Metastatic organotropism: a brief overview

M Carrolo, JA Miranda, G Vilhais, A Quintela… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Organotropism has been known since 1889, yet this vital component of metastasis has
predominantly stayed elusive. This mini-review gives an overview of the current …

Tumor-derived cell-free DNA and circulating tumor cells: partners or rivals in metastasis formation?

A Witz, J Dardare, M Betz, P Gilson, JL Merlin… - Clinical and …, 2024 - Springer
The origin of metastases is a topic that has sparked controversy. Despite recent
advancements, metastatic disease continues to pose challenges. The first admitted model of …

DNA methylation landscapes of prostate cancer brain metastasis are shaped by early driver genetic alterations

J Gallon, A Rodriguez-Calero, A Benjak… - Cancer research, 2023 - AACR
Metastases from primary prostate cancers to rare locations, such as the brain, are becoming
more common due to longer life expectancy resulting from improved treatments. Epigenetic …

The vicious cycle of melanoma-microglia crosstalk: inter-melanoma variations in the brain-metastasis-promoting Il-6/Jak/Stat3 signaling pathway

S Izraely, S Ben-Menachem, S Malka, O Sagi-Assif… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Previous studies from our lab demonstrated that the crosstalk between brain-metastasizing
melanoma cells and microglia, the macrophage-like cells of the central nervous system …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of the effects of downregulation of jumping translocation breakpoint (JTB) protein expression in MCF7 cells for potential use as a biomarker in …

M Jayathirtha, AN Neagu, D Whitham… - American journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
MCF7 is a commonly used luminal type A non-invasive/poor-invasive human breast cancer
cell line that does not usually migrate or invade compared with MDA-MB-231 highly …

High-throughput proteomics of breast cancer subtypes: Biological characterization and multiple candidate biomarker panels to patients' stratification

ALK Azevedo, THB Gomig, M Batista, FK Marchini… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background and aims The actual classification of breast tumors in subtypes represents an
attempt to stratify patients into clinically cohesive groups, nevertheless, clinicians still lack …

Investigating the Function of Human Jumping Translocation Breakpoint Protein (hJTB) and Its Interacting Partners through In-Solution Proteomics of MCF7 Cells

M Jayathirtha, D Whitham, S Alwine, M Donnelly… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Human jumping translocation breakpoint (hJTB) gene is located on chromosome 1q21 and
is involved in unbalanced translocation in many types of cancer. JTB protein is ubiquitously …

Clinical features and molecular genetics associated with brain metastasis in suspected early-stage non-small cell lung cancer

K Kim, J Lee, JY Lee, SH Yong, EY Kim, JY Jung… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Regarding whether brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) should be routine
in patients with suspected early-stage lung cancer, guideline recommendations are …

Comprehensive analysis of differentially expressed long noncoding RNAs, miRNAs and mRNAs in breast cancer brain metastasis

M An, X Zang, J Wang, J Kang, X Tan, B Fu - Epigenomics, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Aim: To delineate the transcriptomic landscape and potential molecular mechanisms of
breast cancer brain metastasis (BCBM). Materials&methods: Whole-transcriptome …

Extracellular vesicle-mediated pre-metastatic niche formation via altering host microenvironments

Y Li, Y Zheng, X Tan, Y Du, Y Wei, S Liu - Frontiers in Immunology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The disordered growth, invasion and metastasis of cancer are mainly attributed to
bidirectional cell-cell interactions. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) secreted by cancer cells are …