Wnt/β-catenin signaling in cancers and targeted therapies

F Yu, C Yu, F Li, Y Zuo, Y Wang, L Yao, C Wu… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2021 - nature.com
Wnt/β-catenin signaling has been broadly implicated in human cancers and experimental
cancer models of animals. Aberrant activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling is tightly linked with …

Colorectal liver metastasis: molecular mechanism and interventional therapy

H Zhou, Z Liu, Y Wang, X Wen, EH Amador… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most frequently occurring malignancy tumors with a
high morbidity additionally, CRC patients may develop liver metastasis, which is the major …

The roles of cyclin-dependent kinases in cell-cycle progression and therapeutic strategies in human breast cancer

L Ding, J Cao, W Lin, H Chen, X Xiong, H Ao… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) are serine/threonine kinases whose catalytic activities are
regulated by interactions with cyclins and CDK inhibitors (CKIs). CDKs are key regulatory …

Molecular mechanisms of colon cancer progression and metastasis: recent insights and advancements

A Malki, RA ElRuz, I Gupta, A Allouch, S Vranic… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC), the third most common type of cancer, is the second leading cause
of cancer-related mortality rates worldwide. Although modern research was able to shed …

PROTACs: great opportunities for academia and industry

X Sun, H Gao, Y Yang, M He, Y Wu, Y Song… - Signal transduction and …, 2019 - nature.com
Although many kinds of therapies are applied in the clinic, drug-resistance is a major and
unavoidable problem. Another disturbing statistic is the limited number of drug targets, which …

N6-methyladenosine modification of circNSUN2 facilitates cytoplasmic export and stabilizes HMGA2 to promote colorectal liver metastasis

RX Chen, X Chen, LP Xia, JX Zhang, ZZ Pan… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) have been implicated in cancer progression through largely
unknown mechanisms. Herein, we identify an N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) modified …

Combined effects of host genetics and diet on human gut microbiota and incident disease in a single population cohort

Y Qin, AS Havulinna, Y Liu, P Jousilahti, SC Ritchie… - Nature Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Human genetic variation affects the gut microbiota through a complex combination of
environmental and host factors. Here we characterize genetic variations associated with …

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 …

Transcription regulation by the Mediator complex

J Soutourina - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
Alterations in the regulation of gene expression are frequently associated with
developmental diseases or cancer. Transcription activation is a key phenomenon in the …

Enhanced T cell effector activity by targeting the Mediator kinase module

KA Freitas, JA Belk, E Sotillo, PJ Quinn, MC Ramello… - Science, 2022 - science.org
T cells are the major arm of the immune system responsible for controlling and regressing
cancers. To identify genes limiting T cell function, we conducted genome-wide CRISPR …