G-protein-coupled receptors and cancer

RT Dorsam, JS Gutkind - Nature reviews cancer, 2007 - nature.com
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), the largest family of cell-surface molecules involved
in signal transmission, have recently emerged as crucial players in tumour growth and …

Curcumin: A review of anti-cancer properties and therapeutic activity in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

R Wilken, MS Veena, MB Wang, ES Srivatsan - Molecular cancer, 2011 - Springer
Curcumin (diferuloylmethane) is a polyphenol derived from the Curcuma longa plant,
commonly known as turmeric. Curcumin has been used extensively in Ayurvedic medicine …

Transcriptional super-enhancers control cancer stemness and metastasis genes in squamous cell carcinoma

J Dong, J Li, Y Li, Z Ma, Y Yu, CY Wang - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) play a critical role in invasive growth and metastasis of human
head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Although significant progress has been …

Molecular classification of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas using patterns of gene expression

CH Chung, JS Parker, G Karaca, J Wu, WK Funkhouser… - Cancer cell, 2004 - cell.com
The prognostication of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is largely based
upon the tumor size and location and the presence of lymph node metastases. Here we …

The Fos family of transcription factors and their role in tumourigenesis

K Milde-Langosch - European journal of cancer, 2005 - Elsevier
Members of the Fos family (c-Fos, FosB and its smaller splice variants, Fra-1 and Fra-2)
dimerise with Jun proteins to form the AP-1 transcription factor complex. Based on the …

Increased epidermal growth factor receptor gene copy number is associated with poor prognosis in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

CH Chung, K Ely, L McGavran… - Journal of clinical …, 2006 - ascopubs.org
Purpose High epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene copy number is associated
with poor prognosis in lung cancer, but such findings have not been reported for HNSCC. A …

Nuclear factor-κB activation: from bench to bedside

G Sethi, B Sung, BB Aggarwal - Experimental biology and …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) is a proinflammatory transcription factor that has emerged as an
important player in the development and progression of malignant cancers. NF-κB targets …

Nuclear transcription factor-κB as a target for cancer drug development

A Garg, BB Aggarwal - Leukemia, 2002 - nature.com
Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) is a family of inducible transcription factors found virtually
ubiquitously in all cells. Since its discovery by Sen and Baltimore in 1986, much has been …

NF-κB in cancer therapy

F Li, J Zhang, F Arfuso, A Chinnathambi, ME Zayed… - Archives of …, 2015 - Springer
The transcription factor nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) has attracted increasing attention in
the field of cancer research from last few decades. Aberrant activation of this transcription …

Dysregulated molecular networks in head and neck carcinogenesis

AA Molinolo, P Amornphimoltham, CH Squarize… - Oral oncology, 2009 - Elsevier
Multiple genetic and epigenetic events, including the aberrant expression and function of
molecules regulating cell signaling, growth, survival, motility, angiogenesis, and cell cycle …