Breast cancer treatments: updates and new challenges

A Burguin, C Diorio, F Durocher - Journal of personalized medicine, 2021 - mdpi.com
Breast cancer (BC) is the most frequent cancer diagnosed in women worldwide. This
heterogeneous disease can be classified into four molecular subtypes (luminal A, luminal B …

Taxanes in cancer treatment: Activity, chemoresistance and its overcoming

L Mosca, A Ilari, F Fazi, YG Assaraf, G Colotti - Drug Resistance Updates, 2021 - Elsevier
Since 1984, when paclitaxel was approved by the FDA for the treatment of advanced
ovarian carcinoma, taxanes have been widely used as microtubule-targeting antitumor …

Role of tau as a microtubule-associated protein: structural and functional aspects

P Barbier, O Zejneli, M Martinho, A Lasorsa… - Frontiers in aging …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Microtubules (MTs) play a fundamental role in many vital processes such as cell division
and neuronal activity. They are key structural and functional elements in axons, supporting …

The challenge of drug resistance in cancer treatment: a current overview

M Nikolaou, A Pavlopoulou, AG Georgakilas… - Clinical & Experimental …, 2018 - Springer
It is generally accepted that recent advances in anticancer agents have contributed
significantly to the improvement of both the disease-free survival and quality of life in cancer …

Tau and tauopathies

T Arendt, JT Stieler, M Holzer - Brain research bulletin, 2016 - Elsevier
Most neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by intracellular aggregates of insoluble
proteins. As for the majority of these disorders, aetiology and pathogenesis are only poorly …

Paclitaxel's mechanistic and clinical effects on breast cancer

TM Abu Samaan, M Samec, A Liskova, P Kubatka… - Biomolecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Paclitaxel (PTX), the most widely used anticancer drug, is applied for the treatment of
various types of malignant diseases. Mechanisms of PTX action represent several ways in …

How Taxol/paclitaxel kills cancer cells

BA Weaver - Molecular biology of the cell, 2014 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Taxol (generic name paclitaxel) is a microtubule-stabilizing drug that is approved by the
Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of ovarian, breast, and lung cancer, as well …

[HTML][HTML] The many faces of tau

M Morris, S Maeda, K Vossel, L Mucke - Neuron, 2011 - cell.com
While the microtubule-binding capacity of the protein tau has been known for many years,
new functions of tau in signaling and cytoskeletal organization have recently emerged. In …

Proteomic characterization of gastric cancer response to chemotherapy and targeted therapy reveals potential therapeutic strategies

Y Li, C Xu, B Wang, F Xu, F Ma, Y Qu, D Jiang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Chemotherapy and targeted therapy are the major treatments for gastric cancer (GC), but
drug resistance limits its effectiveness. Here, we profile the proteome of 206 tumor tissues …

Microtubules and their role in cellular stress in cancer

AL Parker, M Kavallaris, JA McCarroll - Frontiers in oncology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Microtubules are highly dynamic structures, which consist of α-and β-tubulin heterodimers,
and are involved in cell movement, intracellular trafficking, and mitosis. In the context of …