Biomarkers of platinum resistance in ovarian cancer: what can we use to improve treatment

B van Zyl, D Tang, NA Bowden - Endocrine-related cancer, 2018 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Ovarian cancer has poor survival rates due to a combination of diagnosis at advanced
disease stages and disease recurrence as a result of platinum chemotherapy resistance …

Early detection of ovarian cancer

D Badgwell, RC Bast Jr - Disease markers, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Despite advances in therapy, ovarian cancer remains the most deadly of the gynecological
cancers. Less than 30% of women with advanced stage disease survive long‐term. When …

Network-based stratification of tumor mutations

M Hofree, JP Shen, H Carter, A Gross, T Ideker - Nature methods, 2013 - nature.com
Many forms of cancer have multiple subtypes with different causes and clinical outcomes.
Somatic tumor genome sequences provide a rich new source of data for uncovering these …

Human ovarian carcinoma–associated mesenchymal stem cells regulate cancer stem cells and tumorigenesis via altered BMP production

K McLean, Y Gong, Y Choi, N Deng… - The Journal of …, 2011 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Accumulating evidence suggests that mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are recruited to the
tumor microenvironment; however, controversy exists regarding their role in solid tumors. In …

The wonders of BMP9: from mesenchymal stem cell differentiation, angiogenesis, neurogenesis, tumorigenesis, and metabolism to regenerative medicine

S Mostafa, M Pakvasa, E Coalson, A Zhu, A Alverdy… - Genes & diseases, 2019 - Elsevier
Although bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) initially showed effective induction of ectopic
bone growth in muscle, it has since been determined that these proteins, as members of the …

Autocrine bone morphogenetic protein-9 signals through activin receptor-like kinase-2/Smad1/Smad4 to promote ovarian cancer cell proliferation

B Herrera, M van Dinther, P Ten Dijke, GJ Inman - Cancer research, 2009 - AACR
Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) act as central regulators of ovarian physiology and
may be involved in ovarian cancer development. In an effort to understand these processes …

Identifying an ovarian cancer cell hierarchy regulated by bone morphogenetic protein 2

YJ Choi, PN Ingram, K Yang… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Whether human cancer follows a hierarchical or stochastic model of differentiation is
controversial. Furthermore, the factors that regulate cancer stem-like cell (CSC) …

Association between BMP-2 and carcinogenicity

B Skovrlj, SM Koehler, PA Anderson, SA Qureshi… - Spine, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Literature review. Objective. To evaluate the association between
recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) and malignancy. Summary of …

The Yin and Yang of bone morphogenetic proteins in cancer

A Singh, RJ Morris - Cytokine & growth factor reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) were first studied as growth factors or morphogens of
the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily. These growth molecules, originally …

Cancer after spinal fusion: the role of bone morphogenetic protein

SP Lad, JH Bagley, IO Karikari, R Babu… - …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) is used in tens of thousands of spinal
fusions each year. A trial evaluating a high-dose BMP formulation demonstrated that its use …