Targeting cancer stem cell pathways for cancer therapy

L Yang, P Shi, G Zhao, J Xu, W Peng, J Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Since cancer stem cells (CSCs) were first identified in leukemia in 1994, they have been
considered promising therapeutic targets for cancer therapy. These cells have self-renewal …

[HTML][HTML] Breast cancer development and progression: Risk factors, cancer stem cells, signaling pathways, genomics, and molecular pathogenesis

Y Feng, M Spezia, S Huang, C Yuan, Z Zeng, L Zhang… - Genes & diseases, 2018 - Elsevier
As the most commonly occurring cancer in women worldwide, breast cancer poses a
formidable public health challenge on a global scale. Breast cancer consists of a group of …

Significantly increased monounsaturated lipids relative to polyunsaturated lipids in six types of cancer microenvironment are observed by mass spectrometry imaging

S Guo, Y Wang, D Zhou, Z Li - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
Six different types of cancer (ie, breast, lung, colorectal, esophageal, gastric and thyroid
cancer) have high rates of incidence or mortality worldwide. It has been shown that …

M6A demethylase FTO-mediated downregulation of DACT1 mRNA stability promotes Wnt signaling to facilitate osteosarcoma progression

D Lv, S Ding, L Zhong, J Tu, H Li, H Yao, Y Zou, Z Zeng… - Oncogene, 2022 - nature.com
Despite advances in clinical diagnosis and treatment, the prognosis of patients with
osteosarcoma (OS) remains poor, and the treatment efficacy has plateaued. Therefore, it is …

Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) in prostate cancer: A dual function mediator?

S Mirzaei, MDA Paskeh, Y Saghari, A Zarrabi… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) is a member of a family of secreted cytokines with
vital biological functions in cells. The abnormal expression of TGF-β signaling is a common …

Brain scans from 21,297 individuals reveal the genetic architecture of hippocampal subfield volumes

D Van der Meer, J Rokicki, T Kaufmann… - Molecular …, 2020 - nature.com
The hippocampus is a heterogeneous structure, comprising histologically distinguishable
subfields. These subfields are differentially involved in memory consolidation, spatial …

miR-7-5p suppresses cell proliferation and induces apoptosis of breast cancer cells mainly by targeting REGγ

Y Shi, X Luo, P Li, J Tan, X Wang, T Xiang, G Ren - Cancer letters, 2015 - Elsevier
Proteasome activator subunit 3 (REGγ) has a key role in breast cancer by promoting protein
proteolysis, but methods to block REGγ expression remain elusive. In this study, we found …

Mammary development and breast cancer: a Wnt perspective

QC Yu, EM Verheyen, YA Zeng - Cancers, 2016 - mdpi.com
The Wnt pathway has emerged as a key signaling cascade participating in mammary
organogenesis and breast oncogenesis. In this review, we will summarize the current …

STAG2 mutations reshape the cohesin-structured spatial chromatin architecture to drive gene regulation in acute myeloid leukemia

A Fischer, B Hernández-Rodríguez, R Mulet-Lazaro… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
Cohesin shapes the chromatin architecture, including enhancer-promoter interactions. Its
components, especially STAG2, but not its paralog STAG1, are frequently mutated in …

The tumor suppressor Zinc finger protein 471 suppresses breast cancer growth and metastasis through inhibiting AKT and Wnt/β-catenin signaling

C Tao, J Luo, J Tang, D Zhou, S Feng, Z Qiu, TC Putti… - Clinical …, 2020 - Springer
Background Zinc-finger protein 471 (ZNF471) is a member of the Krüppel-associated box
domain zinc finger protein (KRAB-ZFP) family. ZNF471 is methylated in squamous cell …