Heat shock proteins and cancer

J Wu, T Liu, Z Rios, Q Mei, X Lin, S Cao - Trends in pharmacological …, 2017 - cell.com
Heat shock proteins (HSPs) constitute a large family of proteins involved in protein folding
and maturation whose expression is induced by heat shock or other stressors. The major …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting heat shock proteins in cancer: a promising therapeutic approach

S Chatterjee, TF Burns - International journal of molecular sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are a large family of chaperones that are involved in protein
folding and maturation of a variety of “client” proteins protecting them from degradation …

[HTML][HTML] The mitochondrial unfolded protein response (UPRmt): shielding against toxicity to mitochondria in cancer

JR Inigo, D Chandra - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2022 - Springer
Mitochondria are essential for tumor growth and progression. However, the heavy demand
for mitochondrial activity in cancer leads to increased production of mitochondrial reactive …

Mitochondrial function—gatekeeper of intestinal epithelial cell homeostasis

E Rath, A Moschetta, D Haller - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2018 - nature.com
The intestinal epithelium is a multicellular interface in close proximity to a dense microbial
milieu that is completely renewed every 3–5 days. Pluripotent stem cells reside at the crypt …

[HTML][HTML] Heat shock proteins and HSF1 in cancer

AM Cyran, A Zhitkovich - Frontiers in oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Fitness of cells is dependent on protein homeostasis which is maintained by cooperative
activities of protein chaperones and proteolytic machinery. Upon encountering protein …

The role of heat shock proteins in cancer

GD Lianos, GA Alexiou, A Mangano, A Mangano… - Cancer letters, 2015 - Elsevier
Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are an evolutionary family of proteins that act as molecular
chaperones. According to their size they have been classified into the following families; …

Biomarkers of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in squamous cell carcinoma

CS Scanlon, EA Van Tubergen… - Journal of dental …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
An understanding of the process by which tumor cells destroy the basement membrane of
the surface epithelium, invade, and metastasize is essential to the development of novel …

Mitochondrial unfolded protein response: An emerging pathway in human diseases

L Zhu, Q Zhou, L He, L Chen - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
Mitochondrial unfolded protein response (UPR mt) is a mitochondria stress response, which
the transcriptional activation programs of mitochondrial chaperone proteins and proteases …

[HTML][HTML] Interplay between HDAC3 and WDR5 is essential for hypoxia-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition

MZ Wu, YP Tsai, MH Yang, CH Huang, SY Chang… - Molecular cell, 2011 - cell.com
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is important for organ development, metastasis,
cancer stemness, and organ fibrosis. Molecular mechanisms to coordinately regulate …

[HTML][HTML] Harnessing mitochondrial metabolism and drug resistance in non-small cell lung cancer and beyond by blocking heat-shock proteins

B Parma, H Wurdak, P Ceppi - Drug Resistance Updates, 2022 - Elsevier
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with non-small cell
lung cancer (NSCLC) being the predominant histological subtype. Despite the emergence of …