Thrombosis: tangled up in NETs

K Martinod, DD Wagner - Blood, The Journal of the American …, 2014 - ashpublications.org
The contributions by blood cells to pathological venous thrombosis were only recently
appreciated. Both platelets and neutrophils are now recognized as crucial for thrombus …

NETosis: a new factor in tumor progression and cancer-associated thrombosis

M Demers, DD Wagner - Seminars in thrombosis and …, 2014 - thieme-connect.com
Neutrophils have long been known as innate immune cells that phagocytose and kill
pathogens and mount inflammatory responses protecting the host from infection. In the past …

Priming of neutrophils toward NETosis promotes tumor growth

M Demers, SL Wong, K Martinod, M Gallant… - …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Neutrophils play a major role in cancer biology and both pro-and antitumoral functions of
tumor-infiltrating neutrophils have been described. We have shown that tumors, by releasing …

Tissue factor, blood coagulation, and beyond: an overview

AJ Chu - International journal of inflammation, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging evidence shows a broad spectrum of biological functions of tissue factor (TF). TF
classical role in initiating the extrinsic blood coagulation and its direct thrombotic action in …

[HTML][HTML] Orai3 is an estrogen receptor α-regulated Ca2+ channel that promotes tumorigenesis

RK Motiani, X Zhang, KE Harmon, RS Keller… - The FASEB …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Store-operated Ca 2+ entry (SOCE) encoded by Orai1 proteins is a ubiquitous Ca
2+-selective conductance involved in cellular proliferation and migration. We recently …

Colon cancer growth and dissemination relies upon thrombin, stromal PAR-1, and fibrinogen

GN Adams, L Rosenfeldt, M Frederick, W Miller… - Cancer research, 2015 - AACR
Thrombin-mediated proteolysis is a major determinant of metastasis, but is not universally
important for primary tumor growth. Here, we report that colorectal adenocarcinoma …

Pathologies at the nexus of blood coagulation and inflammation: thrombin in hemostasis, cancer, and beyond

S Danckwardt, MW Hentze, AE Kulozik - Journal of molecular medicine, 2013 - Springer
Thrombin is the protease involved in blood coagulation. Its deregulation can lead to
hemostatic abnormalities, which range from subtle subclinical to serious life-threatening …

Thrombin generation and cancer: Contributors and consequences

CJ Reddel, CW Tan, VM Chen - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
The high occurrence of cancer-associated thrombosis is associated with elevated thrombin
generation. Tumour cells increase the potential for thrombin generation both directly …

Roles of microRNAs during prostatic tumorigenesis and tumor progression

YX Fang, WQ Gao - Oncogene, 2014 - nature.com
Prostate cancer (PCa) is considered to be a frequently diagnosed cancer in males with high
mortality worldwide, but the molecular mechanism responsible for prostate tumorigenesis …

Coagulation and metastasis: what does the experimental literature tell us?

AM Gil‐Bernabé, S Lucotti… - British journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Inhibition of coagulation greatly limits cancer metastasis in many experimental models.
Cancer cells trigger coagulation, through expression of tissue factor or P‐selectin ligands …