The E-cadherin and N-cadherin switch in epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition: signaling, therapeutic implications, and challenges

CY Loh, JY Chai, TF Tang, WF Wong, G Sethi… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) has been shown to be crucial in tumorigenesis
where the EMT program enhances metastasis, chemoresistance and tumor stemness. Due …

E-cadherin: Its dysregulation in carcinogenesis and clinical implications

SHM Wong, CM Fang, LH Chuah, CO Leong… - Critical reviews in …, 2018 - Elsevier
E-cadherin is a transmembrane glycoprotein which connects epithelial cells together at
adherens junctions. In normal cells, E-cadherin exerts its tumour suppressing role mainly by …

Regulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition through epigenetic and post-translational modifications

SJ Serrano-Gomez, M Maziveyi, SK Alahari - Molecular cancer, 2016 - Springer
The epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a biological process in which a non-motile
epithelial cell changes to a mesenchymal phenotype with invasive capacities. This …

Melatonin: an inhibitor of breast cancer

SM Hill, VP Belancio, RT Dauchy… - Endocrine-related …, 2015 - erc.bioscientifica.com
The present review discusses recent work on melatonin-mediated circadian regulation, the
metabolic and molecular signaling mechanisms that are involved in human breast cancer …

Tumor pH and metastasis: a malignant process beyond hypoxia

O Thews, A Riemann - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2019 - Springer
Tumors often show, compared to normal tissues, a markedly decreased extracellular pH
resulting from anaerobic or aerobic glycolysis in combination with a reduced removal of …

Targeting cancer cell integrins using gold nanorods in photothermal therapy inhibits migration through affecting cytoskeletal proteins

MRK Ali, Y Wu, Y Tang, H Xiao… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Metastasis is responsible for most cancer-related deaths, but the current clinical treatments
are not effective. Recently, gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) were discovered to inhibit cancer cell …

Roles of E-cadherin and Noncoding RNAs in the Epithelial–mesenchymal Transition and Progression in Gastric Cancer

IV Bure, MV Nemtsova, DV Zaletaev - International journal of molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is thought to be at the root of invasive and
metastatic cancer cell spreading. E-cadherin is an important player in this process, which …

Potential therapeutic targets of epithelial–mesenchymal transition in melanoma

RL Pearlman, MKM de Oca, HC Pal, F Afaq - Cancer letters, 2017 - Elsevier
Melanoma is a cutaneous neoplastic growth of melanocytes with great potential to invade
and metastasize, especially when not treated early and effectively. Epithelial-mesenchymal …

Recurrent chimeric fusion RNAs in non-cancer tissues and cells

M Babiceanu, F Qin, Z Xie, Y Jia, K Lopez… - Nucleic acids …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Gene fusions and their products (RNA and protein) were once thought to be unique features
to cancer. However, chimeric RNAs can also be found in normal cells. Here, we performed …

How the AHR became important in cancer: The role of chronically active AHR in cancer aggression

Z Wang, M Snyder, JE Kenison, K Yang, B Lara… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
For decades, the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) was studied for its role in environmental
chemical toxicity ie, as a quirk of nature and a mediator of unintended consequences of …