Regulatory pathways and drugs associated with ferroptosis in tumors

D Wang, L Tang, Y Zhang, G Ge, X Jiang, Y Mo… - Cell Death & …, 2022 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is a type of cell death that depends on iron and reactive oxygen species (ROS).
The accumulation of iron and lipid peroxidation primarily initiates oxidative membrane …

Mitochondrial metabolic signatures in hepatocellular carcinoma

HY Lee, HT Nga, J Tian, HS Yi - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the leading causes of cancer death worldwide.
HCC progression and metastasis are closely related to altered mitochondrial metabolism …

NUPR1 is a critical repressor of ferroptosis

J Liu, X Song, F Kuang, Q Zhang, Y Xie, R Kang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is a type of iron-dependent regulated cell death, representing an emerging
disease-modulatory mechanism. Transcription factors play multiple roles in ferroptosis …

NUPR1 promotes the proliferation and metastasis of oral squamous cell carcinoma cells by activating TFE3-dependent autophagy

T Fan, X Wang, S Zhang, P Deng, Y Jiang… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the most common type of oral malignancy, and
metastasis accounts for the poor prognosis of OSCC. Autophagy is considered to facilitate …

Differential activation of the transcription factor IRF1 underlies the distinct immune responses elicited by type I and type III interferons

A Forero, S Ozarkar, H Li, CH Lee, EA Hemann… - Immunity, 2019 - cell.com
Type I and III interferons (IFNs) activate similar downstream signaling cascades, but unlike
type I IFNs, type III IFNs (IFNλ) do not elicit strong inflammatory responses in vivo. Here, we …

Targeting intrinsically disordered proteins involved in cancer

P Santofimia-Castaño, B Rizzuti, Y Xia, O Abian… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) do not have a well-defined structure under
physiological conditions, but they have key roles in cell signaling and regulation, and they …

NUPR1 inhibitor ZZW-115 induces ferroptosis in a mitochondria-dependent manner

C Huang, P Santofimia-Castaño, X Liu, Y Xia… - Cell death …, 2021 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent cell death characterized by the accumulation of
hydroperoxided phospholipids. Here, we report that the NUPR1 inhibitor ZZW-115 induces …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial maps of hepatocellular carcinoma transcriptomes reveal spatial expression patterns in tumor immune microenvironment

Y Wang, S Yuan, H Jiang, Z Li, H Yin, J Tan, Z Dai… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly heterogeneous and malignant
disease with the complex immune microenvironment, which ultimately influence clinic …

Ligand-based design identifies a potent NUPR1 inhibitor exerting anticancer activity via necroptosis

P Santofimia-Castaño, Y Xia, W Lan… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are emerging as attractive drug targets by virtue of
their prevalence in various diseases including cancer. Drug development targeting IDPs is …

Effects of TP53 mutations and miRs on immune responses in the tumor microenvironment important in pancreatic cancer progression

JA McCubrey, LV Yang, SL Abrams, LS Steelman… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Approximately 90% of pancreatic cancers are pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDAC).
PDAC is the fourth leading cause of cancer death world-wide. Therapies for PDAC are …