Heat shock proteins and cancer

J Wu, T Liu, Z Rios, Q Mei, X Lin, S Cao - Trends in pharmacological …, 2017 - cell.com
Heat shock proteins (HSPs) constitute a large family of proteins involved in protein folding
and maturation whose expression is induced by heat shock or other stressors. The major …

[HTML][HTML] The disruption of protein− protein interactions with co-chaperones and client substrates as a strategy towards Hsp90 inhibition

MA Serwetnyk, BSJ Blagg - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The 90-kiloDalton (kD) heat shock protein (Hsp90) is a ubiquitous, ATP-dependent
molecular chaperone whose primary function is to ensure the proper folding of several …

Discovery of therapeutic agents for prostate cancer using genome-scale metabolic modeling and drug repositioning

B Turanli, C Zhang, W Kim, R Benfeitas, M Uhlen… - …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Genome-scale metabolic models (GEMs) offer insights into cancer metabolism
and have been used to identify potential biomarkers and drug targets. Drug repositioning is …

Survivin in survival of hepatocellular carcinoma

C Su - Cancer Letters, 2016 - Elsevier
Survivin is an anti-apoptotic protein belonging to the inhibitor of apoptosis protein (IAP)
family. It is involved in the regulation of important physiological and pathological processes …

Systems biomarkers for papillary thyroid cancer prognosis and treatment through multi-omics networks

G Gulfidan, M Soylu, D Demirel, HBC Erdonmez… - Archives of biochemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
The identification of biomolecules associated with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) has upmost
importance for the elucidation of the disease mechanism and the development of effective …

Vimentin as a target for the treatment of COVID-19

Z Li, D Paulin, P Lacolley… - BMJ open …, 2020 - bmjopenrespres.bmj.com
We and others propose vimentin as a possible cellular target for the treatment of COVID-19.
This innovative idea is so recent that it requires further attention and debate. The significant …

Restoring E-cadherin expression by natural compounds for anticancer therapies in genital and urinary cancers

Y Song, M Ye, J Zhou, Z Wang, X Zhu - Molecular Therapy-Oncolytics, 2019 - cell.com
E-cadherin plays a pivotal role in cancer progression, including the epithelial-mesenchymal
transition (EMT) process and tumor metastasis. Loss of E-cadherin contributes to enhanced …

Insight into Recent Advances in Degrading Androgen Receptor for Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

QH Chen, E Munoz, D Ashong - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary A promising approach to combat aggressive prostate cancer involves
androgen receptor degraders, which break down the crucial protein driving cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Oct4 promotes cancer cell proliferation and migration and leads to poor prognosis associated with the survivin/STAT3 pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma

G Wang, H Zhou, Z Gu, Q Gao… - Oncology …, 2018 - spandidos-publications.com
Octamer‑binding transcription factor 4 (Oct4) has been identified as a novel transcription
factor associated with tumorigenesis, acquisition and maintenance of cancer stem cell …

Targeting heat shock protein 90 for anti-cancer drug development

A Aswad, T Liu - Advances in cancer research, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction: Heat shock proteins (HSPs) constitute a large family of proteins
involved in protein folding and maturation. HSP expression is induced by heat shock or …