Therapeutic advances of targeting receptor tyrosine kinases in cancer

C Tomuleasa, AB Tigu, R Munteanu… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs), a category of transmembrane receptors, have gained
significant clinical attention in oncology due to their central role in cancer pathogenesis …

TGF-β family signaling pathways in cellular dormancy

C Prunier, D Baker, P Ten Dijke, L Ritsma - Trends in cancer, 2019 - cell.com
Individual cancer cells can switch, reversibly, to a non-proliferative dormant state, a process
characterized by two principal stages:(i) establishment and maintenance, and (ii) the …

Towards a framework for better understanding of quiescent cancer cells

WN Nik Nabil, Z Xi, Z Song, L Jin, XD Zhang, H Zhou… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Quiescent cancer cells (QCCs) are cancer cells that are reversibly suspended in G0 phase
with the ability to re-enter the cell cycle and initiate tumor growth, and, ultimately, cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Saikosaponin a enhances docetaxel efficacy by selectively inducing death of dormant prostate cancer cells through excessive autophagy

J Feng, Z Xi, X Jiang, Y Li, WNN Nabil, M Liu, Z Song… - Cancer Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Quiescent cancer cells (QCCs), also known as dormant cancer cells, resist and survive
chemo-and radiotherapy, resulting in treatment failure and later cancer recurrence when …

Effect of AKT1 (p. E17K) hotspot mutation on malignant tumorigenesis and prognosis

Y Chen, L Huang, Y Dong, C Tao, R Zhang… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The substitution of the seventeenth amino acid glutamate by lysine in the homologous
structural domain of the Akt1 gene pleckstrin is a somatic cellular mutation found in breast …

[HTML][HTML] Estrogen Signaling in Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Impact on Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy

C Corti, BB Kurt, B Koca, T Rahman, F Conforti… - Cancer Treatment …, 2025 - Elsevier
Neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy (NACIT) has been shown to improve pathologic
complete response (pCR) rates and survival outcomes in stage II-III triple-negative breast …

AKT1 participates in ferroptosis vulnerability by driving autophagic degradation of FTH1 in cisplatin-resistant ovarian cancer

Z Shi, H Yuan, L Cao, Y Lin - Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
Resistance to cisplatin (DDP)-based chemotherapy is an important reason for the failure of
ovarian cancer treatment. However, tumor cells resistant to chemotherapy may expose …

Molecular mechanisms governing the stem cell's fate in brain cancer: factors of stemness and quiescence

V Gulaia, V Kumeiko, N Shved, E Cicinskas… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Cellular quiescence is a reversible, non-cycling state controlled by epigenetic,
transcriptional and niche-associated molecular factors. Quiescence is a condition where …

Monitoring spontaneous quiescence and asynchronous proliferation-quiescence decisions in prostate cancer cells

AJ Pulianmackal, D Sun, K Yumoto, Z Li… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The proliferation-quiescence decision is a dynamic process that remains incompletely
understood. Live-cell imaging with fluorescent cell cycle sensors now allows us to visualize …

Identification of ATF3 as a novel protective signature of quiescent colorectal tumor cells

X Lu, L Zhong, E Lindell, M Veanes, J Guo… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and the second leading cause of
death in the world. In most cases, drug resistance and tumor recurrence are ultimately …