Copper homeostasis: Emerging target for cancer treatment

Y Li - IUBMB life, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Copper (Cu) is an essential micronutrient involved in a variety of fundamental biological
processes. Recently, disorder of Cu homeostasis can be observed in many malignancies …

[HTML][HTML] The roles of metallothioneins in carcinogenesis

M Si, J Lang - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2018 - Springer
Metallothioneins (MTs) are small cysteine-rich proteins that play important roles in metal
homeostasis and protection against heavy metal toxicity, DNA damage, and oxidative stress …

[HTML][HTML] Roles of copper-binding proteins in breast cancer

S Blockhuys, P Wittung-Stafshede - International journal of molecular …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Copper ions are needed in several steps of cancer progression. However, the underlying
mechanisms, and involved copper-binding proteins, are mainly elusive. Since most copper …

[HTML][HTML] Apo-metallothionein-3 cooperatively forms tightly compact structures under physiological conditions

AT Yuan, NC Korkola, MJ Stillman - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2023 - ASBMB
Metallothioneins (MTs) are essential mammalian metal chaperones. MT isoform 1 (MT1) is
expressed in the kidneys and isoform 3 (MT3) is expressed in nervous tissue. For MTs, the …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic study on zinc-related metabolism in breast cancer

Z Qu, Q Liu, X Kong, X Wang, Z Wang, J Wang, Y Fang - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Breast cancer has become the most common cancer worldwide. Despite the major
advances made in the past few decades in the treatment of breast cancer using a …

DBTSS/DBKERO for integrated analysis of transcriptional regulation

A Suzuki, S Kawano, T Mitsuyama… - Nucleic acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract DBTSS (Database of Transcriptional Start Sites)/DBKERO (Database of Kashiwa
Encyclopedia for human genome mutations in Regulatory regions and their Omics contexts) …

[图书][B] Metallothioneins in normal and cancer cells

P Dziegiel, B Pula, C Kobierzycki, M Stasiolek… - 2016 - Springer
Metallothioneins (MTs) are low molecular weight proteins, which are present in almost all
types of organisms. In mammals, four main MT isoforms designated from MT-1 to MT-4 were …

[HTML][HTML] Novel roles of DC-SIGNR in colon cancer cell adhesion, migration, invasion, and liver metastasis

H Na, X Liu, X Li, X Zhang, Y Wang, Z Wang… - Journal of hematology & …, 2017 - Springer
Background Tumor metastasis is an essential cause of the poor prognosis of colon cancer.
DC-SIGNR is a C-type lectin that is frequently found on human liver sinusoidal endothelial …

[HTML][HTML] Metallothionein-3 promotes cisplatin chemoresistance remodelling in neuroblastoma

MAM Rodrigo, H Michalkova, V Strmiska, B Casar… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Metallothionein-3 has poorly characterized functions in neuroblastoma. Cisplatin-based
chemotherapy is a major regimen to treat neuroblastoma, but its clinical efficacy is limited by …

Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF 21) therapy attenuates left ventricular dysfunction and metabolic disturbance by improving FGF 21 sensitivity, cardiac mitochondrial …

P Tanajak, P Sa‐Nguanmoo, X Wang… - Acta …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF 21) acts as a metabolic regulator and exerts
cardioprotective effects. However, the effects of long‐term FGF 21 administration on the …