Clinical and translational advances in ovarian cancer therapy

PA Konstantinopoulos, UA Matulonis - Nature Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Ovarian cancer is an aggressive disease that is frequently detected at advanced stages and
is initially very responsive to platinum-based chemotherapy. However, the majority of …

Ribosomal proteins and human diseases: molecular mechanisms and targeted therapy

J Kang, N Brajanovski, KT Chan, J Xuan… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Ribosome biogenesis and protein synthesis are fundamental rate-limiting steps for cell
growth and proliferation. The ribosomal proteins (RPs), comprising the structural parts of the …

Ribosome biogenesis: a central player in cancer metastasis and therapeutic resistance

AR Elhamamsy, BJ Metge, HA Alsheikh, LA Shevde… - Cancer research, 2022 - AACR
Ribosomes are a complex ensemble of rRNA and ribosomal proteins that function as mRNA
translation machines. Ribosome biogenesis is a multistep process that begins in the …

Targeting the RNA polymerase I transcription for cancer therapy comes of age

R Ferreira, JS Schneekloth Jr, KI Panov, KM Hannan… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Transcription of the ribosomal RNA genes (rDNA) that encode the three largest ribosomal
RNAs (rRNA), is mediated by RNA Polymerase I (Pol I) and is a key regulatory step for …

CX-5461 activates the DNA damage response and demonstrates therapeutic efficacy in high-grade serous ovarian cancer

E Sanij, KM Hannan, J Xuan, S Yan, JE Ahern… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Acquired resistance to PARP inhibitors (PARPi) is a major challenge for the clinical
management of high grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC). Here, we demonstrate CX …

Ribosome biogenesis: An emerging druggable pathway for cancer therapeutics

F Catez, N Dalla Venezia, V Marcel, C Zorbas… - Biochemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ribosomes are nanomachines essential for protein production in all living cells. Ribosome
synthesis increases in cancer cells to cope with a rise in protein synthesis and sustain …

The dichotomous role of the glycolytic metabolism pathway in cancer metastasis: interplay with the complex tumor microenvironment and novel therapeutic strategies

B El Hassouni, C Granchi, A Vallés-Martí… - Seminars in cancer …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cancer metastasis to distant organs is initiated by tumor cells that disseminate from primary
heterogeneous tumors. The subsequent growth and survival of tumor metastases depend on …

The chemotherapeutic agent CX-5461 irreversibly blocks RNA polymerase I initiation and promoter release to cause nucleolar disruption, DNA damage and cell …

JC Mars, MG Tremblay, M Valere, DS Sibai… - NAR …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In the search for drugs to effectively treat cancer, the last 10 years have seen a resurgence
of interest in targeting ribosome biogenesis. CX-5461 is a potential inhibitor of ribosomal …

Fallopian tube lesions as potential precursors of early ovarian cancer: a comprehensive proteomic analysis

M Wisztorski, S Aboulouard, L Roussel… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from gynecologic cancer worldwide. High-
grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) is the most common and deadliest subtype of ovarian …

Harnessing preclinical models for the interrogation of ovarian cancer

T Qin, J Fan, F Lu, L Zhang, C Liu, Q Xiong… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - Springer
Ovarian cancer (OC) is a heterogeneous malignancy with various etiology, histopathology,
and biological feature. Despite accumulating understanding of OC in the post-genomic era …