MicroRNA-34 family: a potential tumor suppressor and therapeutic candidate in cancer

L Zhang, Y Liao, L Tang - Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract MicroRNA-34 (miR-34) has been reported to be dysregulated in various human
cancers and regarded as a tumor suppressive microRNA because of its synergistic effect …

Epigenetic alterations in colorectal cancer: emerging biomarkers

Y Okugawa, WM Grady, A Goel - Gastroenterology, 2015 - Elsevier
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. One of the
fundamental processes driving the initiation and progression of CRC is the accumulation of …

Curcumin activates a ROS/KEAP1/NRF2/miR-34a/b/c cascade to suppress colorectal cancer metastasis

C Liu, M Rokavec, Z Huang, H Hermeking - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2023 - nature.com
Curcumin, a natural phytochemical isolated from tumeric roots, represents a candidate for
prevention and therapy of colorectal cancer/CRC. However, the exact mechanism of action …

Regulatory networks defining EMT during cancer initiation and progression

BD Craene, G Berx - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is essential for driving plasticity during
development, but is an unintentional behaviour of cells during cancer progression. The EMT …

The basics of epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT): A study from a structure, dynamics, and functional perspective

V Das, S Bhattacharya… - Journal of cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a key step in transdifferentiation process in solid
cancer development. Forthcoming evidence suggest that the stratified program transforms …

Genomic aberrations after short-term exposure to colibactin-producing E. coli transform primary colon epithelial cells

A Iftekhar, H Berger, N Bouznad, J Heuberger… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Genotoxic colibactin-producing pks+ Escherichia coli induce DNA double-strand breaks,
mutations, and promote tumor development in mouse models of colorectal cancer (CRC) …

MicroRNA epigenetic signatures in human disease

K Piletič, T Kunej - Archives of toxicology, 2016 - Springer
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short non-coding RNAs that act as important regulators of gene
expression as part of the epigenetic machinery. In addition to posttranscriptional gene …

Alternative mechanisms of miR-34a regulation in cancer

E Slabáková, Z Culig, J Remšík, K Souček - Cell death & disease, 2017 - nature.com
MicroRNA miR-34a is recognized as a master regulator of tumor suppression. The strategy
of miR-34a replacement has been investigated in clinical trials as the first attempt of miRNA …

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated inactivation of miR-34a and miR-34b/c in HCT116 colorectal cancer cells: comprehensive characterization after exposure to 5-FU reveals …

Z Huang, M Kaller, H Hermeking - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2023 - nature.com
The miR-34a and miR-34b/c encoding genes represent direct targets of the p53 transcription
factor, and presumably mediate part of the tumor suppressive effects of p53. Here, we …

miR-34–a microRNA replacement therapy is headed to the clinic

AG Bader - Frontiers in genetics, 2012 - frontiersin.org
MicroRNA-34 (miR-34) is a master regulator of tumor suppression. It is downregulated in
numerous cancers and inhibits malignant growth by repressing genes involved in various …