Clinical implications of intratumor heterogeneity: challenges and opportunities

S Ramón y Cajal, M Sesé, C Capdevila… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
In this review, we highlight the role of intratumoral heterogeneity, focusing on the clinical and
biological ramifications this phenomenon poses. Intratumoral heterogeneity arises through …

Cancer the 'RBP'eutics–RNA-binding proteins as therapeutic targets for cancer

S Mohibi, X Chen, J Zhang - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2019 - Elsevier
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play a critical role in the regulation of various RNA processes,
including splicing, cleavage and polyadenylation, transport, translation and degradation of …

Synthetic mRNA nanoparticle-mediated restoration of p53 tumor suppressor sensitizes p53-deficient cancers to mTOR inhibition

N Kong, W Tao, X Ling, J Wang, Y Xiao, S Shi… - Science Translational …, 2019 - science.org
Loss of function in tumor suppressor genes is commonly associated with the
onset/progression of cancer and treatment resistance. The p53 tumor suppressor gene, a …

Eukaryotic translation initiation factors as promising targets in cancer therapy

P Hao, J Yu, R Ward, Y Liu, Q Hao, S An… - Cell Communication and …, 2020 - Springer
The regulation of the translation of messenger RNA (mRNA) in eukaryotic cells is critical for
gene expression, and occurs principally at the initiation phase which is mainly regulated by …

MAPK pathway activity plays a key role in PD‐L1 expression of lung adenocarcinoma cells

TS Stutvoet, A Kol, EGE de Vries… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Immune checkpoint inhibitors targeting programmed cell death protein 1 (PD‐1) and
programmed death‐ligand 1 (PD‐L1) have improved the survival of patients with non‐small …

Translational control in cancer etiology

D Ruggero - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2013 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The link between perturbations in translational control and cancer etiology is becoming a
primary focus in cancer research. It has now been established that genetic alterations in …

Phosphorylation of eIF4E promotes EMT and metastasis via translational control of SNAIL and MMP-3

N Robichaud, SV del Rincon, B Huor, T Alain… - Oncogene, 2015 - nature.com
The progression of cancers from primary tumors to invasive and metastatic stages accounts
for the overwhelming majority of cancer deaths. Understanding the molecular events which …

Clinical impact of immune microenvironment in stage I lung adenocarcinoma: tumor interleukin-12 receptor β2 (IL-12Rβ2), IL-7R, and stromal FoxP3/CD3 ratio are …

K Suzuki, K Kadota, CS Sima, J Nitadori… - Journal of clinical …, 2013 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Mounting evidence suggests that tumor-infiltrating immune cells have prognostic
value for patients with solid organ malignancies. Our aim was to investigate the prognostic …

Therapeutic inhibition of MAP kinase interacting kinase blocks eukaryotic initiation factor 4E phosphorylation and suppresses outgrowth of experimental lung …

BW Konicek, JR Stephens, AM McNulty, N Robichaud… - Cancer research, 2011 - AACR
Activation of the translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) promotes malignant transformation
and metastasis. Signaling through the AKT-mTOR pathway activates eIF4E by …

Combined deficiency for MAP kinase-interacting kinase 1 and 2 (Mnk1 and Mnk2) delays tumor development

T Ueda, M Sasaki, AJ Elia, IIC Chio… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
MAP kinase-interacting kinase 1 and 2 (Mnk1 and Mnk2) are protein-serine/threonine
kinases that are activated by ERK or p38 and phosphorylate eIF4E, which is involved in cap …