Cancer stem cells—key players in tumor relapse

M Marzagalli, F Fontana, M Raimondi, P Limonta - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cancer is one of the hardest pathologies to fight, being one of the main
causes of death worldwide despite the constant development of novel therapeutic strategies …

[HTML][HTML] Partial EMT in squamous cell carcinoma: A snapshot

C Liao, Q Wang, J An, Q Long, H Wang… - … Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In the process of cancer EMT, some subgroups of cancer cells simultaneously exhibit both
mesenchymal and epithelial characteristics, a phenomenon termed partial EMT (pEMT) …

Tumor microenvironment and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in bladder cancer: Cytokines in the game?

C Martins-Lima, U Chianese, R Benedetti… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Bladder cancer (BlCa) is a highly immunogenic cancer. Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is
the standard treatment for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) patients and …

[HTML][HTML] The NF–Y splicing signature controls hybrid EMT and ECM-related pathways to promote aggressiveness of colon cancer

G Rigillo, S Belluti, V Campani, G Ragazzini, M Ronzio… - Cancer Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Aberrant splicing events are associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) and provide new
opportunities for tumor diagnosis and treatment. The expression of the splice variants of NF …

Cadherin signaling in cancer and autoimmune diseases

M Sisto, D Ribatti, S Lisi - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cadherins mediate cell–cell adhesion through a dynamic process that is strongly dependent
on the cellular context and signaling. Cadherin regulation reflects the interplay between …

“In medio stat virtus”: Insights into hybrid E/M phenotype attitudes

A Canciello, A Cerveró-Varona, A Peserico… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity (EMP) refers to the ability of cells to dynamically
interconvert between epithelial (E) and mesenchymal (M) phenotypes, thus generating an …

SpottedPy quantifies relationships between spatial transcriptomic hotspots and uncovers environmental cues of epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity in breast cancer

E Withnell, M Secrier - Genome Biology, 2024 - Springer
Spatial transcriptomics is revolutionizing the exploration of intratissue heterogeneity in
cancer, yet capturing cellular niches and their spatial relationships remains challenging. We …

Updates on lymphovascular invasion in breast cancer

E Kuhn, D Gambini, L Despini, D Asnaghi, L Runza… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Traditionally, lymphovascular invasion (LVI) has represented one of the foremost
pathological features of malignancy and has been associated with a worse prognosis in …

Do tumor mechanical stresses promote cancer immune escape?

K Onwudiwe, J Najera, S Siri, M Datta - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Immune evasion—a well-established cancer hallmark—is a major barrier to immunotherapy
efficacy. While the molecular mechanisms and biological consequences underpinning …

Communication between epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity and cancer stem cells: New insights into cancer progression

X Zheng, F Dai, L Feng, H Zou, L Feng, M Xu - Frontiers in Oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is closely associated with the acquisition of
aggressive traits by carcinoma cells and is considered responsible for metastasis, relapse …