IL-6 in inflammation, autoimmunity and cancer

T Hirano - International immunology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
IL-6 is involved both in immune responses and in inflammation, hematopoiesis, bone
metabolism and embryonic development. IL-6 plays roles in chronic inflammation (closely …

[HTML][HTML] Immune modulatory effects of oncogenic KRAS in cancer

S Hamarsheh, O Groß, T Brummer, R Zeiser - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Oncogenic KRAS mutations are the most frequent mutations in human cancer, but most
difficult to target. While sustained proliferation caused by oncogenic KRAS-downstream …

NF-κB, inflammation, immunity and cancer: coming of age

K Taniguchi, M Karin - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2018 - nature.com
Fourteen years have passed since nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) was first shown to serve as a
molecular lynchpin that links persistent infections and chronic inflammation to increased …

[HTML][HTML] Life, death, and autophagy in cancer: NF-κB turns up everywhere

D Verzella, A Pescatore, D Capece, D Vecchiotti… - Cell death & …, 2020 - nature.com
Escaping programmed cell death is a hallmark of cancer. NF-κB transcription factors are key
regulator of cell survival and aberrant NF-κB signaling has been involved in the …

Targeting the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway to overcome anti-cancer drug resistance

S Narayanan, CY Cai, YG Assaraf, HQ Guo… - Drug Resistance …, 2020 - Elsevier
Drug resistance is a major obstacle in the field of pre-clinical and clinical therapeutics. The
development of novel technologies and targeted therapies have yielded new modalities to …

NF-κB, an active player in human cancers

Y Xia, S Shen, IM Verma - Cancer immunology research, 2014 - AACR
NF-κB comprises a family of five transcription factors that form distinct protein complexes,
which bind to consensus DNA sequences at promoter regions of responsive genes …

The diverse and complex roles of NF-κB subunits in cancer

ND Perkins - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2012 - nature.com
It is only recently that the full importance of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) signalling to cancer
development has been understood. Although much attention has focused on the upstream …

[HTML][HTML] KrasG12D-induced IKK2/β/NF-κB activation by IL-1α and p62 feedforward loops is required for development of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

J Ling, Y Kang, R Zhao, Q Xia, DF Lee, Z Chang, J Li… - Cancer cell, 2012 - cell.com
Constitutive Kras and NF-κB activation is identified as signature alterations in pancreatic
ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). However, how NF-κB is activated in PDAC is not yet …

[HTML][HTML] The NF-κB pathway and cancer stem cells

AL Rinkenbaugh, AS Baldwin - Cells, 2016 - mdpi.com
The NF-κB transcription factor pathway is a crucial regulator of inflammation and immune
responses. Additionally, aberrant NF-κB signaling has been identified in many types of …

Telomerase directly regulates NF-κB-dependent transcription

A Ghosh, G Saginc, SC Leow, E Khattar, EM Shin… - Nature cell …, 2012 - nature.com
Although elongation of telomeres is thought to be the prime function of reactivated
telomerase in cancers, this activity alone does not account for all of the properties that …