Tumour–host interactions through the lens of Drosophila

D Bilder, K Ong, TC Hsi, K Adiga, J Kim - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
There is a large gap between the deep understanding of mechanisms driving tumour growth
and the reasons why patients ultimately die of cancer. It is now appreciated that interactions …

Using Drosophila to uncover the role of organismal physiology and the tumor microenvironment in cancer

C Khan, NM Rusan - Trends in Cancer, 2024 - cell.com
Cancer metastasis causes over 90% of cancer patient fatalities. Poor prognosis is
determined by tumor type, the tumor microenvironment (TME), organ-specific biology, and …

Large-Scale Transgenic Drosophila Resource Collections for Loss- and Gain-of-Function Studies

J Zirin, Y Hu, L Liu, D Yang-Zhou, R Colbeth, D Yan… - Genetics, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Transgenic RNAi Project (TRiP), a Drosophila melanogaster functional
genomics platform at Harvard Medical School, was initiated in 2008 to generate and …

ZnT7 RNAi favors RafGOFscrib−/−-induced tumor growth and invasion in Drosophila through JNK signaling pathway

T Wei, X Ji, Y Gao, X Zhu, G Xiao - Oncogene, 2021 - nature.com
The disruption of zinc homeostasis has been identified in patients suffering from various
cancers, but a causative relationship has not yet been established. Drosophila …

Chicken skin-derived collagen peptides chelated zinc promotes zinc absorption and represses tumor growth and invasion in vivo by suppressing autophagy

T Liu, L Zou, X Ji, G Xiao - Frontiers in nutrition, 2022 - frontiersin.org
To improve the utilization value of chicken by-products, we utilized the method of step-by-
step hydrolysis with bromelain and flavourzyme to prepare low molecular weight chicken …

The ECSIT mediated Toll3-dorsal-ALFs pathway inhibits bacterial amplification in Kuruma shrimp

D Ding, X Sun, M Yan, Q Chen, L Gao… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Toll signaling pathway plays an important role in animal innate immunity. However, its
activation and signal transmission greatly differ across species and need to be investigated …

RasV12; scrib−/− Tumors: A Cooperative Oncogenesis Model Fueled by Tumor/Host Interactions

C Dillard, JGT Reis, TE Rusten - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The phenomenon of how oncogenes and tumor-suppressor mutations can synergize to
promote tumor fitness and cancer progression can be studied in relatively simple animal …

Drosophila innate immunity suppresses the survival of xenografted mammalian tumor cells

A Aida, K Yuswan, Y Kawai, K Hasegawa… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Patient-derived xenograft (PDX) is an emerging tool established in immunodeficient
vertebrate models to assess individualized treatments for cancer patients. Current xenograft …

E2 enzyme Bruce negatively regulates Hippo signaling through POSH-mediated expanded degradation

S Song, X Ma - Cell Death & Disease, 2023 - nature.com
The Hippo pathway is a master regulator of organ growth, stem cell renewal, and
tumorigenesis, its activation is tightly controlled by various post-translational modifications …

Modelling Cancer Metastasis in Drosophila melanogaster

JL Sharpe, J Morgan, N Nisbet, K Campbell, A Casali - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cancer metastasis, the process by which tumour cells spread throughout the body and form
secondary tumours at distant sites, is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. The …