Drugging p53 in cancer: one protein, many targets

O Hassin, M Oren - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Mutations in the TP53 tumour suppressor gene are very frequent in cancer, and attempts to
restore the functionality of p53 in tumours as a therapeutic strategy began decades ago …

CXCL12/CXCR4: a symbiotic bridge linking cancer cells and their stromal neighbors in oncogenic communication networks

F Guo, Y Wang, J Liu, SC Mok, F Xue, W Zhang - Oncogene, 2016 - nature.com
Increasing evidence indicates that the tumor microenvironment has critical roles in all
aspects of cancer biology, including growth, angiogenesis, metastasis and progression …

Stromal cells in tumor microenvironment and breast cancer

Y Mao, ET Keller, DH Garfield, K Shen… - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2013 - Springer
Cancer is a systemic disease encompassing multiple components of both tumor cells
themselves and host stromal cells. It is now clear that stromal cells in the tumor …

Cancer-associated fibroblasts: the chief architect in the tumor microenvironment

M Sarkar, T Nguyen, E Gundre, O Ogunlusi… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Stromal heterogeneity of tumor microenvironment (TME) plays a crucial role in malignancy
and therapeutic resistance. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are one of the major …

The reprogramming of tumor stroma by HSF1 is a potent enabler of malignancy

R Scherz-Shouval, S Santagata, ML Mendillo, LM Sholl… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Stromal cells within the tumor microenvironment are essential for tumor progression and
metastasis. Surprisingly little is known about the factors that drive the transcriptional …

Adipocyte biology in breast cancer: From silent bystander to active facilitator

J Choi, YJ Cha, JS Koo - Progress in lipid research, 2018 - Elsevier
Adipocytes account for the largest proportion among the cells that comprise breast tissue;
therefore, they are considered to be a critical cell type in the tumor microenvironment of …

G protein-coupled receptors: novel targets for drug discovery in cancer

R Lappano, M Maggiolini - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2011 - nature.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) belong to a superfamily of cell surface signalling
proteins that have a pivotal role in many physiological functions and in multiple diseases …

A different facet of p53 function: regulation of immunity and inflammation during tumor development

D Shi, P Jiang - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
As a key transcription factor, the evolutionarily conserved tumor suppressor p53 (encoded
by TP 53) plays a central role in response to various cellular stresses. A variety of biological …

Role of chemokines in tumor growth

D Raman, PJ Baugher, YM Thu, A Richmond - Cancer letters, 2007 - Elsevier
Chemokines play a paramount role in the tumor progression. Chronic inflammation
promotes tumor formation. Both tumor cells and stromal cells elaborate chemokines and …

Mechanism of chemoresistance mediated by miR-140 in human osteosarcoma and colon cancer cells

B Song, Y Wang, Y Xi, K Kudo, S Bruheim… - Oncogene, 2009 - nature.com
In this study, high-throughput microRNA (miRNA) expression analysis revealed that the
expression of miR-140 was associated with chemosensitivity in osteosarcoma tumor …