EGFR signaling pathway as therapeutic target in human cancers

E Levantini, G Maroni, M Del Re, DG Tenen - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) enacts major roles in the maintenance
of epithelial tissues. However, when EGFR signaling is altered, it becomes the grand …

Pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) in cancer and cancer therapeutics

S Zhu, Y Guo, X Zhang, H Liu, M Yin, X Chen, C Peng - Cancer letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2), a key rate-limiting enzyme of glycolysis, is a critical
regulator in tumor metabolism. PKM2 has been demonstrated to overexpressed in various …

Apatinib triggers autophagic and apoptotic cell death via VEGFR2/STAT3/PD-L1 and ROS/Nrf2/p62 signaling in lung cancer

C Xie, X Zhou, C Liang, X Li, M Ge, Y Chen… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - Springer
Background Recently, a variety of clinical trials have shown that apatinib, a small-molecule
anti-angiogenic drug, exerts promising inhibitory effects on multiple solid tumors, including …

Recent advancements in the B7/CD28 immune checkpoint families: new biology and clinical therapeutic strategies

MC Pulanco, AT Madsen, A Tanwar… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
The B7/CD28 families of immune checkpoints play vital roles in negatively or positively
regulating immune cells in homeostasis and various diseases. Recent basic and clinical …

New insights into molecules and pathways of cancer metabolism and therapeutic implications

Z Tang, Z Xu, X Zhu, J Zhang - Cancer Communications, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer cells are abnormal cells that can reproduce and regenerate rapidly. They are
characterized by unlimited proliferation, transformation and migration, and can destroy …

IGF2: a role in metastasis and tumor evasion from immune surveillance?

A Belfiore, RV Rapicavoli, R Le Moli, R Lappano… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) is upregulated in both childhood and adult malignancies.
Its overexpression is associated with resistance to chemotherapy and worse prognosis …

Sodium butyrate inhibits aerobic glycolysis of hepatocellular carcinoma cells via the c‐Myc/hexokinase 2 pathway

Q Yu, W Dai, J Ji, L Wu, J Feng, J Li… - Journal of Cellular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aerobic glycolysis is a well‐known hallmark of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Hence,
targeting the key enzymes of this pathway is considered a novel approach to HCC treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Disorders of cancer metabolism: The therapeutic potential of cannabinoids

D Sun, X Li, S Nie, J Liu, S Wang - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abnormal energy metabolism, as one of the important hallmarks of cancer, was induced by
multiple carcinogenic factors and tumor-specific microenvironments. It comprises aerobic …

The promising therapeutic effects of metformin on metabolic reprogramming of cancer-associated fibroblasts in solid tumors

S Mostafavi, H Zalpoor, ZM Hassan - Cellular & molecular biology letters, 2022 - Springer
Tumor-infiltrated lymphocytes are exposed to many toxic metabolites and molecules in the
tumor microenvironment (TME) that suppress their anti-tumor activity. Toxic metabolites …

Blocking Wnt/β-catenin signal amplifies anti-PD-1 therapeutic efficacy by inhibiting tumor growth, migration, and promoting immune infiltration in glioblastomas

H Zhang, Y Bi, Y Wei, J Liu, K Kuerban, L Ye - Molecular cancer therapeutics, 2021 - AACR
Glioblastoma (GBM), as the immunologically cold tumor, respond poorly to programmed cell
death 1 (PD-1) immune checkpoint inhibitors because of insufficient immune infiltration …