Controversies around epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity in cancer metastasis

ED Williams, D Gao, A Redfern… - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019 - nature.com
Experimental evidence accumulated over decades has implicated epithelial–mesenchymal
plasticity (EMP), which collectively encompasses epithelial–mesenchymal transition and the …

Hybrid epithelial/mesenchymal phenotypes promote metastasis and therapy resistance across carcinomas

MK Jolly, JA Somarelli, M Sheth, A Biddle… - Pharmacology & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cancer metastasis and therapy resistance are the major unsolved clinical challenges, and
account for nearly all cancer-related deaths. Both metastasis and therapy resistance are …

Toward understanding cancer stem cell heterogeneity in the tumor microenvironment

F Bocci, L Gearhart-Serna, M Boareto… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
The epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) and cancer stem cell (CSC) formation are two
paramount processes driving tumor progression, therapy resistance, and cancer metastasis …

Partial EMT in head and neck cancer biology: a spectrum instead of a switch

A Pal, TF Barrett, R Paolini, A Parikh, SV Puram - Oncogene, 2021 - nature.com
Our understanding of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) has slowly evolved from a
simple two state, binary model to a multi-step, dynamic continuum of epithelial-to …

Circulating tumour cells in the-omics era: how far are we from achieving the 'singularity'?

TH Visal, P den Hollander, M Cristofanilli… - British journal of …, 2022 - nature.com
Over the past decade, cancer diagnosis has expanded to include liquid biopsies in addition
to tissue biopsies. Liquid biopsies can result in earlier and more accurate diagnosis and …

Dynamics of phenotypic heterogeneity associated with EMT and stemness during cancer progression

MK Jolly, T Celià-Terrassa - Journal of clinical medicine, 2019 - mdpi.com
Genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity contribute to the generation of diverse tumor cell
populations, thus enhancing cancer aggressiveness and therapy resistance. Compared to …

New insights into the role of phenotypic plasticity and EMT in driving cancer progression

S Bhatia, P Wang, A Toh… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Tumor cells demonstrate substantial plasticity in their genotypic and phenotypic
characteristics. Epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity (EMP) can be characterized into dynamic …

Identifying inhibitors of epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity using a network topology-based approach

K Hari, B Sabuwala, BV Subramani… - NPJ systems biology …, 2020 - nature.com
Metastasis is the cause of over 90% of cancer-related deaths. Cancer cells undergoing
metastasis can switch dynamically between different phenotypes, enabling them to adapt to …

Complex roles of the old drug aspirin in cancer chemoprevention and therapy

H Hua, H Zhang, Q Kong, J Wang… - Medicinal research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory agent aspirin is widely used for preventing and treating
cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. In addition, epidemiologic evidences reveal …

[HTML][HTML] Partial EMT in squamous cell carcinoma: A snapshot

C Liao, Q Wang, J An, Q Long, H Wang… - … Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In the process of cancer EMT, some subgroups of cancer cells simultaneously exhibit both
mesenchymal and epithelial characteristics, a phenomenon termed partial EMT (pEMT) …