Rho GTPase signaling in cancer progression and dissemination

E Crosas-Molist, R Samain… - Physiological …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Rho GTPases are a family of small G proteins that regulate a wide array of cellular
processes related to their key roles controlling the cytoskeleton. Cancer is a multistep …

Role of JAK/STAT3 signaling in the regulation of metastasis, the transition of cancer stem cells, and chemoresistance of cancer by epithelial–mesenchymal transition

W Jin - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The JAK/STAT3 signaling pathway plays an essential role in various types of cancers.
Activation of this pathway leads to increased tumorigenic and metastatic ability, the transition …

The mevalonate pathway, a metabolic target in cancer therapy

B Guerra, C Recio, H Aranda-Tavío… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
A hallmark of cancer cells includes a metabolic reprograming that provides energy, the
essential building blocks, and signaling required to maintain survival, rapid growth …

AZD9150, a next-generation antisense oligonucleotide inhibitor of STAT3 with early evidence of clinical activity in lymphoma and lung cancer

D Hong, R Kurzrock, Y Kim, R Woessner… - Science translational …, 2015 - science.org
Next-generation sequencing technologies have greatly expanded our understanding of
cancer genetics. Antisense technology is an attractive platform with the potential to translate …

STAT3 in the systemic inflammation of cancer cachexia

TA Zimmers, ML Fishel, A Bonetto - Seminars in cell & developmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Weight loss is diagnostic of cachexia, a debilitating syndrome contributing mightily to
morbidity and mortality in cancer. Most research has probed mechanisms leading to muscle …

Potential role of signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) 3 signaling pathway in inflammation, survival, proliferation and invasion of hepatocellular …

A Subramaniam, MK Shanmugam, E Perumal… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2013 - Elsevier
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most lethal malignancies, and is also the
fourth most common cancer worldwide with around 700,000 new cases each year …

STAT3 is necessary for proliferation and survival in colon cancer–initiating cells

L Lin, A Liu, Z Peng, HJ Lin, PK Li, C Li, J Lin - Cancer research, 2011 - AACR
STAT3 is constitutively activated in colon cancer but its contributions in cancer-initiating cells
have not been explored. In this study, we characterized STAT3 in aldehyde dehydrogenase …

Selective oral ROCK2 inhibitor down-regulates IL-21 and IL-17 secretion in human T cells via STAT3-dependent mechanism

A Zanin-Zhorov, JM Weiss… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Rho-associated kinase 2 (ROCK2) regulates the secretion of proinflammatory cytokines and
the development of autoimmunity in mice. Data from a phase 1 clinical trial demonstrate that …

Autocrine STAT3 activation in HPV positive cervical cancer through a virus-driven Rac1—NFκB—IL-6 signalling axis

EL Morgan, A Macdonald - PLoS pathogens, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the leading cause of cervical cancer.
Although the fundamental link between HPV infection and oncogenesis is established, the …

[HTML][HTML] Nox2 impairs VEGF-A-induced angiogenesis in placenta via mitochondrial ROS-STAT3 pathway

C Hu, Z Wu, Z Huang, X Hao, S Wang, J Deng, Y Yin… - Redox biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Aberrant placental angiogenesis is associated with fetal intrauterine growth restriction
(IUGR), but the mechanism underlying abnormal placental angiogenesis remains largely …