Microbiota-derived tryptophan catabolites mediate the chemopreventive effects of statins on colorectal cancer

JX Han, ZH Tao, JL Wang, L Zhang, CY Yu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Epidemiological studies have indicated an association between statin use and reduced
incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC), and work in preclinical models has demonstrated a …

Lipid metabolism in the immune niche of tumor-prone liver microenvironment

J Chen, TTH Chan, J Zhou - Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The liver is a common primary site not only for tumorigenesis, but also for cancer metastasis.
Advanced cancer patients with liver metastases also show reduced response rates and …

Immune Response and Metastasis—Links between the Metastasis Driver MACC1 and Cancer Immune Escape Strategies

S Torke, W Walther, U Stein - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary While both the fields of cancer metastasis research and cancer
immunology have been heavily investigated, their combination—the immunology of …

Combinatorial treatment with statins and niclosamide prevents CRC dissemination by unhinging the MACC1-β-catenin-S100A4 axis of metastasis

B Kortüm, H Radhakrishnan, F Zincke, C Sachse… - Oncogene, 2022 - nature.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second-most common malignant disease worldwide, and
metastasis is the main culprit of CRC-related death. Metachronous metastases remain to be …

MACC1-dependent antitumor effect of curcumin in colorectal cancer

N Güllü, J Smith, P Herrmann, U Stein - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Metastasis is the main reason for the high mortality rate of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients.
Despite the whole improvement in the field of cancer medicine, the treatment options for the …

Cell aggregation activates small GTPase Rac1 and induces CD44 cleavage by maintaining lipid raft integrity

D Li, Y Park, H Hemati, X Liu - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2023 - ASBMB
Lipid rafts are highly ordered membrane domains that are enriched in cholesterol and
glycosphingolipids and serve as major platforms for signal transduction. Cell detachment …

Proteomic and metabolomic analysis of bone marrow and plasma from patients with extramedullary multiple myeloma identifies distinct protein and metabolite …

K Dunphy, D Bazou, M Henry, P Meleady, JJ Miettinen… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Extramedullary multiple myeloma (EMM) is a rare and aggressive subtype
of multiple myeloma which is associated with a poor prognosis. Here, we used mass …

MACC1 regulates LGR5 to promote cancer stem cell properties in colorectal cancer

M Erdem, KH Lee, M Hardt, JL Regan, D Kobelt… - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary We discovered a novel association of cancer and stemness. In particular,
we demonstrate an MACC1—LGR5 link by transcriptional regulation of the crucial stemness …

Metabolic mediators: microbial-derived metabolites as key regulators of anti-tumor immunity, immunotherapy, and chemotherapy

S Lu, C Wang, J Ma, Y Wang - Frontiers in Immunology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The human microbiome has recently emerged as a focal point in cancer research,
specifically in anti-tumor immunity, immunotherapy, and chemotherapy. This review explores …

[HTML][HTML] MACC1-induced collective migration is promoted by proliferation rather than single cell biomechanics

T Hohmann, U Hohmann, M Dahlmann, D Kobelt… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary High metastasis-associated in colon cancer 1 (MACC1) expression is
associated with metastasis, tumor cell migration, and increased proliferation in colorectal …