Cancer-associated fibroblasts: mechanisms of tumor progression and novel therapeutic targets

RP Czekay, DJ Cheon, R Samarakoon, SM Kutz… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The tumor microenvironment plays an important role in determining the
biological behavior of several of the more aggressive malignancies. Among the various cell …

Autophagy as a therapeutic target for chronic kidney disease and the roles of TGF-β1 in autophagy and kidney fibrosis

M Ruby, CC Gifford, RP Pandey, VS Raj, VS Sabbisetti… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Autophagy is a lysosomal protein degradation system that eliminates cytoplasmic
components such as protein aggregates, damaged organelles, and even invading …

Pathway from acute kidney injury to chronic kidney disease: molecules involved in renal fibrosis

A Niculae, ME Gherghina, I Peride, M Tiglis… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the main conditions responsible for chronic kidney
disease (CKD), including end-stage renal disease (ESRD) as a long-term complication …

Emerging role of tumor suppressor p53 in acute and chronic kidney diseases

JM Overstreet, CC Gifford, J Tang, PJ Higgins… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract p53 is a major regulator of cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, and senescence. While
involvement of p53 in tumorigenesis is well established, recent studies implicate p53 in the …

Lactoferrin alleviates cyclophosphamide induced-nephropathy through suppressing the orchestration between Wnt4/β-catenin and ERK1/2/NF-κB signaling and …

OS Mohamed, NAA Baky, MM Sayed-Ahmed… - Life Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Aims Cyclophosphamide is an alkylating agent with vast arrays of therapeutic activity.
Currently, its medical use is limited due to its numerous adverse events, including …

CD201+ fascia progenitors choreograph injury repair

D Correa-Gallegos, H Ye, B Dasgupta, A Sardogan… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Optimal tissue recovery and organismal survival are achieved by spatiotemporal tuning of
tissue inflammation, contraction and scar formation. Here we identify a multipotent fibroblast …

Estradiol ameliorates acute kidney ischemia-reperfusion injury by inhibiting the TGF-βRI-SMAD pathway

L Ren, F Li, Z Di, Y Xiong, S Zhang, Q Ma… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Renal ischemia–reperfusion injury (IRI) is less extensive in females than males in both
animals and humans; however, this protection diminishes after menopause, suggesting that …

[HTML][HTML] Cellular communication network 2 (connective tissue growth factor) aggravates acute DNA damage and subsequent DNA damage response-senescence …

FA Valentijn, SN Knoppert, L Marquez-Exposito… - Kidney international, 2022 - Elsevier
Chronic allograft dysfunction with progressive fibrosis of unknown cause remains a major
issue after kidney transplantation, characterized by ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI). One …

Protein-bound uremic toxins in senescence and kidney fibrosis

Y Yang, M Mihajlovic, R Masereeuw - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive condition of kidney dysfunction due to
diverse causes of injury. In healthy kidneys, protein-bound uremic toxins (PBUTs) are …

Cuproptosis-related gene SERPINE1 is a prognostic biomarker and correlated with immune infiltrates in gastric cancer

L Feng, G Li, D Li, G Duan, J Liu - Journal of Cancer Research and …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose The serine protease inhibitor clade E member 1 (SERPINE1) has been studied as
a potential biomarker in a variety of cancers, but poorly studied in gastric cancer (GC). The …