Hypoxic microenvironment in cancer: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic interventions

Z Chen, F Han, Y Du, H Shi, W Zhou - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2023 - nature.com
Having a hypoxic microenvironment is a common and salient feature of most solid tumors.
Hypoxia has a profound effect on the biological behavior and malignant phenotype of …

Clear cell renal cell carcinoma ontogeny and mechanisms of lethality

E Jonasch, CL Walker, WK Rathmell - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2021 - nature.com
The molecular features that define clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) initiation and
progression are being increasingly defined. The TRACERx Renal studies and others that …

Targeting the HIF2–VEGF axis in renal cell carcinoma

TK Choueiri, WG Kaelin Jr - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Insights into the role of the tumor suppressor pVHL in oxygen sensing motivated the testing
of drugs that target the transcription factor HIF or HIF-responsive growth factors, such as …

Discovery of small molecule ligands for the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) E3 ligase and their use as inhibitors and PROTAC degraders

CJ Diehl, A Ciulli - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) Cullin RING E3 ligase is an essential enzyme in the ubiquitin-
proteasome system that recruits substrates such as the hypoxia inducible factor for …

The immunology of renal cell carcinoma

CM Díaz-Montero, BI Rini, JH Finke - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2020 - nature.com
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common type of kidney cancer and comprises
several subtypes with unique characteristics. The most common subtype (~ 70% of cases) is …

The Cancer Genome Atlas of renal cell carcinoma: findings and clinical implications

WM Linehan, CJ Ricketts - Nature Reviews Urology, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) characterized the somatic genetic and genomic
alterations in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) encompassing the major RCC histological …

Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma

HPH Neumann, WF Young Jr… - New England journal of …, 2019 - Mass Medical Soc
Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma are
related tumors that differ mainly in location; pheochromocytomas are adrenal, and …

The adaptive immune system is a major driver of selection for tumor suppressor gene inactivation

TD Martin, RS Patel, DR Cook, MY Choi, A Patil… - Science, 2021 - science.org
During tumorigenesis, tumors must evolve to evade the immune system and do so by
disrupting the genes involved in antigen processing and presentation or up-regulating …

Functional E3 ligase hotspots and resistance mechanisms to small-molecule degraders

A Hanzl, R Casement, H Imrichova, SJ Hughes… - Nature chemical …, 2023 - nature.com
Targeted protein degradation is a novel pharmacology established by drugs that recruit
target proteins to E3 ubiquitin ligases. Based on the structure of the degrader and the target …

Systemic therapy for metastatic renal-cell carcinoma

TK Choueiri, RJ Motzer - New England Journal of Medicine, 2017 - Mass Medical Soc
Kidney cancers have been extensively studied, and insights from an increased
understanding of tumor biology have led to increases in survival rates. Therapies aimed at …