Mammalian Krüppel-like factors in health and diseases

BB McConnell, VW Yang - Physiological reviews, 2010 - journals.physiology.org
The Krüppel-like factor (KLF) family of transcription factors regulates diverse biological
processes that include proliferation, differentiation, growth, development, survival, and …

Krüppel-like factors in cancer

MP Tetreault, Y Yang, JP Katz - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
Krüppel-like factors (KLFs) are a family of DNA-binding transcriptional regulators with
diverse and essential functions in a multitude of cellular processes, including proliferation …

Essential role of KLF5 transcription factor in cell proliferation and differentiation and its implications for human diseases

JT Dong, C Chen - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2009 - Springer
Abstract KLF5 (Kruppel-like factor 5) is a basic transcription factor binding to GC boxes at a
number of gene promoters and regulating their transcription. KLF5 is expressed during …

Acetylation of KLF5 maintains EMT and tumorigenicity to cause chemoresistant bone metastasis in prostate cancer

B Zhang, Y Li, Q Wu, L Xie, B Barwick, C Fu, X Li… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Advanced prostate cancer (PCa) often develops bone metastasis, for which therapies are
very limited and the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We report that bone …

Feedback regulation of TGF-β signaling

X Yan, X Xiong, YG Chen - Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) is a multi-functional polypeptide that plays a critical
role in regulating a broad range of cellular functions and physiological processes. Signaling …

Epigenetic Silencing of miR-203 Upregulates SNAI2 and Contributes to the Invasiveness of Malignant Breast Cancer Cells

Z Zhang, B Zhang, W Li, L Fu, L Fu, Z Zhu… - Genes & …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
It has become increasingly clear that microRNAs (miRNAs) play important roles in
tumorigenesis and metastasis. Recently, miR-203 was reported as a suppressor microRNA …

[HTML][HTML] Evasion of anti-growth signaling: A key step in tumorigenesis and potential target for treatment and prophylaxis by natural compounds

ARMR Amin, PA Karpowicz, TE Carey, J Arbiser… - Seminars in cancer …, 2015 - Elsevier
The evasion of anti-growth signaling is an important characteristic of cancer cells. In order to
continue to proliferate, cancer cells must somehow uncouple themselves from the many …

[HTML][HTML] Long noncoding RNA DANCR promotes invasion of prostate cancer through epigenetically silencing expression of TIMP2/3

J Jia, F Li, XS Tang, S Xu, Y Gao, Q Shi, W Guo… - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
LncRNA DANCR suppresses differentiation of epithelial cells, however, its function in
prostate cancer development is still unknown. In the present study, we found the expression …

Interruption of KLF5 acetylation promotes PTEN-deficient prostate cancer progression by reprogramming cancer-associated fibroblasts

B Zhang, M Liu, F Mai, X Li, W Wang, Q Huang… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - jci.org
Inactivation of phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) is prevalent in human prostate
cancer and causes high-grade adenocarcinoma with a long latency. Cancer-associated …

[HTML][HTML] CCL7 and TGF-β secreted by MSCs play opposite roles in regulating CRC metastasis in a KLF5/CXCL5-dependent manner

Z Xu, H Gao, Y Zhang, W Feng, Y Miao, Z Xu, W Li… - Molecular Therapy, 2022 - cell.com
CXCL5 is overexpressed in colorectal cancer (CRC) and promotes distant metastasis and
angiogenesis of tumors; however, the underlying mechanism that mediates CXCL5 …