Plasmin and plasminogen system in the tumor microenvironment: implications for cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy

AG Bharadwaj, RW Holloway, VA Miller, DM Waisman - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In this review, we present a detailed discussion of how the plasminogen-
activation system is utilized by tumor cells in their unrelenting attack on the tissues …

Crosstalk between Notch, HIF-1α and GPER in breast cancer EMT

EM De Francesco, M Maggiolini, AM Musti - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
The Notch signaling pathway acts in both physiological and pathological conditions,
including embryonic development and tumorigenesis. In cancer progression, diverse …

Joining S100 proteins and migration: for better or for worse, in sickness and in health

SR Gross, CGT Sin, R Barraclough… - Cellular and molecular life …, 2014 - Springer
The vast diversity of S100 proteins has demonstrated a multitude of biological correlations
with cell growth, cell differentiation and cell survival in numerous physiological and …

A mechanistic model captures the emergence and implications of non-genetic heterogeneity and reversible drug resistance in ER+ breast cancer cells

S Sahoo, A Mishra, H Kaur, K Hari, S Muralidharan… - NAR …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Resistance to anti-estrogen therapy is an unsolved clinical challenge in successfully treating
ER+ breast cancer patients. Recent studies have demonstrated the role of non-genetic (ie …

[HTML][HTML] Chemoresistance transmission via exosome-mediated EphA2 transfer in pancreatic cancer

J Fan, Q Wei, EJ Koay, Y Liu, B Ning, PW Bernard… - Theranostics, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Exosomes are small extracellular vesicles secreted by most cells that are found in
blood and other bodily fluids, and which contain cytoplasmic material and membrane factors …

Adenylate kinase 4 modulates the resistance of breast cancer cells to tamoxifen through an m6A-based epitranscriptomic mechanism

X Liu, G Gonzalez, X Dai, W Miao, J Yuan, M Huang… - Molecular Therapy, 2020 - cell.com
N 6-methyladenosine (m 6 A) is the most abundant internal modification in mRNA and this
methylation constitutes an important regulatory mechanism for the stability and translational …

Acquisition of epithelial-mesenchymal transition phenotype in the tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer cell: a new role for G protein-coupled estrogen receptor in …

J Yuan, M Liu, L Yang, G Tu, Q Zhu, M Chen… - Breast Cancer …, 2015 - Springer
Introduction Acquired tamoxifen resistance remains the major obstacle to breast cancer
endocrine therapy. β1-integrin was identified as one of the target genes of G protein-coupled …

Characterization of breast cancer aggressiveness by cell mechanics

B Zbiral, A Weber, MM Vivanco… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
In healthy tissues, cells are in mechanical homeostasis. During cancer progression, this
equilibrium is disrupted. Cancer cells alter their mechanical phenotype to a softer and more …

Fulvestrant-3 boronic acid (ZB716): an orally bioavailable selective estrogen receptor downregulator (SERD)

J Liu, S Zheng, VL Akerstrom, C Yuan… - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Orally bioavailable SERDs may offer greater systemic drug exposure, improved clinical
efficacy, and more durable treatment outcome for patients with ER-positive endocrine …

Suppression of triple-negative breast cancer metastasis by pan-DAC inhibitor panobinostat via inhibition of ZEB family of EMT master regulators

LV Rhodes, CR Tate, HC Segar, HE Burks… - Breast cancer research …, 2014 - Springer
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly aggressive breast cancer subtype that
lacks effective targeted therapies. The epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a key …