Controversies around epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity in cancer metastasis

ED Williams, D Gao, A Redfern… - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019 - nature.com
Experimental evidence accumulated over decades has implicated epithelial–mesenchymal
plasticity (EMP), which collectively encompasses epithelial–mesenchymal transition and the …

[HTML][HTML] The crosstalk between lncRNA and microRNA in cancer metastasis: orchestrating the epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity

M Cao, Y Jiang, Y Tang, X Liang - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) have been demonstrated to closely associate with gene
regulation and encompass the well-known microRNAs (miRNAs), as well as the most …

Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition is dispensable for metastasis but induces chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer

X Zheng, JL Carstens, J Kim, M Scheible, J Kaye… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Diagnosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is associated with a dismal
prognosis despite current best therapies; therefore new treatment strategies are urgently …

Mapping lung cancer epithelial-mesenchymal transition states and trajectories with single-cell resolution

LG Karacosta, B Anchang, N Ignatiadis… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Elucidating the spectrum of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and mesenchymal-
epithelial transition (MET) states in clinical samples promises insights on cancer progression …

Hypoxia-induced reactive oxygen species mediate N-cadherin and SERPINE1 expression, EGFR signalling and motility in MDA-MB-468 breast cancer cells

I Azimi, RM Petersen, EW Thompson… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
One of the hallmarks of the tumour microenvironment is hypoxia resulting from increased
oxygen consumption by proliferative cancer cells and altered vasculature. Hypoxic tension …

Overexpression of FRA1 (FOSL1) Leads to Global Transcriptional Perturbations, Reduced Cellular Adhesion and Altered Cell Cycle Progression

W Al-Khayyat, J Pirkkanen, J Dougherty, T Laframboise… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
FRA1 (FOSL1) is a transcription factor and a member of the activator protein-1 superfamily.
FRA1 is expressed in most tissues at low levels, and its expression is robustly induced in …

Transcriptional census of epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity in cancer

DP Cook, BC Vanderhyden - Science advances, 2022 - science.org
Epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity (EMP) contributes to tumor progression, promoting
therapy resistance and immune cell evasion. Definitive molecular features of this plasticity …

Therapeutic blockade of activin-A improves NK cell function and antitumor immunity

J Rautela, LF Dagley, CC De Oliveira, IS Schuster… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphocytes that play a major role in immunosurveillance
against tumor initiation and metastatic spread. The signals and checkpoints that regulate NK …

Tissue factor induced by epithelial–mesenchymal transition triggers a procoagulant state that drives metastasis of circulating tumor cells

M Bourcy, M Suarez-Carmona, J Lambert, ME Francart… - Cancer research, 2016 - AACR
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is prominent in circulating tumor cells (CTC), but
how it influences metastatic spread in this setting is obscure. Insofar as blood provides a …

[HTML][HTML] Altered purinergic receptor-Ca2+ signaling associated with hypoxia-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in breast cancer cells

I Azimi, H Beilby, FM Davis, DL Marcial, PA Kenny… - Molecular …, 2016 - Elsevier
Hypoxia is a feature of the microenvironment of many cancers and can trigger epithelial-
mesenchymal transition (EMT), a process by which cells acquire a more invasive phenotype …