Targeting transcription factors in cancer—from undruggable to reality

JH Bushweller - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019 - nature.com
Mutated or dysregulated transcription factors represent a unique class of drug targets that
mediate aberrant gene expression, including blockade of differentiation and cell death gene …

Renal cell carcinoma as a metabolic disease: an update on main pathways, potential biomarkers, and therapeutic targets

NA di Meo, F Lasorsa, M Rutigliano, D Loizzo… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is the most frequent histological kidney cancer
subtype. Over the last decade, significant progress has been made in identifying the genetic …

The dark side of lipid metabolism in prostate and renal carcinoma: novel insights into molecular diagnostic and biomarker discovery

NA di Meo, F Lasorsa, M Rutigliano… - Expert Review of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Lipidomics focuses on the in-depth analysis of lipids, which are crucial
macromolecules involved in a wide range of metabolic pathways. The increased …

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition and metastasis under the control of transforming growth factor β

Y Tsubakihara, A Moustakas - International journal of molecular sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Metastasis of tumor cells from primary sites of malignancy to neighboring stromal tissue or
distant localities entails in several instances, but not in every case, the epithelial …

Epithelial–mesenchymal-transition-inducing transcription factors: new targets for tackling chemoresistance in cancer?

J van Staalduinen, D Baker, P Ten Dijke, H van Dam - Oncogene, 2018 - nature.com
Chemoresistance remains a major complication of cancer treatments. Recent data provide
strong evidence that chemoresistance is linked to epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) …

The role of the il-6 cytokine family in epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity in cancer progression

A Abaurrea, AM Araujo, MM Caffarel - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity (EMP) plays critical roles during embryonic development,
wound repair, fibrosis, inflammation and cancer. During cancer progression, EMP results in …

[HTML][HTML] Proactive and reactive roles of TGF-β in EMT-induced plasticity

NA Kuburich, T Sabapathy, BR Demestichas… - Seminars in cancer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cancer cells adapt to varying stress conditions to survive through plasticity. Stem cells
exhibit a high degree of plasticity, allowing them to generate more stem cells or differentiate …

The ubiquitin–proteasome system in breast cancer

D Han, L Wang, S Jiang, Q Yang - Trends in molecular medicine, 2023 - cell.com
Ubiquitin–proteasome system (UPS) is a selective proteolytic system that is associated with
the expression or function of target proteins and participates in various physiological and …

Deubiquitinase USP20 promotes breast cancer metastasis by stabilizing SNAI2

W Li, M Shen, YZ Jiang, R Zhang, H Zheng… - Genes & …, 2020 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Abstract SNAI2/SLUG, a metastasis-promoting transcription factor, is a labile protein that is
degraded through the ubiquitin proteasome degradation system. Here, we conducted …

Deubiquitylating enzymes in cancer and immunity

J Ren, P Yu, S Liu, R Li, X Niu, Y Chen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Deubiquitylating enzymes (DUBs) maintain relative homeostasis of the cellular ubiquitome
by removing the post‐translational modification ubiquitin moiety from substrates. Numerous …