Targeting Bcl-2 for cancer therapy

L Zhang, Z Lu, X Zhao - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2021 - Elsevier
Apoptosis deficiency is one of the most important features observed in neoplastic diseases.
The Bcl-2 family is composed of a subset of proteins that act as decisive apoptosis …

Roles of signaling pathways in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition in cancer

X Liu, F Yun, L Shi, ZH Li, NR Luo… - Asian Pacific Journal of …, 2015 - journal.waocp.org
The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a cellular process though which an epithelial
phenotypecan be converted into a phenotype of mesenchymal cells. Under physiological …

Is the era of sorafenib over? A review of the literature

G Fan, X Wei, X Xu - Therapeutic advances in medical …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most severe diseases worldwide. For the
different stages of HCC, there are different clinical treatment strategies, such as surgical …

[HTML][HTML] Emodin inhibits colon cancer cell invasion and migration by suppressing epithelial–mesenchymal transition via the Wnt/β-Catenin pathway

J Gu, C Cui, L Yang, L Wang, X Jiang - Oncology research, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Colon cancer (CC) is the third most common cancer worldwide. Emodin is an anthraquinone-
active substance that has the ability to affect tumor progression. Our study aims to explore …

miR-221 mediates chemoresistance of esophageal adenocarcinoma by direct targeting of DKK2 expression

Y Wang, Y Zhao, A Herbst, T Kalinski, J Qin… - Annals of …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Background: Chemoresistance is a main obstacle to effective esophageal cancer (EC)
therapy. We hypothesize that altered expression of microRNAs (miRNAs) play a role in EC …

Toward a cancer drug of fungal origin

A Kornienko, A Evidente, M Vurro… - Medicinal research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Although fungi produce highly structurally diverse metabolites, many of which have served
as excellent sources of pharmaceuticals, no fungi‐derived agent has been approved as a …

Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition: A mediator of sorafenib resistance in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

N Mir, A Jayachandran, B Dhungel… - Current cancer drug …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most lethal cancers worldwide and its
incidence is steadily rising. Currently, sorafenib remains the only approved standard …

Anticancer fungal natural products: Mechanisms of action and biosynthesis

S Yuan, JV Gopal, S Ren, L Chen, L Liu… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Many fungal metabolites show promising anticancer properties both in vitro and in animal
models, and some synthetic analogs of those metabolites have progressed into clinical …

Fungal guttation, a source of bioactive compounds, and its ecological role—A review

A Krain, P Siupka - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Guttation is a common phenomenon in the fungal kingdom. Its occurrence and intensity
depend largely on culture conditions, such as growth medium composition or incubation …

The recent advances on liver cancer stem cells: biomarkers, separation, and therapy

Y Xiao, M Lin, X Jiang, J Ye, T Guo… - Analytical Cellular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
As the third major reason of mortality related to cancer in the world, liver cancer is also the
fifth most frequent cancer. Unluckily, a majority of patients succumb and relapse though …