Extracellular matrix remodeling in tumor progression and immune escape: from mechanisms to treatments

Z Yuan, Y Li, S Zhang, X Wang, H Dou, X Yu, Z Zhang… - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
The malignant tumor is a multi-etiological, systemic and complex disease characterized by
uncontrolled cell proliferation and distant metastasis. Anticancer treatments including …

Fibronectin in cancer: friend or foe

TC Lin, CH Yang, LH Cheng, WT Chang, YR Lin… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
The role of fibronectin (FN) in tumorigenesis and malignant progression has been highly
controversial. Cancerous FN plays a tumor-suppressive role, whereas it is pro-metastatic …

A patient‐derived explant (PDE) model of hormone‐dependent cancer

MM Centenera, TE Hickey, S Jindal… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Breast and prostate cancer research to date has largely been predicated on the use of cell
lines in vitro or in vivo. These limitations have led to the development of more clinically …

Lipidomic profiling of clinical prostate cancer reveals targetable alterations in membrane lipid composition

LM Butler, CY Mah, J Machiels, AD Vincent, S Irani… - Cancer research, 2021 - AACR
Dysregulated lipid metabolism is a prominent feature of prostate cancer that is driven by
androgen receptor (AR) signaling. Here we used quantitative mass spectrometry to define …

Targeting hyaluronan-mediated motility receptor (HMMR) enhances response to androgen receptor signalling inhibitors in prostate cancer

JA Hinneh, JL Gillis, CY Mah, S Irani… - British Journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Background Resistance to androgen receptor signalling inhibitors (ARSIs) represents a
major clinical challenge in prostate cancer. We previously demonstrated that the ARSI …

Proteomics in drug development: the dawn of a new era?

M Frantzi, A Latosinska… - PROTEOMICS–Clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Mass spectrometry offers the potential of acquiring high resolution data depicting the
functional status of a group of healthy or diseased individuals, according to different …

Altered expression of vesicular trafficking machinery in prostate cancer affects lysosomal dynamics and provides insight into the underlying biology and disease …

BD Nturubika, CM Guardia, DC Gershlick… - British Journal of …, 2024 - nature.com
Background This study focuses on the role of lysosomal trafficking in prostate cancer, given
the essential role of lysosomes in cellular homoeostasis. Methods Lysosomal motility was …

HSP90 as a regulator of extracellular matrix dynamics

A Chakraborty, AL Edkins - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2021 - portlandpress.com
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a dynamic and organised extracellular network assembled
from proteins and carbohydrates exported from the cell. The ECM is critical for multicellular …

The heat shock protein 90 inhibitor, AT13387, protects the alveolo-capillary barrier and prevents HCl-induced chronic lung injury and pulmonary fibrosis

RML Colunga Biancatelli, P Solopov, C Dimitropoulou… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hydrochloric acid (HCl) exposure causes asthma-like conditions, reactive airways
dysfunction syndrome, and pulmonary fibrosis. Heat Shock Protein 90 (HSP90) is a …

A feedback loop between the androgen receptor and 6-phosphogluoconate dehydrogenase (6PGD) drives prostate cancer growth

JL Gillis, JA Hinneh, NK Ryan, S Irani, M Moldovan… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Alterations to the androgen receptor (AR) signalling axis and cellular metabolism are
hallmarks of prostate cancer. This study provides insight into both hallmarks by uncovering a …