Cancer cell plasticity during tumor progression, metastasis and response to therapy

A Pérez-González, K Bévant, C Blanpain - Nature cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Cell plasticity represents the ability of cells to be reprogrammed and to change their fate and
identity, enabling homeostasis restoration and tissue regeneration following damage. Cell …

EMT factors and metabolic pathways in cancer

I Georgakopoulos-Soares, DV Chartoumpekis… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) represents a biological program during which
epithelial cells lose their cell identity and acquire a mesenchymal phenotype. EMT is …

Distinct contributions of partial and full EMT to breast cancer malignancy

F Lüönd, N Sugiyama, R Bill, L Bornes, C Hager… - Developmental cell, 2021 - cell.com
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a transient, reversible process of cell de-
differentiation where cancer cells transit between various stages of an EMT continuum …

Pharmacological targeting of netrin-1 inhibits EMT in cancer

J Lengrand, I Pastushenko, S Vanuytven, Y Song… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) regulates tumour initiation, progression,
metastasis and resistance to anti-cancer therapy,,,,,–. Although great progress has been …

Single cell analysis in head and neck cancer reveals potential immune evasion mechanisms during early metastasis

HS Quah, EY Cao, L Suteja, CH Li, HS Leong… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Profiling tumors at single-cell resolution provides an opportunity to understand complexities
underpinning lymph-node metastases in head and neck squamous-cell carcinoma. Single …

Genomic control of metastasis

SA Patel, P Rodrigues, L Wesolowski… - British Journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
Metastasis remains the leading cause of cancer-associated mortality, and a detailed
understanding of the metastatic process could suggest new therapeutic avenues. However …

Deciphering functional tumor states at single‐cell resolution

R Vegliante, I Pastushenko, C Blanpain - The EMBO Journal, 2022 - embopress.org
Within a tumor, cancer cells exist in different states that are associated with distinct tumor
functions, including proliferation, differentiation, invasion, metastasis, and resistance to anti …

[PDF][PDF] The inflammatory profile of the tumor microenvironment, orchestrated by cyclooxygenase-2, promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition

F Gómez-Valenzuela, E Escobar… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The tumor microenvironment (TME) corresponds to a complex and dynamic interconnection
between the extracellular matrix and malignant cells and their surrounding stroma …

Decoding the interplay between genetic and non-genetic drivers of metastasis

P Karras, JRM Black, N McGranahan, JC Marine - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Metastasis is a multistep process by which cancer cells break away from their original
location and spread to distant organs, and is responsible for the vast majority of cancer …

How important is EMT for cancer metastasis?

T Celià-Terrassa, Y Kang - PLoS biology, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), a biological phenomenon of cellular plasticity
initially reported in embryonic development, has been increasingly recognized for its …