TGFβ biology in cancer progression and immunotherapy

R Derynck, SJ Turley, RJ Akhurst - Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 2021 - nature.com
TGFβ signalling has key roles in cancer progression: most carcinoma cells have inactivated
their epithelial antiproliferative response and benefit from increased TGFβ expression and …

TGFβ signaling networks in ovarian cancer progression and plasticity

A Kumari, Z Shonibare, M Monavarian… - Clinical & Experimental …, 2021 - Springer
Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is a leading cause of cancer-related death in women. Late-
stage diagnosis with significant tumor burden, accompanied by recurrence and …

Pooled knockin targeting for genome engineering of cellular immunotherapies

TL Roth, PJ Li, F Blaeschke, JF Nies, R Apathy… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Adoptive transfer of genetically modified immune cells holds great promise for cancer
immunotherapy. CRISPR knockin targeting can improve cell therapies, but more high …

An oncolytic virus–delivered tgfβ Inhibitor overcomes the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment

K DePeaux, DB Rivadeneira, K Lontos… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - rupress.org
While checkpoint blockade immunotherapies have widespread success, they rely on a
responsive immune infiltrate; as such, treatments enhancing immune infiltration and …

TGFβ+ small extracellular vesicles from head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells reprogram macrophages towards a pro‐angiogenic phenotype

N Ludwig, SS Yerneni, JH Azambuja… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) is a major component of tumor‐derived small
extracellular vesicles (TEX) in cancer patients. Mechanisms utilized by TGFβ+ TEX to …

Structure of AMH bound to AMHR2 provides insight into a unique signaling pair in the TGF-β family

KN Hart, WA Stocker, NG Nagykery… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), or Müllerian-inhibiting substance, is a protein hormone that
promotes Müllerian duct regression during male fetal sexual differentiation and regulation of …

CD28-ζ CAR T cells resist TGF-β repression through IL-2 signaling, which can be mimicked by an engineered IL-7 autocrine loop

V Golumba-Nagy, J Kuehle, AA Hombach, H Abken - Molecular Therapy, 2018 - cell.com
Adoptive cell therapy with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-redirected T cells induced
spectacular regressions of leukemia and lymphoma, however, failed so far in the treatment …

Solving a new R2lox protein structure by microcrystal electron diffraction

H Xu, H Lebrette, MTB Clabbers, J Zhao, JJ Griese… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Microcrystal electron diffraction (MicroED) has recently shown potential for structural biology.
It enables the study of biomolecules from micrometer-sized 3D crystals that are too small to …

Effects of microcystin-LR on the microstructure and inflammation-related factors of jejunum in mice

L Cao, F Huang, IY Massey, C Wen, S Zheng, S Xu… - Toxins, 2019 - mdpi.com
The increasing cyanobacterial blooms have recently been considered a severe
environmental problem. Microcystin-leucine arginine (MC-LR) is one of the secondary …

Molecular engineering of the TGF-β signaling pathway

Z Zi - Journal of molecular biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) is an important growth factor that plays essential
roles in regulating tissue development and homeostasis. Dysfunction of TGF-β signaling is a …