Intratumor heterogeneity and therapy resistance: Contributions of dormancy, apoptosis reversal (anastasis) and cell fusion to disease recurrence

R Mirzayans, D Murray - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
A major challenge in treating cancer is posed by intratumor heterogeneity, with different sub-
populations of cancer cells within the same tumor exhibiting therapy resistance through …

Links between inflammation and postoperative cancer recurrence

T Kinoshita, T Goto - Journal of clinical medicine, 2021 - mdpi.com
Despite complete resection, cancer recurrence frequently occurs in clinical practice. This
indicates that cancer cells had already metastasized from their organ of origin at the time of …

Roles of polyploid/multinucleated giant cancer cells in metastasis and disease relapse following anticancer treatment

R Mirzayans, B Andrais, D Murray - Cancers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Tumors and tumor-derived cell lines contain polyploid giant cells with significantly elevated
genomic content, often with multiple nuclei. The frequency of giant cells can increase …

Tissue necrosis and its role in cancer progression

A Karsch-Bluman, A Feiglin, E Arbib, T Stern, H Shoval… - Oncogene, 2019 - nature.com
Great efforts have been made in revealing the mechanisms governing cancer resistance
and recurrence. The in-situ effects of cell death, caused by hypoxia and metabolic stress …

The interaction between DNMT1 and high‐mannose CD133 maintains the slow‐cycling state and tumorigenic potential of glioma stem cell

Y Wei, Q Chen, S Huang, Y Liu, Y Li, Y Xing… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The quiescent/slow‐cycling state preserves the self‐renewal capacity of cancer stem cells
(CSCs) and leads to the therapy resistance of CSCs. The mechanisms maintaining CSCs …

Irradiation‐induced polyploid giant cancer cells are involved in tumor cell repopulation via neosis

Z Zhang, X Feng, Z Deng, J Cheng, Y Wang… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tumor repopulation occurs when residual tumor cells surviving therapies tenaciously
proliferate and re‐establish the tumor. The cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying …

Extracellular vesicles and their current role in cancer immunotherapy

C Giacobino, M Canta, C Fornaguera, S Borrós… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In recent years, immunotherapy has shown great advancement, becoming
a powerful tool to combat cancer. In this context, the use of biologically derived vesicles has …

Non-coding RNAs underlying chemoresistance in gastric cancer

A Poursheikhani, Z Bahmanpour, E Razmara… - Cellular oncology, 2020 - Springer
Background Gastric cancer (GC) is a major health issue in the Western world. Current
clinical imperatives for this disease include the identification of more effective biomarkers to …

Significance of wild-type p53 signaling in suppressing apoptosis in response to chemical genotoxic agents: Impact on chemotherapy outcome

R Mirzayans, B Andrais, P Kumar, D Murray - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Our genomes are subject to potentially deleterious alterations resulting from endogenous
sources (eg, cellular metabolism, routine errors in DNA replication and recombination) …

In situ nanotransformable hydrogel for chemo-photothermal therapy of localized tumors and targeted therapy of highly metastatic tumors

S Baseeruddin Alvi, R PS, N Begum… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Metastasis is one of the predisposing factors for cancer-related mortalities worldwide.
Patients with advanced cancers (stage IV) receive palliative care with minimal possibility of …