Lineage plasticity in cancer: a shared pathway of therapeutic resistance

Á Quintanal-Villalonga, JM Chan, HA Yu… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2020 - nature.com
Lineage plasticity, the ability of cells to transition from one committed developmental
pathway to another, has been proposed as a source of intratumoural heterogeneity and of …

Beneficial and detrimental aspects of miRNAs as chief players in breast cancer: a comprehensive review

A Ismail, HA El-Mahdy, AI Abulsoud… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer in women and poses a serious threat to their
health. Despite familiarity with factors affecting its etiology, initiation, progression, treatment …

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 …

Functional characterization of SOX2 as an anticancer target

S Zhang, X Xiong, Y Sun - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2020 - nature.com
SOX2 is a well-characterized pluripotent factor that is essential for stem cell self-renewal,
reprogramming, and homeostasis. The cellular levels of SOX2 are precisely regulated by a …

PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway in cancer stem cells

M Ebrahimi, E Nourbakhsh, AZ Hazara… - … -Research and Practice, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) as a small subpopulation in tumor bulk are believed to initiate
tumor formation and are responsible for the resistance to cancer therapy. The proliferation …

Small cell lung cancer transformation: From pathogenesis to treatment

X Yin, Y Li, H Wang, T Jia, E Wang, Y Luo, Y Wei… - seminars in Cancer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a type of neuroendocrine tumor with high malignancy and
poor prognosis. Besides the de novo SCLC, there is transformed SCLC, which has similar …

Functional regeneration and repair of tendons using biomimetic scaffolds loaded with recombinant periostin

Y Wang, S Jin, D Luo, D He, C Shi, L Zhu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Tendon injuries disrupt the balance between stability and mobility, causing compromised
functions and disabilities. The regeneration of mature, functional tendons remains a clinical …

Cancer metastasis as a non-healing wound

M Deyell, CS Garris, AM Laughney - British journal of cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Most cancer deaths are caused by metastasis: recurrence of disease by disseminated
tumour cells at sites distant from the primary tumour. Large numbers of disseminated tumour …

Molecular mechanisms underlying the development of neuroendocrine prostate cancer

S Liu, BR Alabi, Q Yin, T Stoyanova - Seminars in Cancer Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Prostate cancer is the most common non-cutaneous cancer and the second leading cause
of cancer-associated deaths among men in the United States. Androgen deprivation therapy …

Integrative analysis of a large real-world cohort of small cell lung cancer identifies distinct genetic subtypes and insights into histologic transformation

S Sivakumar, JA Moore, M Montesion, R Sharaf, DI Lin… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a recalcitrant neuroendocrine carcinoma with dismal
survival outcomes. A major barrier in the field has been the relative paucity of human tumors …