Signaling pathways and targeted therapies in lung squamous cell carcinoma: mechanisms and clinical trials

Z Niu, R Jin, Y Zhang, H Li - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death across the world. Unlike lung
adenocarcinoma, patients with lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) have not benefitted …

p53 family and cellular stress responses in cancer

J Pflaum, S Schlosser, M Müller - Frontiers in oncology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
p53 is an important tumor suppressor gene, which is stimulated by cellular stress like
ionizing radiation, hypoxia, carcinogens, and oxidative stress. Upon activation, p53 leads to …

p63: a crucial player in epithelial stemness regulation

Y Li, S Giovannini, T Wang, J Fang, P Li, C Shao… - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
Epithelial tissue homeostasis is closely associated with the self-renewal and differentiation
behaviors of epithelial stem cells (ESCs). p63, a well-known marker of ESCs, is an …

Yap tunes airway epithelial size and architecture by regulating the identity, maintenance, and self-renewal of stem cells

R Zhao, TR Fallon, SV Saladi, A Pardo-Saganta… - Developmental cell, 2014 - cell.com
Our understanding of how stem cells are regulated to maintain appropriate tissue size and
architecture is incomplete. We show that Yap (Yes-associated protein 1) is required for the …

ΔNp63 promotes stem cell activity in mammary gland development and basal-like breast cancer by enhancing Fzd7 expression and Wnt signalling

R Chakrabarti, Y Wei, J Hwang, X Hang… - Nature cell …, 2014 - nature.com
Emerging evidence suggests that cancer is populated and maintained by tumour-initiating
cells (TICs) with stem-like properties similar to those of adult tissue stem cells. Despite …

Recurrent hotspot mutations in HRAS Q61 and PI3K-AKT pathway genes as drivers of breast adenomyoepitheliomas

FC Geyer, A Li, AD Papanastasiou, A Smith… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Adenomyoepithelioma of the breast is a rare tumor characterized by epithelial−
myoepithelial differentiation, whose genetic underpinning is largely unknown. Here we show …

p63-related signaling at a glance

ML Fisher, S Balinth, AA Mills - Journal of cell science, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
ABSTRACT p63 (also known as TP63) is a transcription factor of the p53 family, along with
p73. Multiple isoforms of p63 have been discovered and these have diverse functions …

Chromatin conformation analysis of primary patient tissue using a low input Hi-C method

N Díaz, K Kruse, T Erdmann, AM Staiger, G Ott… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Chromatin conformation constitutes a fundamental level of eukaryotic genome regulation.
However, our ability to examine its biological function and role in disease is limited by the …

Reciprocal crosstalk between YAP1/hippo pathway and the p53 family proteins: mechanisms and outcomes in cancer

N Raj, R Bam - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The YAP1/Hippo and p53 pathways are critical protectors of genome integrity in response to
DNA damage. Together, these pathways secure cellular adaptation and maintain overall …

Exploiting poly (I: C) to induce cancer cell apoptosis

F Bianchi, S Pretto, E Tagliabue, A Balsari… - Cancer biology & …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT TLR3 belong to the Toll-like receptors family, it is mainly expressed on immune
cells where it senses pathogen-associated molecular patterns and initiates innate immune …