The role of JAK/STAT signalling in the pathogenesis, prognosis and treatment of solid tumours

SJ Thomas, JA Snowden, MP Zeidler… - British journal of …, 2015 - nature.com
Aberrant activation of intracellular signalling pathways confers malignant properties on
cancer cells. Targeting intracellular signalling pathways has been a productive strategy for …

STAT3 target genes relevant to human cancers

RL Carpenter, HW Lo - Cancers, 2014 - mdpi.com
Since its discovery, the STAT3 transcription factor has been extensively studied for its
function as a transcriptional regulator and its role as a mediator of development, normal …

BRAF—A tumour-agnostic drug target with lineage-specific dependencies

AJ Hanrahan, Z Chen, N Rosen, DB Solit - Nature Reviews Clinical …, 2024 - nature.com
In June 2022, the FDA granted Accelerated Approval to the BRAF inhibitor dabrafenib in
combination with the MEK inhibitor trametinib for the treatment of adult and paediatric …

Cancer cell survival during detachment from the ECM: multiple barriers to tumour progression

CL Buchheit, KJ Weigel, ZT Schafer - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2014 - nature.com
Epithelial cells require attachment to the extracellular matrix (ECM) for survival. However,
during tumour progression and metastasis, cancerous epithelial cells must adapt to and …

Do STAT3 inhibitors have potential in the future for cancer therapy?

ALA Wong, JL Hirpara, S Pervaiz, JQ Eu… - Expert opinion on …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Signal transduction activator of transcription (STAT) 3 is a member of the STAT protein family
which transduces intracellular and extracellular signals to the nucleus, controlling the …

Mechanisms of acquired BRAF inhibitor resistance in melanoma: a systematic review

I Proietti, N Skroza, N Bernardini, E Tolino, V Balduzzi… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Patients with advanced melanoma are often treated with v-raf murine
sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1 (BRAF) inhibitors. Although these agents prolong life …

Saga of Mcl-1: regulation from transcription to degradation

VV Senichkin, AY Streletskaia, AS Gorbunova… - Cell Death & …, 2020 - nature.com
The members of the Bcl-2 family are the central regulators of various cell death modalities.
Some of these proteins contribute to apoptosis, while others counteract this type of …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in the development of Mcl-1 inhibitors for cancer therapy

AW Hird, AE Tron - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2019 - Elsevier
Dysregulation of the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway controlled by members of the Bcl-2
protein family plays a central role in cancer development and resistance to conventional …

Targeting STAT3 in cancer and autoimmune diseases

T Gharibi, Z Babaloo, A Hosseini… - European journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is a transcription factor that is
activated downstream of a broad range of receptors particularly interleukin-6 (IL-6) family …

Advances in the understanding of skin cancer: ultraviolet radiation, mutations, and antisense oligonucleotides as anticancer drugs

KV Laikova, VV Oberemok, AM Krasnodubets… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Skin cancer has always been and remains the leader among all tumors in terms of
occurrence. One of the main factors responsible for skin cancer, natural and artificial UV …