[HTML][HTML] The complex biology of aryl hydrocarbon receptor activation in cancer and beyond

CA Opitz, P Holfelder, MT Prentzell, S Trump - Biochemical Pharmacology, 2023 - Elsevier
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) signaling pathway is a complex regulatory network
that plays a critical role in various biological processes, including cellular metabolism …

S100A8 promotes epithelial‐mesenchymal transition and metastasis under TGF‐β/USF2 axis in colorectal cancer

S Li, J Zhang, S Qian, X Wu, L Sun, T Ling… - Cancer …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The transforming growth factor‐β (TGF‐β) pathway plays a pivotal role in
inducing epithelial‐mesenchymal transition (EMT), which is a key step in cancer invasion …

TRIM28 is a transcriptional activator of the mutant TERT promoter in human bladder cancer

N Agarwal, S Rinaldetti, BB Cheikh… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Bladder cancer (BC) has a 70% telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT or hTERT in
humans) promoter mutation prevalence, commonly at− 124 base pairs, and this is …

USF1 defect drives p53 degradation during Helicobacter pylori infection and accelerates gastric carcinogenesis

L Costa, S Corre, V Michel, K Le Luel, J Fernandes… - Gut, 2020 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Helicobacter pylori (Hp) is a major risk factor for gastric cancer (GC). Hp promotes
DNA damage and proteasomal degradation of p53, the guardian of genome stability. Hp …

Aberrant expression of USF2 in refractory rheumatoid arthritis and its regulation of proinflammatory cytokines in Th17 cells

D Hu, EC Tjon, KM Andersson… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
IL-17–producing Th17 cells are implicated in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
and TNF-α, a proinflammatory cytokine in the rheumatoid joint, facilitates Th17 …

[HTML][HTML] Syntaxin-6 promotes the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma and alters its sensitivity to chemotherapies by activating the USF2/LC3B axis

L Zhou, Z Wang, X Chen, X Li, C Ge, X Min… - … Journal of Biological …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Syntaxin-6 (STX6), a protein of the syntaxin family, is located in the trans-Golgi
network and is involved in a variety of intracellular membrane transport events. STX6 is …

hsa-miR-875-5p inhibits tumorigenesis and suppresses TGF-β signalling by targeting USF2 in gastric cancer

S Gao, Z Zhang, X Wang, Y Ma, C Li, H Liu… - Journal of translational …, 2022 - Springer
Background Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common malignancies, and an
increasing number of studies have shown that its pathogenesis is regulated by various …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of USF2 promotes proliferation, migration and mitophagy in a redox-dependent manner

TF Chi, F Khoder-Agha, D Mennerich, S Kellokumpu… - Redox biology, 2020 - Elsevier
The upstream stimulatory factor 2 (USF2) is a transcription factor implicated in several
cellular processes and among them, tumor development seems to stand out. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Suppression of metastasis through inhibition of chitinase 3-like 1 expression by miR-125a-3p-mediated up-regulation of USF1

KC Kim, J Yun, DJ Son, JY Kim, JK Jung, JS Choi… - Theranostics, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Rationale: Chitinase 3-like 1 (Chi3L1) protein is up-regulated in various diseases
including solid cancers. According to Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS)/Online …

Identification of a distal enhancer that determines the expression pattern of acute phase marker C-reactive protein

MY Wang, CM Zhang, HH Zhou, ZB Ge, CC Su… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
C-reactive protein (CRP) is a major acute phase protein and inflammatory marker, the
expression of which is largely liver specific and highly inducible. Enhancers are regulatory …