Hypoxia-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in cancers: HIF-1α and beyond

SY Tam, VWC Wu, HKW Law - Frontiers in oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Metastasis is the main cause of cancer-related mortality. Although the actual process of
metastasis remains largely elusive, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) has been …

Extracellular-signal regulated kinase: A central molecule driving epithelial–mesenchymal transition in cancer

M Olea-Flores, MD Zuñiga-Eulogio… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a reversible cellular process, characterized by
changes in gene expression and activation of proteins, favoring the trans-differentiation of …

Delivery of miR-381-3p mimic by mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes inhibits triple negative breast cancer aggressiveness; an in vitro study

S Shojaei, SM Hashemi, H Ghanbarian… - Stem cell reviews and …, 2021 - Springer
Recent investigations have emphasized the role of aberrant expression of microRNAs
(miRNAs) in progression of almost all types of cancers. Exosomes, membrane-enclosed …

An overview of vasculogenic mimicry in breast cancer

MA Andonegui-Elguera, Y Alfaro-Mora… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Vasculogenic mimicry (VM) is the formation of vascular channels lacking endothelial cells.
These channels are lined by tumor cells with cancer stem cell features, positive for periodic …

Prognostic value of EMT-inducing transcription factors (EMT-TFs) in metastatic breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Imani, H Hosseinifard, J Cheng, C Wei, J Fu - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a vital control point in metastatic breast
cancer (MBC). TWIST1, SNAIL1, SLUG, and ZEB1, as key EMT-inducing transcription factors …

[HTML][HTML] Prognostic value of reduced E-cadherin expression in breast cancer: a meta-analysis

Z Li, S Yin, L Zhang, W Liu, B Chen - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The prognostic value of E-cadherin expression in patients with breast cancer has been
studied for years, yet results remain controversial. We thus performed a comprehensive …

The GRHL2/ZEB feedback loop—a key axis in the regulation of EMT in breast cancer

SM Mooney, V Talebian, MK Jolly, D Jia… - Journal of cellular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
More than 90% of cancer‐related deaths are caused by metastasis. Epithelial‐to‐
Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) causes tumor cell dissemination while the reverse process …

Twist induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition and cell motility in breast cancer via ITGB1-FAK/ILK signaling axis and its associated downstream network

J Yang, Y Hou, M Zhou, S Wen, J Zhou, L Xu… - The international journal …, 2016 - Elsevier
Twist, a highly conserved basic Helix-Loop-Helix transcription factor, functions as a major
regulator of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and tumor metastasis. In different cell …

Targeting MUC1-C inhibits TWIST1 signaling in triple-negative breast cancer

T Hata, H Rajabi, M Yamamoto, C Jin, R Ahmad… - Molecular cancer …, 2019 - AACR
The oncogenic MUC1-C protein and the TWIST1 epithelial–mesenchymal transition
transcription factor (EMT-TF) are aberrantly expressed in triple-negative breast cancer …

HIF-2α promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition through regulating Twist2 binding to the promoter of E-cadherin in pancreatic cancer

J Yang, X Zhang, Y Zhang, D Zhu, L Zhang, Y Li… - Journal of Experimental …, 2016 - Springer
Background Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a dedifferentiation process that
mainly involves in mesenchymal marker upregulation, epithelial maker downregulation and …