Tumor cell plasticity in targeted therapy-induced resistance: mechanisms and new strategies

ZD Shi, K Pang, ZX Wu, Y Dong, L Hao… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Despite the success of targeted therapies in cancer treatment, therapy-induced resistance
remains a major obstacle to a complete cure. Tumor cells evade treatments and relapse via …

Emerging role of tumor cell plasticity in modifying therapeutic response

S Qin, J Jiang, Y Lu, EC Nice, C Huang… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Resistance to cancer therapy is a major barrier to cancer management. Conventional views
have proposed that acquisition of resistance may result from genetic mutations. However …

Drug ranking using machine learning systematically predicts the efficacy of anti-cancer drugs

H Gerdes, P Casado, A Dokal, M Hijazi… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) promise to transform cancer therapies by
accurately predicting the most appropriate therapies to treat individual patients. Here, we …

Cancer cell plasticity: From cellular, molecular, and genetic mechanisms to tumor heterogeneity and drug resistance

GR Bhat, I Sethi, HQ Sadida, B Rah, R Mir… - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2024 - Springer
Cancer is a complex disease displaying a variety of cell states and phenotypes. This
diversity, known as cancer cell plasticity, confers cancer cells the ability to change in …

Memory effects of prior subculture may impact the quality of multiomic perturbation profiles

P Bortel, G Hagn, L Skos, A Bileck… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Mass spectrometry-based omics technologies are increasingly used in perturbation studies
to map drug effects to biological pathways by identifying significant molecular events …

ROS induction targets persister cancer cells with low metabolic activity in NRAS-mutated melanoma

OM Eichhoff, CI Stoffel, J Käsler, L Briker, P Turko… - Cancer Research, 2023 - AACR
Clinical management of melanomas with NRAS mutations is challenging. Targeting MAPK
signaling is only beneficial to a small subset of patients due to resistance that arises through …

Understanding molecular mechanisms of phenotype switching and crosstalk with TME to reveal new vulnerabilities of melanoma

A Najem, L Soumoy, M Sabbah, M Krayem, A Awada… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Melanoma cells are notorious for their high plasticity and ability to switch back and forth
between various melanoma cell states, enabling the adaptation to sub-optimal conditions …

Proteomic profiling of advanced melanoma patients to predict therapeutic response to anti-PD-1 therapy

N Zila, OM Eichhoff, I Steiner, T Mohr, A Bileck… - Clinical Cancer …, 2024 - AACR
Purpose: Despite high clinical need, there are no biomarkers that accurately predict the
response of patients with metastatic melanoma to anti-PD-1 therapy. Experimental Design …

Combinatorial treatment with PARP and MAPK inhibitors overcomes phenotype switch-driven drug resistance in advanced melanoma

LP Ferretti, F Böhi, DM Leslie Pedrioli, PF Cheng… - Cancer Research, 2023 - AACR
Metastatic melanoma is either intrinsically resistant or rapidly acquires resistance to targeted
therapy treatments, such as MAPK inhibitors (MAPKi). A leading cause of resistance to …

Identification of dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase as potential target of vemurafenib-resistant melanoma cells

C Tabolacci, D Giordano, S Rossi, M Cordella… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Despite recent improvements in therapy, the five-year survival rate for patients
with advanced melanoma is poor, mainly due to the development of drug resistance. The …