Signaling pathways in cancer-associated fibroblasts and targeted therapy for cancer

F Wu, J Yang, J Liu, Y Wang, J Mu, Q Zeng… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2021 - nature.com
To flourish, cancers greatly depend on their surrounding tumor microenvironment (TME),
and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in TME are critical for cancer occurrence and …

Mutations and mechanisms of WNT pathway tumour suppressors in cancer

JM Bugter, N Fenderico, MM Maurice - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Mutation-induced activation of WNT–β-catenin signalling is a frequent driver event in human
cancer. Sustained WNT–β-catenin pathway activation endows cancer cells with sustained …

Development of antibody-based PROTACs for the degradation of the cell-surface immune checkpoint protein PD-L1

AD Cotton, DP Nguyen, JA Gramespacher… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation has emerged as a new paradigm to manipulate cellular
proteostasis. Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are bifunctional small molecules …

Targeting signalling pathways and the immune microenvironment of cancer stem cells—a clinical update

JA Clara, C Monge, Y Yang, N Takebe - Nature reviews clinical …, 2020 - nature.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) have important roles in tumour development, relapse and
metastasis; the intrinsic self-renewal characteristics and tumorigenic properties of these cells …

WNT as a driver and dependency in cancer

MJ Parsons, T Tammela, LE Dow - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
The WNT signaling pathway is a critical regulator of development and adult tissue
homeostasis and becomes dysregulated in many cancer types. Although hyperactivation of …

Targeting the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway in cancer: Update on effectors and inhibitors

N Krishnamurthy, R Kurzrock - Cancer treatment reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
The Wnt/beta-catenin pathway is a family of proteins that is implicated in many vital cellular
functions such as stem cell regeneration and organogenesis. Several intra-cellular signal …

Wnt signaling in cancer

T Zhan, N Rindtorff, M Boutros - Oncogene, 2017 - nature.com
Wnt signaling is one of the key cascades regulating development and stemness, and has
also been tightly associated with cancer. The role of Wnt signaling in carcinogenesis has …

Uncovering novel mutational signatures by de novo extraction with SigProfilerExtractor

SMA Islam, M Díaz-Gay, Y Wu, M Barnes, R Vangara… - Cell genomics, 2022 - cell.com
Mutational signature analysis is commonly performed in cancer genomic studies. Here, we
present SigProfilerExtractor, an automated tool for de novo extraction of mutational …

Functional patient-derived organoid screenings identify MCLA-158 as a therapeutic EGFR× LGR5 bispecific antibody with efficacy in epithelial tumors

B Herpers, B Eppink, MI James, C Cortina… - Nature cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Patient-derived organoids (PDOs) recapitulate tumor architecture, contain cancer stem cells
and have predictive value supporting personalized medicine. Here we describe a large …

Transcriptional regulation of Wnt/β-catenin pathway in colorectal cancer

J Bian, M Dannappel, C Wan, R Firestein - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway exerts integral roles in embryogenesis and adult
homeostasis. Aberrant activation of the pathway is implicated in growth-associated diseases …