Metastasis

S Gerstberger, Q Jiang, K Ganesh - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Most cancer-associated deaths occur due to metastasis, yet our understanding of metastasis
as an evolving, heterogeneous, systemic disease and of how to effectively treat it is still …

[HTML][HTML] The molecular mechanisms and therapeutic strategies of EMT in tumor progression and metastasis

Y Huang, W Hong, X Wei - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2022 - Springer
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is an essential process in normal embryonic
development and tissue regeneration. However, aberrant reactivation of EMT is associated …

[HTML][HTML] TGF-β signaling in health and disease

J Massagué, D Sheppard - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
The TGF-β regulatory system plays crucial roles in the preservation of organismal integrity.
TGF-β signaling controls metazoan embryo development, tissue homeostasis, and injury …

[HTML][HTML] The current state of the art and future trends in RAS-targeted cancer therapies

SR Punekar, V Velcheti, BG Neel… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2022 - nature.com
Despite being the most frequently altered oncogenic protein in solid tumours, KRAS has
historically been considered 'undruggable'owing to a lack of pharmacologically targetable …

[HTML][HTML] PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway and its role in cancer therapeutics: are we making headway?

Y Peng, Y Wang, C Zhou, W Mei, C Zeng - Frontiers in oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cancer is a severe public health issue that is a leading cause of mortality globally. It is also
an impediment to improving life expectancy worldwide. Furthermore, the global burden of …

Dynamic EMT: a multi‐tool for tumor progression

S Brabletz, H Schuhwerk, T Brabletz… - The EMBO journal, 2021 - embopress.org
The process of epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is fundamental for embryonic
morphogenesis. Cells undergoing it lose epithelial characteristics and integrity, acquire …

Long noncoding RNAs in cancer metastasis

SJ Liu, HX Dang, DA Lim, FY Feng… - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Metastasis is a major contributor to cancer-associated deaths. It is characterized by a
multistep process that occurs through the acquisition of molecular and phenotypic changes …

Broadening horizons: the role of ferroptosis in cancer

X Chen, R Kang, G Kroemer, D Tang - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2021 - nature.com
The discovery of regulated cell death processes has enabled advances in cancer treatment.
In the past decade, ferroptosis, an iron-dependent form of regulated cell death driven by …

[HTML][HTML] Distinct contributions of partial and full EMT to breast cancer malignancy

F Lüönd, N Sugiyama, R Bill, L Bornes, C Hager… - Developmental cell, 2021 - cell.com
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a transient, reversible process of cell de-
differentiation where cancer cells transit between various stages of an EMT continuum …

Targeting metastatic cancer

K Ganesh, J Massague - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Despite recent therapeutic advances in cancer treatment, metastasis remains the principal
cause of cancer death. Recent work has uncovered the unique biology of metastasis …