The roles and regulation of the KLF5 transcription factor in cancers

Y Luo, C Chen - Cancer science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Krüppel‐like factor 5 (KLF5) is a member of the KLF family. Recent studies have suggested
that KLF5 regulates the expression of a large number of new target genes and participates …

New insights into KLFs and SOXs in cancer pathogenesis, stemness, and therapy

L Zeng, Y Zhu, CS Moreno, Y Wan - Seminars in cancer biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the development of cancer therapies, the success of most treatments has been
impeded by drug resistance. The crucial role of tumor cell plasticity has emerged recently in …

Prostate lineage-specific metabolism governs luminal differentiation and response to antiandrogen treatment

JM Giafaglione, PD Crowell, AML Delcourt… - Nature cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Lineage transitions are a central feature of prostate development, tumourigenesis and
treatment resistance. While epigenetic changes are well known to drive prostate lineage …

Acetylation of KLF5 maintains EMT and tumorigenicity to cause chemoresistant bone metastasis in prostate cancer

B Zhang, Y Li, Q Wu, L Xie, B Barwick, C Fu, X Li… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Advanced prostate cancer (PCa) often develops bone metastasis, for which therapies are
very limited and the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We report that bone …

Interruption of KLF5 acetylation promotes PTEN-deficient prostate cancer progression by reprogramming cancer-associated fibroblasts

B Zhang, M Liu, F Mai, X Li, W Wang, Q Huang… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - jci.org
Inactivation of phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) is prevalent in human prostate
cancer and causes high-grade adenocarcinoma with a long latency. Cancer-associated …

Opposing transcriptional programs of KLF5 and AR emerge during therapy for advanced prostate cancer

M Che, A Chaturvedi, SA Munro, SP Pitzen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Endocrine therapies for prostate cancer inhibit the androgen receptor (AR) transcription
factor. In most cases, AR activity resumes during therapy and drives progression to …

[HTML][HTML] Klf5 defines alveolar epithelial type 1 cell lineage commitment during lung development and regeneration

DC Liberti, WA Liberti III, MM Kremp, IJ Penkala… - Developmental Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Alveolar epithelial cell fate decisions drive lung development and regeneration. Using
transcriptomic and epigenetic profiling coupled with genetic mouse and organoid models …

Decellularized extracellular matrix mediates tissue construction and regeneration

C Liu, M Pei, Q Li, Y Zhang - Frontiers of medicine, 2022 - Springer
Contributing to organ formation and tissue regeneration, extracellular matrix (ECM)
constituents provide tissue with three-dimensional (3D) structural integrity and cellular …

Krüppel-like factor (KLF) 5: An emerging foe of cardiovascular health

D Palioura, A Lazou, K Drosatos - Journal of molecular and cellular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Krüppel-like factors (KLFs) are DNA-binding transcriptional factors, which regulate various
pathways that pertain to development, metabolism and other cellular mechanisms. KLF5 …

Genetic determinants of chromatin reveal prostate cancer risk mediated by context-dependent gene regulation

SC Baca, C Singler, S Zacharia, JH Seo, T Morova… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Many genetic variants affect disease risk by altering context-dependent gene regulation.
Such variants are difficult to study mechanistically using current methods that link genetic …