Novel therapeutic strategies: Targeting epithelial–mesenchymal transition in colorectal cancer

N Zhang, AS Ng, S Cai, Q Li, L Yang, D Kerr - The lancet oncology, 2021 - thelancet.com
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a process during which cells lose their epithelial
characteristics, for instance apical–basal cell polarity and cell–cell contact, and gain …

The epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity landscape: principles of design and mechanisms of regulation

J Haerinck, S Goossens, G Berx - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity (EMP) enables cells to interconvert between several
states across the epithelial–mesenchymal landscape, thereby acquiring hybrid epithelial …

Controversies around epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity in cancer metastasis

ED Williams, D Gao, A Redfern… - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019 - nature.com
Experimental evidence accumulated over decades has implicated epithelial–mesenchymal
plasticity (EMP), which collectively encompasses epithelial–mesenchymal transition and the …

ZFP281 drives a mesenchymal-like dormancy program in early disseminated breast cancer cells that prevents metastatic outgrowth in the lung

AR Nobre, E Dalla, J Yang, X Huang, L Wullkopf… - Nature Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Increasing evidence shows that cancer cells can disseminate from early evolved primary
lesions much earlier than the classical metastasis models predicted. Here, we reveal at a …

Cytokines and chemokines as mediators of prostate cancer metastasis

TO Adekoya, RM Richardson - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The consequences of prostate cancer metastasis remain severe, with huge impact on the
mortality and overall quality of life of affected patients. Despite the convoluted interplay and …

Cancer stem cells and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in cancer metastasis

T Celià-Terrassa, MK Jolly - Cold Spring …, 2020 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
The cancer stem cell (CSC) concept stands for undifferentiated tumor cells with the ability to
initiate heterogeneous tumors. It is also relevant in metastasis and can explain how …

Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying prostate cancer development: therapeutic implications

U Testa, G Castelli, E Pelosi - Medicines, 2019 - mdpi.com
Prostate cancer is the most frequent nonskin cancer and second most common cause of
cancer-related deaths in man. Prostate cancer is a clinically heterogeneous disease with …

LIN28B promotes the development of neuroendocrine prostate cancer

J Lovnicki, Y Gan, T Feng, Y Li, N Xie… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Therapy-induced neuroendocrine prostate cancer (t-NEPC) is a highly aggressive subtype
of prostate cancer with poor patient survival. Emerging evidence indicates that t-NEPC can …

Dynamics of phenotypic heterogeneity associated with EMT and stemness during cancer progression

MK Jolly, T Celià-Terrassa - Journal of clinical medicine, 2019 - mdpi.com
Genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity contribute to the generation of diverse tumor cell
populations, thus enhancing cancer aggressiveness and therapy resistance. Compared to …

Metabolic fitness and plasticity in cancer progression

S McGuirk, Y Audet-Delage, J St-Pierre - Trends in cancer, 2020 - cell.com
Cancer cells have enhanced metabolic needs due to their rapid proliferation. Moreover,
throughout their progression from tumor precursors to metastases, cancer cells face …