The molecular biology of pancreatic adenocarcinoma: translational challenges and clinical perspectives

S Wang, Y Zheng, F Yang, L Zhu, XQ Zhu… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Pancreatic cancer is an increasingly common cause of cancer mortality with a tight
correspondence between disease mortality and incidence. Furthermore, it is usually …

[HTML][HTML] Inside the stemness engine: Mechanistic links between deregulated transcription factors and stemness in cancer

EH Ervin, R French, CH Chang, S Pauklin - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Cell identity is largely determined by its transcriptional profile. In tumour, deregulation of
transcription factor expression and/or activity enables cancer cell to acquire a stem-like state …

[HTML][HTML] HMGB1-mediated elevation of KLF7 facilitates hepatocellular carcinoma progression and metastasis through upregulating TLR4 and PTK2

W Feng, J Chen, W Huang, G Wang, X Chen… - Theranostics, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Metastasis is a major cause of HCC-related deaths with no effective
pharmacotherapies. Chronic inflammation promotes HCC dissemination, however, its …

New insights into KLFs and SOXs in cancer pathogenesis, stemness, and therapy

L Zeng, Y Zhu, CS Moreno, Y Wan - Seminars in cancer biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the development of cancer therapies, the success of most treatments has been
impeded by drug resistance. The crucial role of tumor cell plasticity has emerged recently in …

Spatial Transcriptomics of Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the Pancreas identifies Nkx6-2 as a driver of gastric differentiation and indolent biological …

M Sans, Y Makino, J Min, KI Rajapakshe… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMN) of the pancreas are bona fide precursor
lesions of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). The most common subtype of IPMNs …

Dysregulation in IFN-γ signaling and response: the barricade to tumor immunotherapy

J Han, M Wu, Z Liu - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) has been identified as a crucial factor in determining the
responsiveness to immunotherapy. Produced primarily by natural killer (NK) and T cells, IFN …

[HTML][HTML] The role of KLF transcription factor in the regulation of cancer progression

ZY Li, YX Zhu, JR Chen, X Chang, ZZ Xie - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Kruppel-like factors (KLFs) are a family of zinc finger transcription factors that have been
found to play an essential role in the development of various human tissues, including …

Effects of environmental and pathological hypoxia on male fertility

Z Li, S Wang, C Gong, Y Hu, J Liu, W Wang… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Male infertility is a widespread health problem affecting approximately 6%–8% of the male
population, and hypoxia may be a causative factor. In mammals, two types of hypoxia are …

KLF7: a new candidate biomarker and therapeutic target for high-grade serous ovarian cancer

M De Donato, G Babini, S Mozzetti, M Buttarelli… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - Springer
Background In spite of great progress in the surgical and clinical management, until now no
significant improvement in overall survival of High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer (HGSOC) …

Promotion of colorectal cancer by transcription factor BHLHE40 involves upregulation of ADAM19 and KLF7

Y Sui, H Jiang, CM Kellogg, S Oh… - Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
BHLHE40 is a transcription factor, whose role in colorectal cancer has remained elusive. We
demonstrate that the BHLHE40 gene is upregulated in colorectal tumors. Transcription of …