TGF-β signaling and resistance to cancer therapy

M Zhang, YY Zhang, Y Chen, J Wang… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) pathway, which is well studied for its ability to
inhibit cell proliferation in early stages of tumorigenesis while promoting epithelial …

Breast cancer stem-like cells in drug resistance: a review of mechanisms and novel therapeutic strategies to overcome drug resistance

T Saha, KE Lukong - Frontiers in oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Breast cancer is the most frequent type of malignancy in women worldwide, and drug
resistance to the available systemic therapies remains a major challenge. At the molecular …

The breast cancer stem cells traits and drug resistance

Q Zheng, M Zhang, F Zhou, L Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Drug resistance is a major challenge in breast cancer (BC) treatment at present.
Accumulating studies indicate that breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs) are responsible for the …

TGF-β signaling in health, disease, and therapeutics

Z Deng, T Fan, C Xiao, H Tian, Y Zheng, C Li… - Signal transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β is a multifunctional cytokine expressed by almost every
tissue and cell type. The signal transduction of TGF-β can stimulate diverse cellular …

Molecular analysis of clinically defined subsets of high-grade serous ovarian cancer

S Lee, L Zhao, C Rojas, NW Bateman, H Yao, OD Lara… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
The diversity and heterogeneity within high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC), which is
the most lethal gynecologic malignancy, is not well understood. Here, we perform …

HER2 signaling and breast cancer stem cells: The bridge behind HER2-positive breast cancer aggressiveness and therapy refractoriness

SM Pupa, F Ligorio, V Cancila, A Franceschini… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Breast cancer (BC) is not a single disease, but a group of different tumors,
and altered HER2 expression defines a particularly aggressive subtype. Although HER2 …

[HTML][HTML] Superparamagnetic nanoarchitectures: Multimodal functionalities and applications

N Sezer, İ Arı, Y Bicer, M Koc - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite bulk magnetic materials possess multidomain structure, single domain magnetic
crystals can be obtained at the nanoscale, which display superparamagnetic behavior with …

Cancer stem cell-targeted therapeutic approaches for overcoming trastuzumab resistance in HER2-positive breast cancer

Y Qiu, L Yang, H Liu, X Luo - Stem Cells, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Application of the anti-HER2 drug trastuzumab has significantly improved the prognosis of
patients with the HER2-positive subtype of breast cancer. However, 50% of patients with …

Consequences of EMT-driven changes in the immune microenvironment of breast cancer and therapeutic response of cancer cells

S Singh, R Chakrabarti - Journal of clinical medicine, 2019 - mdpi.com
Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a process through which epithelial cells lose
their epithelial characteristics and cell–cell contact, thus increasing their invasive potential …

Vasculogenic mimicry is associated with trastuzumab resistance of HER2-positive breast cancer

A Hori, M Shimoda, Y Naoi, N Kagara, T Tanei… - Breast Cancer …, 2019 - Springer
Background Trastuzumab is a drug that targets the receptor tyrosine kinase HER2 and is
essential for the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer. Resistance to the drug leads to …