The role of Notch3 signaling in cancer stemness and chemoresistance: molecular mechanisms and targeting strategies

M Xiu, Y Wang, B Li, X Wang, F Xiao, S Chen… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Aberrant Notch signaling profoundly affects cancer progression. Especially the Notch3
receptor was found to be dysregulated in cancer, where its expression is correlated with …

MMP14 in sarcoma: a regulator of tumor microenvironment communication in connective tissues

J Gonzalez-Molina, S Gramolelli, Z Liao, JW Carlson… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Sarcomas are deadly malignant tumors of mesenchymal origin occurring at all ages. The
expression and function of the membrane-type matrix metalloproteinase MMP14 is closely …

Membrane type 1 matrix metalloproteinase promotes LDL receptor shedding and accelerates the development of atherosclerosis

A Alabi, XD Xia, HM Gu, F Wang, SJ Deng… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Plasma low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is primarily cleared by LDL receptor (LDLR). LDLR
can be proteolytically cleaved to release its soluble ectodomain (sLDLR) into extracellular …

Shifting the focus of zebrafish toward a model of the tumor microenvironment

JM Weiss, D Lumaquin-Yin, E Montal, S Suresh… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Cancer cells exist in a complex ecosystem with numerous other cell types in the tumor
microenvironment (TME). The composition of this tumor/TME ecosystem will vary at each …

LncRNA BASP1‐AS1 interacts with YBX1 to regulate Notch transcription and drives the malignancy of melanoma

YL Li, YL Gao, XL Niu, MS Tang, JY Li, B Song… - Cancer …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Melanoma is a fatal skin malignant tumor with a poor prognosis. We found that long
noncoding RNA BASP1‐AS1 is essential for the development and prognosis of melanoma …

Modeling lymphangiogenesis: Pairing in vitro and in vivo metrics

AC Suarez, JH Hammel, JM Munson - Microcirculation, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Lymphangiogenesis is the mechanism by which the lymphatic system develops and
expands new vessels facilitating fluid drainage and immune cell trafficking. Models to study …

Discovery and mechanism of action of small molecule inhibitors of ceramidases

RD Healey, EM Saied, X Cong, G Karsai… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sphingolipid metabolism is tightly controlled by enzymes to regulate essential processes in
human physiology. The central metabolite is ceramide, a pro‐apoptotic lipid catabolized by …

The multiple usages of Notch signaling in development, cell differentiation and cancer

A Bigas, L Espinosa - Current opinion in cell biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Notch is a well-conserved signaling pathway all through evolution that is crucial to specify
different cell fates. Although there is a strong context dependent component in each …

Coexpressed genes that promote the infiltration of M2 macrophages in melanoma can evaluate the prognosis and immunotherapy outcome

K Yan, Y Wang, Y Lu, Z Yan - Journal of Immunology Research, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose. To improve immunotherapy efficacy for melanoma, a coexpression network and
key genes of M2 macrophages in melanoma were explored. A prognostic risk assessment …

The role of angiogenesis in melanoma: Clinical treatments and future expectations

Z Wu, Y Bian, T Chu, Y Wang, S Man, Y Song… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The incidence of melanoma has increased rapidly over the past few decades, with mortality
accounting for more than 75% of all skin cancers. The high metastatic potential of Melanoma …