Wnt signaling in breast cancer: biological mechanisms, challenges and opportunities

X Xu, M Zhang, F Xu, S Jiang - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
Wnt signaling is a highly conserved signaling pathway that plays a critical role in controlling
embryonic and organ development, as well as cancer progression. Genome-wide …

Epigenetic mechanisms in breast cancer therapy and resistance

L Garcia-Martinez, Y Zhang, Y Nakata, HL Chan… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The majority of breast cancers express the estrogen receptor (ERα) and agents targeting this
pathway represent the main treatment modality. Endocrine therapy has proven successful in …

Wnt signaling in triple-negative breast cancer

SÖG Pohl, N Brook, M Agostino, F Arfuso, AP Kumar… - Oncogenesis, 2017 - nature.com
Wnt signaling regulates a variety of cellular processes, including cell fate, differentiation,
proliferation and stem cell pluripotency. Aberrant Wnt signaling is a hallmark of many …

E‐Cadherin/β‐Catenin Complex and the Epithelial Barrier

X Tian, Z Liu, B Niu, J Zhang, TK Tan… - BioMed Research …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
E‐Cadherin/β‐catenin complex plays an important role in maintaining epithelial integrity and
disrupting this complex affect not only the adhesive repertoire of a cell, but also the Wnt …

Mechanisms of taxane resistance

SM Maloney, CA Hoover, LV Morejon-Lasso… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Drug resistance is prevalent in many types of cancer and decreases
patient survival. The taxanes are anti-mitotic chemotherapeutic agents, widely used since …

Effect of the Rho-kinase/ROCK signaling pathway on cytoskeleton components

G Guan, RD Cannon, DE Coates, L Mei - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
The mechanical properties of cells are important in tissue homeostasis and enable cell
growth, division, migration and the epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Mechanical properties …

The landscape of somatic genetic alterations in metaplastic breast carcinomas

CKY Ng, S Piscuoglio, FC Geyer, KA Burke… - Clinical cancer …, 2017 - AACR
Purpose: Metaplastic breast carcinoma (MBC) is a rare and aggressive histologic type of
breast cancer, predominantly of triple-negative phenotype, and characterized by the …

[HTML][HTML] Epithelial-mesenchymal transition, the tumor microenvironment, and metastatic behavior of epithelial malignancies

LJ Talbot, SD Bhattacharya, PC Kuo - International journal of …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective The mechanisms of cancer metastasis have been intensely studied recently and
may provide vital therapeutic targets for metastasis prevention. We sought to review the …

MicroRNA-30a inhibits cell migration and invasion by downregulating vimentin expression and is a potential prognostic marker in breast cancer

CW Cheng, HW Wang, CW Chang, HW Chu… - Breast cancer research …, 2012 - Springer
Tumor recurrence and metastasis result in an unfavorable prognosis for cancer patients.
Recent studies have suggested that specific microRNAs (miRNAs) may play important roles …

SDF-1/CXCR4 promotes epithelial–mesenchymal transition and progression of colorectal cancer by activation of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway

T Hu, Y Yao, S Yu, L Han, W Wang, H Guo, T Tian… - Cancer letters, 2014 - Elsevier
Stromal cell-derived factor 1 (SDF-1) and its receptor, CXCR4, play an important role in
angiogenesis and are associated with tumor progression. This study aimed to investigate …