Novel diagnostic biomarkers in colorectal cancer

AL Zygulska, P Pierzchalski - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is still a leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Less than half of
cases are diagnosed when the cancer is locally advanced. CRC is a heterogenous disease …

The two sides of creatine in cancer

L Zhang, P Bu - Trends in cell biology, 2022 - cell.com
Creatine is a nitrogen-containing organic acid naturally existing in mammals. It can be
converted into phosphocreatine to provide energy for muscle and nerve tissues. Creatine …

Activation of PARP-1 by snoRNAs controls ribosome biogenesis and cell growth via the RNA helicase DDX21

DS Kim, CV Camacho, A Nagari, VS Malladi, S Challa… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
PARP inhibitors (PARPi) prevent cancer cell growth by inducing synthetic lethality with DNA
repair defects (eg, in BRCA1/2 mutant cells). We have identified an alternative pathway for …

Pseudopodial actin dynamics control epithelial-mesenchymal transition in metastatic cancer cells

J Shankar, A Messenberg, J Chan, TM Underhill… - Cancer research, 2010 - AACR
A key cellular process associated with the invasive or metastatic program in many cancers is
the transformation of epithelial cells toward a mesenchymal state, a process called epithelial …

The creatine kinase pathway is a metabolic vulnerability in EVI1-positive acute myeloid leukemia

N Fenouille, CF Bassil, I Ben-Sahra, L Benajiba… - Nature medicine, 2017 - nature.com
Expression of the MECOM (also known as EVI1) proto-oncogene is deregulated by
chromosomal translocations in some cases of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and is …

Frequent promoter hypermethylation of BRCA2, CDH13, MSH6, PAX5, PAX6 and WT1 in ductal carcinoma in situ and invasive breast cancer

CB Moelans, AHJ Verschuur‐Maes… - The Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Epigenetic changes are considered to be a frequent event during tumour development.
Hypermethylation of promoter CpG islands represents an alternative mechanism to …

The nucleolus and PARP1 in cancer biology

M Engbrecht, A Mangerich - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
The nucleolus has been known for a long time to fulfill crucial functions in ribosome
biogenesis, of which cancer cells can become addicted to in order to produce sufficient …

Human DDX21 binds and unwinds RNA guanine quadruplexes

EKS McRae, EP Booy, A Moya-Torres… - Nucleic acids …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Guanine quadruplexes (G4s) are an important structure of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA)
with roles in several cellular processes. RNA G4s require specialized unwinding enzymes …

Transcript levels of keratin 1/5/6/14/15/16/17 as potential prognostic indicators in melanoma patients

W Han, C Hu, ZJ Fan, GL Shen - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Keratins (KRTs), the intermediate filament-forming proteins of epithelial cells, are extensively
used as diagnostic biomarkers in cancers and associated with tumorigenesis and …

Characterization of the chromosomal translocation t (10; 17)(q22; p13) in clear cell sarcoma of kidney

E O'Meara, D Stack, CH Lee, AJ Garvin… - The Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Clear cell sarcoma of kidney (CCSK) is classified as a tumour of unfavourable histology by
the National Wilms' Tumor Study Group. It has worse clinical outcomes than Wilms' tumour …