The landscape of small leucine-rich proteoglycan impact on cancer pathogenesis with a focus on biglycan and lumican

A Berdiaki, EM Giatagana, G Tzanakakis, D Nikitovic - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cancer is a complex disease in which both cells and their environment are
altered. A tumor microenvironment contains tumor cells, normal tissue cells, blood vessels …

The heparanase regulatory network in health and disease

AJ Mayfosh, TK Nguyen, MD Hulett - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a structural framework that has many important
physiological functions which include maintaining tissue structure and integrity, serving as a …

Syndecan-4 in tumor cell motility

A Keller-Pinter, S Gyulai-Nagy, D Becsky, L Dux… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cell migration is crucial fReaor metastasis formation and a hallmark of
malignancy. The primary cause of high mortality among oncology patients is the ability of …

Lumican in carcinogenesis—Revisited

EM Giatagana, A Berdiaki, A Tsatsakis, GN Tzanakakis… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Carcinogenesis is a multifactorial process with the input and interactions of environmental,
genetic, and metabolic factors. During cancer development, a significant remodeling of the …

Salmonella Impacts Tumor-Induced Macrophage Polarization, and Inhibits SNAI1-Mediated Metastasis in Melanoma

CR Pangilinan, LH Wu, CH Lee - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cancer treatment using Salmonella is deemed a viable option since
Salmonella impedes expression of proteins relevant to tumor survival and progression. In …

Multi-omics analysis reveals the prognostic and tumor micro-environmental value of lumican in multiple cancer types

Z Guo, Z Li, M Chen, X Qi, Z Sun, S Wu… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background: Lumican (LUM), a proteoglycan of the extracellular matrix, has been reported
to be involved in the regulation of immune escape processes, but the data supporting this …

[HTML][HTML] Matrikines in the skin: Origin, effects, and therapeutic potential

JP Sirois, A Heinz - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2024 - Elsevier
The extracellular matrix (ECM) represents a complex multi-component environment that has
a decisive influence on the biomechanical properties of tissues and organs. Depending on …

Proteoglycans determine the dynamic landscape of EMT and cancer cell stemness

Z Karagiorgou, PN Fountas, D Manou, E Knutsen… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Proteoglycans are important structural and functional components of
extracellular matrices that govern phenotype and functions of resident cells. They are often …

The pertinent role of cell and matrix mechanics in cell adhesion and migration

CT Mierke - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The processes of cell adhesion and migration fulfill crucial tasks during physiological
developmental processes, immune responses, angiogenesis, or tissue injury and …

[HTML][HTML] Increased neuron density in the midbrain of a foveate bird, pigeon, results from profound change in tissue morphogenesis

T Rodrigues, L Dib, É Bréthaut, MM Matter… - Developmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The increase of brain neuron number in relation with brain size is currently considered to be
the major evolutionary path to high cognitive power in amniotes. However, how changes in …