Challenges in liver cancer and possible treatment approaches

D Anwanwan, SK Singh, S Singh, V Saikam… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2020 - Elsevier
Globally, liver cancer is the most frequent fatal malignancy; in the United States, it ranks fifth.
Patients are often diagnosed with liver cancer in advanced stages, contributing to its poor …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting ERK, an Achilles' Heel of the MAPK pathway, in cancer therapy

F Liu, X Yang, M Geng, M Huang - Acta pharmaceutica sinica B, 2018 - Elsevier
The mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) pathway, often known as the RAS-RAF-MEK-
ERK signal cascade, functions to transmit upstream signals to its downstream effectors to …

[HTML][HTML] Angiogenesis in breast cancer progression, diagnosis, and treatment

CO Madu, S Wang, CO Madu, Y Lu - Journal of Cancer, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Angiogenesis is a significant event in a wide range of healthy and diseased conditions. This
process frequently involves vasodilation and an increase in vascular permeability …

[HTML][HTML] Current and future treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: an updated comprehensive review

S Daher, M Massarwa, AA Benson… - Journal of clinical and …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is among the leading causes of cancer-related mortality.
The principal treatment is surgical resection or liver transplantation, depending on whether …

Targeting angiogenesis in breast cancer: current evidence and future perspectives of novel anti-angiogenic approaches

NM Ayoub, SK Jaradat, KM Al-Shami… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Angiogenesis is a vital process for the growth and dissemination of solid cancers. Numerous
molecular pathways are known to drive angiogenic switch in cancer cells promoting the …

Protein posttranslational modifications in health and diseases: Functions, regulatory mechanisms, and therapeutic implications

Q Zhong, X Xiao, Y Qiu, Z Xu, C Chen, B Chong… - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Protein posttranslational modifications (PTMs) refer to the breaking or generation of covalent
bonds on the backbones or amino acid side chains of proteins and expand the diversity of …

Vemurafenib: the first drug approved for BRAF-mutant cancer

G Bollag, J Tsai, J Zhang, C Zhang, P Ibrahim… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2012 - nature.com
The identification of driver oncogenes has provided important targets for drugs that can
change the landscape of cancer therapies. One such example is the BRAF oncogene, which …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy and safety of sorafenib in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: subanalyses of a phase III trial

J Bruix, JL Raoul, M Sherman, V Mazzaferro… - Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND & AIMS: The Sorafenib Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Assessment
Randomized Protocol (SHARP) trial demonstrated that sorafenib improves overall survival …

Chemokine (C‐C motif) receptor 2–positive monocytes aggravate the early phase of acetaminophen‐induced acute liver injury

JC Mossanen, O Krenkel, C Ergen, O Govaere… - Hepatology, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Acetaminophen (APAP, paracetamol) poisoning is a leading cause of acute liver failure
(ALF) in humans and induces hepatocyte necrosis, followed by activation of the innate …

Overcoming ABC transporter-mediated multidrug resistance: The dual role of tyrosine kinase inhibitors as multitargeting agents

GL Beretta, G Cassinelli, M Pennati, V Zuco… - European journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Resistance to conventional and target specific antitumor drugs still remains one of the major
cause of treatment failure and patience death. This condition often involves ATP-binding …