Dynamic EMT: a multi‐tool for tumor progression

S Brabletz, H Schuhwerk, T Brabletz… - The EMBO journal, 2021 - embopress.org
The process of epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is fundamental for embryonic
morphogenesis. Cells undergoing it lose epithelial characteristics and integrity, acquire …

Breast cancer metastasis: mechanisms and therapeutic implications

M Park, D Kim, S Ko, A Kim, K Mo, H Yoon - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women worldwide. Metastasis is the
leading cause of high mortality in most cancers. Although predicting the early stage of breast …

Vimentin is at the heart of epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) mediated metastasis

S Usman, NH Waseem, TKN Nguyen, S Mohsin… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Vimentin is an important filamentous protein providing structural and
functional support to the cell. During initial stages of cancer development, vimentin …

Zeb1 mediates EMT/plasticity-associated ferroptosis sensitivity in cancer cells by regulating lipogenic enzyme expression and phospholipid composition

A Schwab, Z Rao, J Zhang, A Gollowitzer… - Nature Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Therapy resistance and metastasis, the most fatal steps in cancer, are often triggered by a
(partial) activation of the epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) programme. A …

WNT signaling and cancer stemness

M Katoh, M Katoh - Essays in biochemistry, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Cancer stemness, defined as the self-renewal and tumor-initiation potential of cancer stem
cells (CSCs), is a cancer biology property featuring activation of CSC signaling networks …

EMT/MET plasticity in cancer and Go-or-Grow decisions in quiescence: the two sides of the same coin?

A Akhmetkaliyev, N Alibrahim, D Shafiee, E Tulchinsky - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) and mesenchymal epithelial transition (MET) are
genetic determinants of cellular plasticity. These programs operate in physiological …

Spatial collagen stiffening promotes collective breast cancer cell invasion by reinforcing extracellular matrix alignment

T Koorman, KA Jansen, A Khalil, PD Haughton… - Oncogene, 2022 - nature.com
The tumor micro-environment often contains stiff and irregular-bundled collagen fibers that
are used by tumor cells to disseminate. It is still unclear how and to what extent, extracellular …

Src family kinases, adaptor proteins and the actin cytoskeleton in epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition

MA Ortiz, T Mikhailova, X Li, BA Porter, A Bah… - Cell Communication and …, 2021 - Springer
Over a century of scientific inquiry since the discovery of v-SRC but still no final judgement
on SRC function. However, a significant body of work has defined Src family kinases as key …

New insights into the ambivalent role of YAP/TAZ in human cancers

J Luo, L Deng, H Zou, Y Guo, T Tong, M Huang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - Springer
Hippo signaling was first identified in Drosophila as a key controller of organ size by
regulating cell proliferation and anti-apoptosis. Subsequent studies have shown that this …

LPCAT3 is transcriptionally regulated by YAP/ZEB/EP300 and collaborates with ACSL4 and YAP to determine ferroptosis sensitivity

J Cui, Y Wang, X Tian, Y Miao, L Ma… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Aims: Lipid peroxidation occurring in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) cells leads to
ferroptosis. Lysophosphatidylcholine acyl-transferase 3 (LPCAT3) plays a key role in …