p63: a crucial player in epithelial stemness regulation

Y Li, S Giovannini, T Wang, J Fang, P Li, C Shao… - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
Epithelial tissue homeostasis is closely associated with the self-renewal and differentiation
behaviors of epithelial stem cells (ESCs). p63, a well-known marker of ESCs, is an …

How important is EMT for cancer metastasis?

T Celià-Terrassa, Y Kang - PLoS biology, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), a biological phenomenon of cellular plasticity
initially reported in embryonic development, has been increasingly recognized for its …

Aberrant epithelial cell interaction promotes esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma development and progression

L Chen, S Zhu, T Liu, X Zhao, T Xiang, X Hu… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and proliferation play important roles in epithelial
cancer formation and progression, but what molecules and how they trigger EMT is largely …

Cell-intrinsic and microenvironmental determinants of metastatic colonization

AW Lambert, Y Zhang, RA Weinberg - Nature Cell Biology, 2024 - nature.com
Cancer metastasis is a biologically complex process that remains a major challenge in the
oncology clinic, accounting for nearly all of the mortality associated with malignant …

A systems-level analysis of the mutually antagonistic roles of RKIP and BACH1 in dynamics of cancer cell plasticity

S Shyam, S Ramu, M Sehgal… - Journal of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is an important axis of phenotypic plasticity—a
hallmark of cancer metastasis. Raf kinase-B inhibitor protein (RKIP) and BTB and CNC …

ΔNp63 bookmarks and creates an accessible epigenetic environment for TGFβ-induced cancer cell stemness and invasiveness

E Vasilaki, Y Bai, MM Ali, A Sundqvist… - Cell Communication and …, 2024 - Springer
Background p63 is a transcription factor with intrinsic pioneer factor activity and pleiotropic
functions. Transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) signaling via activation and cooperative …

[HTML][HTML] MUC1-C integrates aerobic glycolysis with suppression of oxidative phosphorylation in triple-negative breast cancer stem cells

N Yamashita, H Withers, Y Morimoto, A Bhattacharya… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Activation of the MUC1-C protein promotes lineage plasticity, epigenetic reprogramming,
and the cancer stem cell (CSC) state. The present studies performed on enriched …

Redox signalling regulates breast cancer metastasis via phenotypic and metabolic reprogramming due to p63 activation by HIF1α

Z Ren, M Dharmaratne, H Liang, O Benard… - British Journal of …, 2024 - nature.com
Background Redox signaling caused by knockdown (KD) of Glutathione Peroxidase 2
(GPx2) in the PyMT mammary tumour model promotes metastasis via phenotypic and …

Complex and variable regulation of ΔNp63 and TAp63 by TGFβ has implications for the dynamics of squamous cell epithelial to mesenchymal transition

Z Pokorná, Z Tylichová, B Vojtesek, PJ Coates - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
TGFβ has roles in inflammation, wound healing, epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT),
and cancer stem cell states, and acts as a tumor suppressor gene for squamous cell …

[HTML][HTML] Blue light promotes conjunctival epithelial-mesenchymal transition and collagen deposition through ITGB4

Q Yang, K Chen, S Chen, Y Wang, Y Xia, J Chen… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2025 - Elsevier
The increasing prevalence of LED technology heightened blue light (BL) exposure, raising
concerns about its long-term effects on ocular health. This study investigated the …