Targeting DNA damage response in cancer therapy

N Hosoya, K Miyagawa - Cancer science, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer chemotherapy and radiotherapy are designed to kill cancer cells mostly by inducing
DNA damage. DNA damage is normally recognized and repaired by the intrinsic DNA …

Prognostic significance of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α, TWIST1 and Snail expression in resectable non-small cell lung cancer

JJ Hung, MH Yang, HS Hsu, WH Hsu, JS Liu, KJ Wu - Thorax, 2009 - thorax.bmj.com
Background: Metastasis is the most common cause of disease failure and mortality for non-
small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after surgical resection. Snail and TWIST1 are epithelial …

Bmi1 is essential in Twist1-induced epithelial–mesenchymal transition

MH Yang, DSS Hsu, HW Wang, HJ Wang, HY Lan… - Nature cell …, 2010 - nature.com
The epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT), one of the main mechanisms underlying
development of cancer metastasis, induces stem-like properties in epithelial cells. Bmi1 is a …

Snail-induced claudin-11 prompts collective migration for tumour progression

CF Li, JY Chen, YH Ho, WH Hsu, LC Wu, HY Lan… - Nature cell …, 2019 - nature.com
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a pivotal mechanism for cancer dissemination.
However, EMT-regulated individual cancer cell invasion is difficult to detect in clinical …

SNAIL regulates interleukin-8 expression, stem cell–like activity, and tumorigenicity of human colorectal carcinoma cells

WL Hwang, MH Yang, ML Tsai, HY Lan, SH Su… - Gastroenterology, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Some cancer cells have activities that are similar to those of stem
cells from normal tissues, and cell dedifferentiation correlates with poor prognosis. Little is …

Oestrogen‐induced epithelial–mesenchymal transition of endometrial epithelial cells contributes to the development of adenomyosis

YJ Chen, HY Li, CH Huang, NF Twu… - The Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Adenomyosis is an oestrogen‐dependent disease caused by a downward extension of the
endometrium into the uterine myometrium. Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) …

[HTML][HTML] The expression profiles and prognostic values of HSP70s in hepatocellular carcinoma

B Wang, T Lan, H Xiao, ZH Chen, C Wei, LF Chen… - Cancer cell …, 2021 - Springer
Background The HSP70 family of heat shock protein plays a critical role in protein synthesis
and transport to maintain protein homeostasis. Several studies have indicated that HSP70s …

Activation of holliday junction–recognizing protein involved in the chromosomal stability and immortality of cancer cells

T Kato, N Sato, S Hayama, T Yamabuki, T Ito… - Cancer research, 2007 - AACR
We identified a novel gene HJURP (Holliday junction–recognizing protein) whose activation
seemed to play a pivotal role in the immortality of cancer cells. HJURP was considered a …

Regulation of excision repair cross-complementation group 1 by Snail contributes to cisplatin resistance in head and neck cancer

DSS Hsu, HY Lan, CH Huang, SK Tai, SY Chang… - Clinical Cancer …, 2010 - AACR
Purpose: We investigated the mechanism and clinical significance of the epithelial-
mesenchymal transition (EMT)-induced chemoresistance in head and neck squamous cell …

Overexpression of NBS1 induces epithelial–mesenchymal transition and co-expression of NBS1 and Snail predicts metastasis of head and neck cancer

MH Yang, SY Chang, SH Chiou, CJ Liu, CW Chi… - Oncogene, 2007 - nature.com
Major causes of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)-related deaths are
cervical node and distant metastasis. We previously demonstrated that overexpression of …