CAR T cell therapy for solid tumors: bright future or dark reality?

J Wagner, E Wickman, C DeRenzo, S Gottschalk - Molecular therapy, 2020 - cell.com
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has garnered significant excitement due to
its success for hematological malignancies in clinical studies leading to the US Food and …

The extracellular matrix in tumor progression and metastasis

JA Eble, S Niland - Clinical & experimental metastasis, 2019 - Springer
The extracellular matrix (ECM) constitutes the scaffold of tissues and organs. It is a complex
network of extracellular proteins, proteoglycans and glycoproteins, which form …

pathfindR: an R package for comprehensive identification of enriched pathways in omics data through active subnetworks

E Ulgen, O Ozisik, OU Sezerman - Frontiers in genetics, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Pathway analysis is often the first choice for studying the mechanisms underlying a
phenotype. However, conventional methods for pathway analysis do not take into account …

Extracellular matrix structure

AD Theocharis, SS Skandalis, C Gialeli… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2016 - Elsevier
Extracellular matrix (ECM) is a non-cellular three-dimensional macromolecular network
composed of collagens, proteoglycans/glycosaminoglycans, elastin, fibronectin, laminins …

Proteoglycan chemical diversity drives multifunctional cell regulation and therapeutics

NK Karamanos, Z Piperigkou, AD Theocharis… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The extracellular matrix (ECM) constitutes a highly dynamic three-dimensional structural
network comprised of macromolecules, such as proteoglycans/glycosaminoglycans …

[HTML][HTML] Proteoglycan form and function: A comprehensive nomenclature of proteoglycans

RV Iozzo, L Schaefer - Matrix biology, 2015 - Elsevier
We provide a comprehensive classification of the proteoglycan gene families and respective
protein cores. This updated nomenclature is based on three criteria: Cellular and subcellular …

Protein glycosylation and tumor microenvironment alterations driving cancer hallmarks

A Peixoto, M Relvas-Santos, R Azevedo… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Decades of research have disclosed a plethora of alterations in protein glycosylation that
decisively impact in all stages of disease and ultimately contribute to more aggressive cell …

[HTML][HTML] A microRNA signature in circulating exosomes is superior to exosomal glypican-1 levels for diagnosing pancreatic cancer

X Lai, MU Wang, SD McElyea, S Sherman, M House… - Cancer letters, 2017 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a deadly malignancy that often presents
clinically at an advanced stage and that may be confused with chronic pancreatitis (CP) …

Sulfation of glycosaminoglycans and its implications in human health and disorders

D Soares da Costa, RL Reis… - Annual review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Sulfation is a dynamic and complex posttranslational modification process. It can occur at
various positions within the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) backbone and modulates …

Synthetic scaffolds for musculoskeletal tissue engineering: cellular responses to fiber parameters

TL Jenkins, D Little - NPJ Regenerative medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Tissue engineering often uses synthetic scaffolds to direct cell responses during engineered
tissue development. Since cells reside within specific niches of the extracellular matrix, it is …