Endoplasmic reticulum stress and homeostasis in reproductive physiology and pathology

E Guzel, S Arlier, O Guzeloglu-Kayisli… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER), comprises 60% of the total cell membrane and interacts
directly or indirectly with several cell organelles ie, Golgi bodies, mitochondria and …

Modeling endometrial cancer: past, present, and future

T Van Nyen, CP Moiola, E Colas, D Annibali… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Endometrial cancer is the most common type of cancer of the female reproductive tract.
Although prognosis is generally good for patients with low-grade and early-stage diseases …

Oleic acid promotes prostate cancer malignant phenotype via the G protein‐coupled receptor FFA1/GPR40

A Liotti, V Cosimato, P Mirra, G Calì… - Journal of cellular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy in men and the second
leading cause of cancer‐related death in industrialized countries. Epidemiologic evidence …

ZDHHC9-mediated Bip/GRP78 S-palmitoylation inhibits unfolded protein response and promotes bladder cancer progression

W Li, J Liu, T Yu, F Lu, Q Miao, X Meng, W Xiao… - Cancer Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Recent studies have highlighted palmitoylation, a novel protein post-translational
modification, as a key player in various signaling pathways that contribute to tumorigenesis …

The SGK1 inhibitor SI113 induces autophagy, apoptosis, and endoplasmic reticulum stress in endometrial cancer cells

D Conza, P Mirra, G Calì, T Tortora… - Journal of cellular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Endometrial cancer is often characterized by PI3K/AKT pathway deregulation. Recently it
has been suggested that SGK1, a serine/threonine protein kinase that shares structural and …

Metformin: a new inhibitor of the wnt signaling pathway in cancer

D Conza, P Mirra, F Fiory, L Insabato, A Nicolò… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
The biguanide drug metformin is widely used in type 2 diabetes mellitus therapy, due to its
ability to decrease serum glucose levels, mainly by reducing hepatic gluconeogenesis and …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor-secreted GRP78 promotes the establishment of a pre-metastatic niche in the liver microenvironment

L Chen, L Liu, P Lei - Frontiers in Immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The liver is an immunologically tolerant organ and a common site of distant metastasis for
various cancers. The expression levels of glucose-regulated protein 78 (GRP78) have been …

Glucose-regulated protein 78 is a potential serum and imaging marker for early detection of ovarian cancer

EA Paris, JM Bahr, JS Abramowicz, S Basu, A Barua - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Ovarian cancer (OVCA) is a fatal gynecological disease for which there is
no early detection test. Glucose-regulated protein 78 (GRP78), a protein marker of stress …

Licochalcone A induces endoplasmic reticulum stress‐mediated apoptosis of endometrial cancer cells via upregulation of GRP78 expression

MH Wu, YH Hsieh, CL Lin, TH Ying… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Licochalcone A (LicA), a natural compound extracted from licorice root, has been shown to
exert a variety of anticancer activities. Whether LicA has such effects on endometrial cancer …

Metformin dysregulates the unfolded protein response and the WNT/β-catenin pathway in endometrial cancer cells through an AMPK-independent mechanism

D Conza, P Mirra, G Calì, L Insabato, F Fiory… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Multiple lines of evidence suggest that metformin, an antidiabetic drug, exerts anti-
tumorigenic effects in different types of cancer. Metformin has been reported to affect cancer …