Biology of melanoma

SM Ostrowski, DE Fisher - Hematology/Oncology Clinics, 2021 - hemonc.theclinics.com
Melanoma skin cancer is derived from skin melanocytes and has a high risk of metastatic
spread. Many clinical attributes and risk factors associated with melanoma have been well …

Robust gene expression programs underlie recurrent cell states and phenotype switching in melanoma

J Wouters, Z Kalender-Atak, L Minnoye, KI Spanier… - Nature Cell …, 2020 - nature.com
Melanoma cells can switch between a melanocytic and a mesenchymal-like state. Scattered
evidence indicates that additional intermediate state (s) may exist. Here, to search for such …

Nanocarrier-based drug delivery for melanoma therapeutics

M Song, C Liu, S Chen, W Zhang - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Melanoma, as a tumor cell derived from melanocyte transformation, has the characteristics
of malignant proliferation, high metastasis, rapid recurrence, and a low survival rate …

Loss of Ambra1 promotes melanoma growth and invasion

L Di Leo, V Bodemeyer, FM Bosisio, G Claps… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Melanoma is the deadliest skin cancer. Despite improvements in the understanding of the
molecular mechanisms underlying melanoma biology and in defining new curative …

Tumour gene expression signature in primary melanoma predicts long-term outcomes

M Garg, DL Couturier, J Nsengimana… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Adjuvant systemic therapies are now routinely used following resection of stage III
melanoma, however accurate prognostic information is needed to better stratify patients. We …

Systematic analysis of the ABC transporter family in hepatocellular carcinoma reveals the importance of ABCB6 in regulating ferroptosis

J Zhang, X Zhang, J Li, Z Song - Life Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Aims ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters constitute one of the largest families of
membrane proteins in most organisms; however, their functions in hepatocellular carcinoma …

Comprehensive analysis of ferroptosis-related genes and prognosis of cutaneous melanoma

C Liu, Y Liu, Y Yu, Y Zhao, A Yu - BMC Medical Genomics, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Cutaneous Melanoma (CM) is a malignant disease with increasing
incidence and high mortality. Ferroptosis is a new kind of cell death and related to tumor …

Identifying the transcriptional drivers of metastasis embedded within localized melanoma

S Suresh, R Rabbie, M Garg, D Lumaquin, TH Huang… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
In melanoma, predicting which tumors will ultimately metastasize guides treatment
decisions. Transcriptional signatures of primary tumors have been utilized to predict …

Using a clinicopathologic and gene expression (CP-GEP) model to identify stage I–II melanoma patients at risk of disease relapse

EEAP Mulder, I Johansson, DJ Grünhagen, D Tempel… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary More than 40% of patients initially diagnosed with 'low risk'(stage I–II)
melanoma eventually develop melanoma recurrence or die as a result of melanoma. While …

ROR2 has a protective role in melanoma by inhibiting Akt activity, cell-cycle progression, and proliferation

MV Castro, GA Barbero, MB Villanueva… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2021 - Springer
Background Receptor tyrosine kinase-like orphan receptor 2 (ROR2) is a Wnt5a receptor
aberrantly expressed in cancer that was shown to either suppress or promote …