Therapeutic strategies to overcome taxane resistance in cancer

T Das, U Anand, SK Pandey, CR Ashby Jr… - Drug Resistance …, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the primary causes of attenuated or loss of efficacy of cancer chemotherapy is the
emergence of multidrug resistance (MDR). Numerous studies have been published …

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 …

An emerging role for tubulin isotypes in modulating cancer biology and chemotherapy resistance

AL Parker, WS Teo, JA McCarroll… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Tubulin proteins, as components of the microtubule cytoskeleton perform critical cellular
functions throughout all phases of the cell cycle. Altered tubulin isotype composition of …

βIII-tubulin gene regulation in health and disease

AMP Duly, FCL Kao, WS Teo… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Microtubule proteins form a dynamic component of the cytoskeleton, and play key roles in
cellular processes, such as vesicular transport, cell motility and mitosis. Expression of …

Intrinsic and extrinsic factors affecting microtubule dynamics in normal and cancer cells

F Borys, E Joachimiak, H Krawczyk, H Fabczak - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Microtubules (MTs), highly dynamic structures composed of α-and β-tubulin heterodimers,
are involved in cell movement and intracellular traffic and are essential for cell division …

βIII-tubulin overexpression in cancer: Causes, consequences, and potential therapies

A Kanakkanthara, JH Miller - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews …, 2021 - Elsevier
Class III β-tubulin (βIII-tubulin) is frequently overexpressed in human tumors and is
associated with resistance to microtubule-targeting agents, tumor aggressiveness, and poor …

Cigarette smoke mediates epigenetic repression of miR-487b during pulmonary carcinogenesis

S Xi, H Xu, J Shan, Y Tao, JA Hong… - The Journal of …, 2013 - Am Soc Clin Investig
MicroRNAs are critical mediators of stem cell pluripotency, differentiation, and malignancy.
Limited information exists regarding microRNA alterations that facilitate initiation and …

RASSF1A suppresses the invasion and metastatic potential of human non–small cell lung cancer cells by inhibiting YAP activation through the GEF-H1/RhoB pathway

F Dubois, M Keller, O Calvayrac, F Soncin, L Hoa… - Cancer research, 2016 - AACR
Inactivation of the tumor suppressor gene RASSF1A by promoter hypermethylation
represents a key event underlying the initiation and progression of lung cancer. RASSF1A …

First line treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer–specific focus on albumin bound paclitaxel

N Gupta, H Hatoum, GK Dy - International journal of nanomedicine, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide in both men and women.
Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common type of lung cancer, accounting for …

Class III β-tubulin in normal and cancer tissues

M Mariani, R Karki, M Spennato, D Pandya, S He… - Gene, 2015 - Elsevier
Microtubules are polymeric structures composed of tubulin subunits. Each subunit consists
of a heterodimer of α-and β-tubulin. At least seven β-tubulin isotypes, or classes, have been …