

X Chen, Y Ji, R Liu, X Zhu, K Wang, X Yang… - Journal of Translational …, 2023 - Springer
Mitochondria play important roles in maintaining cellular homeostasis and skeletal muscle
health, and damage to mitochondria can lead to a series of pathophysiological changes …

A potent and selective small-molecule degrader of STAT3 achieves complete tumor regression in vivo

L Bai, H Zhou, R Xu, Y Zhao, K Chinnaswamy… - Cancer cell, 2019 - cell.com
Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is an attractive cancer therapeutic
target. Here we report the discovery of SD-36, a small-molecule degrader of STAT3. SD-36 …

Tissue stem cells: architects of their niches

E Fuchs, HM Blau - Cell stem cell, 2020 - cell.com
Stem cells (SCs) maintain tissue homeostasis and repair wounds. Despite marked variation
in tissue architecture and regenerative demands, SCs often follow similar paradigms in …

The jam session between muscle stem cells and the extracellular matrix in the tissue microenvironment

M Loreti, A Sacco - NPJ Regenerative medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Skeletal muscle requires a highly orchestrated coordination between multiple cell types and
their microenvironment to exert its function and to maintain its homeostasis and regenerative …

Autophagy in muscle regeneration: potential therapies for myopathies

W Chen, Y Chen, Y Liu, X Wang - Journal of Cachexia …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Autophagy classically functions as a physiological process to degrade cytoplasmic
components, protein aggregates, and/or organelles, as a mechanism for nutrient …

Transcription factor-directed re-wiring of chromatin architecture for somatic cell nuclear reprogramming toward trans-differentiation

A Dall'Agnese, L Caputo, C Nicoletti, J di Iulio… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
MYOD-directed fibroblast trans-differentiation into skeletal muscle provides a unique model
to investigate how one transcription factor (TF) reconfigures the three-dimensional chromatin …

STAT3 and STAT5 activation in solid cancers

S Igelmann, HA Neubauer, G Ferbeyre - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
The Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription (STAT) 3 and 5 proteins are activated
by many cytokine receptors to regulate specific gene expression and mitochondrial …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting Nrf2 for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

S Kourakis, CA Timpani, JB de Haan, N Gueven… - Redox biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Imbalances in redox homeostasis can result in oxidative stress, which is implicated in
various pathological conditions including the fatal neuromuscular disease Duchenne …

Changes of gene expression patterns of muscle pathophysiology-related transcription factors during denervated muscle atrophy

X Yang, M Li, Y Ji, Y Lin, L Xu, X Gu, H Sun… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Peripheral nerve injury is common, and can lead to skeletal muscle atrophy and dysfunction.
However, the underlying molecular mechanisms are not fully understood. The transcription …