Emerging therapeutic opportunities for integrin inhibitors

RJ Slack, SJF Macdonald, JA Roper… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Integrins are cell adhesion and signalling proteins crucial to a wide range of biological
functions. Effective marketed treatments have successfully targeted integrins αIIbβ3 …

Overcoming TGFβ-mediated immune evasion in cancer

DVF Tauriello, E Sancho, E Batlle - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) signalling controls multiple cell fate decisions during
development and tissue homeostasis; hence, dysregulation of this pathway can drive …

Designing cancer immunotherapies that engage T cells and NK cells

O Kyrysyuk, KW Wucherpfennig - Annual review of immunology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
T cells and natural killer (NK) cells have complementary roles in tumor immunity, and dual T
cell and NK cell attack thus offers opportunities to deepen the impact of immunotherapy …

Cancer metastasis: molecular mechanisms and clinical perspectives

SU Khan, K Fatima, F Malik, H Kalkavan… - Pharmacology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Metastatic progression combined with non-responsiveness towards systemic therapy often
shapes the course of disease for cancer patients and commonly determines its lethal …

Integrin αvβ6–TGFβ–SOX4 pathway drives immune evasion in triple-negative breast cancer

A Bagati, S Kumar, P Jiang, J Pyrdol, AE Zou… - Cancer cell, 2021 - cell.com
Cancer immunotherapy shows limited efficacy against many solid tumors that originate from
epithelial tissues, including triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). We identify the SOX4 …

Novel therapies emerging in oncology to target the TGF-β pathway

BG Kim, E Malek, SH Choi, JJ Ignatz-Hoover… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
The TGF-β signaling pathway governs key cellular processes under physiologic conditions
and is deregulated in many pathologies, including cancer. TGF-β is a multifunctional …

Matrigel: from discovery and ECM mimicry to assays and models for cancer research

G Benton, I Arnaoutova, J George, HK Kleinman… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2014 - Elsevier
The basement membrane is an important extracellular matrix that is found in all epithelial
and endothelial tissues. It maintains tissue integrity, serves as a barrier to cells and to …

TGF-β: A novel predictor and target for anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy

M Yi, T Li, M Niu, Y Wu, Z Zhao, K Wu - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) signaling regulates multiple physiological processes,
such as cell proliferation, differentiation, immune homeostasis, and wound healing. Besides …

TGF-β signaling networks in the tumor microenvironment

MKK Chan, JYF Chung, PCT Tang, ASW Chan, JYY Ho… - Cancer letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) signaling shows important roles in both physiology
and pathology, especially in the progression of inflammatory diseases including cancer …

The next generation of therapeutics for chronic kidney disease

MD Breyer, K Susztak - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2016 - nature.com
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) represents a leading cause of death in the United States.
There is no cure for this disease, with current treatment strategies relying on blood pressure …