RNA-binding proteins in cancer: old players and new actors

B Pereira, M Billaud, R Almeida - Trends in cancer, 2017 - cell.com
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are key players in post-transcriptional events. The
combination of versatility of their RNA-binding domains with structural flexibility enables …

The LIN28/let-7 pathway in cancer

J Balzeau, MR Menezes, S Cao, JP Hagan - Frontiers in genetics, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Among all tumor suppressor microRNAs, reduced let-7 expression occurs most frequently in
cancer and typically correlates with poor prognosis. Activation of either LIN28A or LIN28B …

Reprogramming of glucose, fatty acid and amino acid metabolism for cancer progression

Z Li, H Zhang - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2016 - Springer
Metabolic reprogramming is widely observed during cancer development to confer cancer
cells the ability to survive and proliferate, even under the stressed, such as nutrient-limiting …

The roles of the Let-7 family of MicroRNAs in the regulation of cancer stemness

Y Ma, N Shen, MS Wicha, M Luo - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cancer has long been viewed as a disease of normal development gone awry. Cancer stem-
like cells (CSCs), also termed as tumor-initiating cells (TICs), are increasingly recognized as …

Noncoding RNA s in disease

E Lekka, J Hall - FEBS letters, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Noncoding RNA s are emerging as potent and multifunctional regulators in all biological
processes. In parallel, a rapidly growing number of studies has unravelled associations …

Non-coding RNAs: the new central dogma of cancer biology

PE Saw, X Xu, J Chen, EW Song - Science China Life Sciences, 2021 - Springer
The central dogma of molecular biology states that the functions of RNA revolve around
protein translation. Until the last decade, most researches were geared towards …

Glycolysis gatekeeper PDK1 reprograms breast cancer stem cells under hypoxia

F Peng, JH Wang, WJ Fan, YT Meng, MM Li, TT Li… - Oncogene, 2018 - nature.com
Glycolysis is critical for cancer stem cell reprogramming; however, the underlying regulatory
mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we show that pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1 (PDK1) …

Targeting pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase signaling in the development of effective cancer therapy

S Anwar, A Shamsi, T Mohammad, A Islam… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pyruvate is irreversibly decarboxylated to acetyl coenzyme A by mitochondrial pyruvate
dehydrogenase complex (PDC). Decarboxylation of pyruvate is considered a crucial step in …

Mitochondrial miRNAs (MitomiRs): their potential roles in breast and other cancers

E Erturk, OE Onur, O Akgun, G Tuna, Y Yildiz, F Ari - Mitochondrion, 2022 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are
non-coding RNAs that are involved in the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression …

B7-H3 promotes aerobic glycolysis and chemoresistance in colorectal cancer cells by regulating HK2

T Shi, Y Ma, L Cao, S Zhan, Y Xu, F Fu, C Liu… - Cell death & …, 2019 - nature.com
Accumulating evidence suggests that aerobic glycolysis is important for colorectal cancer
(CRC) development. However, the underlying mechanisms have yet to be elucidated. B7 …