Targeting multiple signaling pathways as a strategy for managing prostate cancer: multifocal signal modulation therapy

MF McCarty - Integrative cancer therapies, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
The aberrant behavior of cancer reflects upregulation of certain oncogenic signaling
pathways that promote proliferation, inhibit apoptosis, and enable the cancer to spread and …

Biology of PPARγ in cancer: a critical review on existing lacunae

A Krishnan, SA Nair, MR Pillai - Current molecular medicine, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com
Peroxisomal proliferator activated receptor γ (PPARγ) belongs to the family of nuclear
hormone receptors (NHRs), which directly regulate transcription of target genes. The …

PPARγ Ligands and ATRA Inhibit the Invasion of Human Breast Cancer Cells in vitro

H Liu, C Zang, MH Fenner, K Possinger… - Breast cancer research …, 2003 - Springer
Invasion and metastasis are the main causes of death in breast cancer patients. Increased
expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), especially gelatinases (MMP-2 and-9), has …

MiR-27b targets PPARγ to inhibit growth, tumor progression and the inflammatory response in neuroblastoma cells

JJ Lee, A Drakaki, D Iliopoulos, K Struhl - Oncogene, 2012 - nature.com
The peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor (PPAR) γ pathway is involved in cancer, but
it appears to have both tumor suppressor and oncogenic functions. In neuroblastoma cells …

[HTML][HTML] Thiazolidinediones as anti-cancer agents

C Blanquicett, J Roman, CM Hart - Cancer therapy, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The PPAR-gamma (PPAR-γ) activating thiazolidinedione (TZD) medications are a class of
drugs used to improve lipid and glucose metabolism in type-2 diabetes. In addition to their …

PPARγ signaling exacerbates mammary gland tumor development

E Saez, J Rosenfeld, A Livolsi, P Olson… - Genes & …, 2004 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Breast cancer cell lines that express the nuclear peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ
(PPARγ) can be prompted to undergo growth arrest and differentiation when treated with …

Signal cross-talk between estrogen receptor alpha and beta and the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma1 in MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 breast cancer …

X Wang, MW Kilgore - Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2002 - Elsevier
We have previously demonstrated that peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma
(PPARγ) is expressed and transcriptionally responsive to both synthetic and natural ligands …

PPARγ activation induces autophagy in breast cancer cells

J Zhou, W Zhang, B Liang, MC Casimiro… - The international journal …, 2009 - Elsevier
It has been previously shown that PPARγ ligands induce apoptotic cell death in a variety of
cancer cells. Given the evidence that these ligands have a receptor-independent function …

Up-regulation of p21 gene expression by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ in human lung carcinoma cells

S Han, N Sidell, PB Fisher, J Roman - Clinical Cancer Research, 2004 - AACR
Purpose: The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ), a ligand-dependent
transcription factor belonging to the family of nuclear receptors, has been implicated in the …

[HTML][HTML] Differential activation of catalase expression and activity by PPAR agonists: implications for astrocyte protection in anti-glioma therapy

NKH Khoo, S Hebbar, W Zhao, SA Moore, FE Domann… - Redox biology, 2013 - Elsevier
Glioma survival is dismal, in part, due to an imbalance in antioxidant expression and activity.
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) agonists have antineoplastic properties …