The long pentraxin PTX3 as a link between innate immunity, tissue remodeling, and cancer

A Doni, M Stravalaci, A Inforzato, E Magrini… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The innate immune system comprises a cellular and a humoral arm. Humoral pattern
recognition molecules include complement components, collectins, ficolins, and pentraxins …

The basic characteristics of the pentraxin family and their functions in tumor progression

Z Wang, X Wang, H Zou, Z Dai, S Feng… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The pentraxin is a superfamily of proteins with the same domain known as the pentraxin
domain at C-terminal. This family has two subgroups, namely; short pentraxins (C-reactive …

[HTML][HTML] PTX3 modulates the immunoflogosis in tumor microenvironment and is a prognostic factor for patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma

GS Netti, G Lucarelli, F Spadaccino… - Aging (Albany …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Pentraxin-3 (PTX3) belongs to the pentraxine family, innate immune regulators
involved in angiogenesis, proliferation and immune escape in cancer. Here, we evaluated …

Cancer cell-derived long pentraxin 3 (PTX3) promotes melanoma migration through a toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)/NF-κB signaling pathway

M Rathore, C Girard, M Ohanna, M Tichet… - Oncogene, 2019 - nature.com
Cutaneous melanoma is one of the most aggressive cancers characterized by a high
plasticity, a propensity for metastasis, and drug resistance. Melanomas are composed of …

PTX3 mediates the infiltration, migration, and inflammation‐resolving‐polarization of macrophages in glioblastoma

H Zhang, Y Wang, Y Zhao, T Liu… - CNS Neuroscience …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) is an essential regulator of the immune system.
However, the immune‐modulatory role of PTX3 in the tumor microenvironment of glioma has …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular insight into pentraxin-3: Update advances in innate immunity, inflammation, tissue remodeling, diseases, and drug role

H Zhang, R Wang, Z Wang, W Wu, N Zhang… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Pentraxin-3 (PTX3) is the prototype of the long pentraxin subfamily, an acute-phase
protein consisting of a C-terminal pentraxin domain and a unique N-terminal domain. PTX3 …

Long pentraxin 3: A novel multifaceted player in cancer

A Giacomini, GC Ghedini, M Presta, R Ronca - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2018 - Elsevier
Since its discovery in 1992, long pentraxin 3 (PTX3) has been characterized as soluble
patter recognition receptor, a key player of the innate immunity arm with non-redundant …

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition in cancer stemness and heterogeneity: updated

K Mortezaee, J Majidpoor, E Kharazinejad - Medical Oncology, 2022 - Springer
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) as a trans-differentiation program and a key
process in tumor progression is linked positively with increased expansion of cancer stem …

[HTML][HTML] 3D bioprinted breast tumor-stroma models for pre-clinical drug testing

P González-Callejo, P Vázquez-Aristizabal… - Materials Today Bio, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting has been proposed for the reproducible
production of 3D disease models that can be used for high-throughput drug testing and …

PRMT1 driven PTX3 regulates ferritinophagy in glioma

K Lathoria, P Gowda, SB Umdor, S Patrick, V Suri… - Autophagy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Mutations in the Krebs cycle enzyme IDH1 (isocitrate dehydrogenase (NADP (+)) 1) are
associated with better prognosis in gliomas. Though IDH1 mutant (IDH1R132H) tumors are …