New angiogenic regulators produced by TAMs: perspective for targeting tumor angiogenesis

I Larionova, E Kazakova, T Gerashchenko… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Since the targeting of a single pro-angiogenic factor fails to improve
oncological disease outcome, significant efforts have been made to identify new pro …

Semaphorins and plexins as therapeutic targets

T Worzfeld, S Offermanns - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2014 - nature.com
Semaphorins are membrane-bound or diffusible factors that regulate key cellular functions
and are involved in cell–cell communication. Most of the effects of semaphorins are …

Semaphorins in health and disease

D Fard, L Tamagnone - Cytokine & growth factor reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Cell-cell communication is pivotal to guide embryo development, as well as to maintain adult
tissues homeostasis and control immune response. Among extracellular factors responsible …

The role of the semaphorins in cancer

G Neufeld, Y Mumblat, T Smolkin… - Cell Adhesion & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The semaphorins were initially characterized as axon guidance factors, but have
subsequently been implicated also in the regulation of immune responses, angiogenesis …

Emerging roles and mechanisms of semaphorins activity in cancer

C Bica, A Tirpe, A Nutu, C Ciocan, S Chira, ES Gurzau… - Life Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Semaphorins are regulatory molecules that are linked to the modulation of several cancer
processes, such as angiogenesis, cancer cell invasiveness and metastasis, tumor growth …

Semaphorins in angiogenesis and autoimmune diseases: therapeutic targets?

V Iragavarapu-Charyulu, E Wojcikiewicz… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The axonal guidance molecules, semaphorins, have been described to function both
physiologically and pathologically outside of the nervous system. In this review, we focus on …

Semaphorins and their receptors: from axonal guidance to atherosclerosis

S Hu, L Zhu - Frontiers in physiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Semaphorins are a large family of secreted, transmembrane, or GPI-anchored proteins
initially identified as axon guidance cues signaling through their receptors, neuropilins, and …

Crosstalk between the peripheral nervous system and breast cancer influences tumor progression

J Hu, W Chen, L Shen, Z Chen, J Huang - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent studies have shown that peripheral nerves play an important role in the progression
of breast cancer. Breast cancer cells (BCCs) promote local peripheral nerve growth and …

Semaphorin 7A promotes macrophage-mediated lymphatic remodeling during postpartum mammary gland involution and in breast cancer

AM Elder, BAJ Tamburini, LS Crump, SA Black… - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
Postpartum mammary gland involution is a tissue remodeling event that occurs in all
mammals in the absence of nursing or after weaning to return the gland to the pre-pregnant …

Proteotranscriptomics reveal signaling networks in the ovarian cancer microenvironment

T Worzfeld, F Finkernagel, S Reinartz, A Konzer… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2018 - ASBMB
Ovarian cancer is characterized by early transcoelomic metastatic spread via the peritoneal
fluid, where tumor cell spheroids (TU), tumor-associated T cells (TAT), and macrophages …