Cancer stem cells—origins and biomarkers: perspectives for targeted personalized therapies

L Walcher, AK Kistenmacher, H Suo, R Kitte… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The use of biomarkers in diagnosis, therapy and prognosis has gained increasing interest
over the last decades. In particular, the analysis of biomarkers in cancer patients within the …

Emerging role of tumor cell plasticity in modifying therapeutic response

S Qin, J Jiang, Y Lu, EC Nice, C Huang… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Resistance to cancer therapy is a major barrier to cancer management. Conventional views
have proposed that acquisition of resistance may result from genetic mutations. However …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning identifies stemness features associated with oncogenic dedifferentiation

TM Malta, A Sokolov, AJ Gentles, T Burzykowski… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Cancer progression involves the gradual loss of a differentiated phenotype and acquisition
of progenitor and stem-cell-like features. Here, we provide novel stemness indices for …

[HTML][HTML] ZEB1 enhances Warburg effect to facilitate tumorigenesis and metastasis of HCC by transcriptionally activating PFKM

Y Zhou, F Lin, T Wan, A Chen, H Wang, B Jiang… - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Metabolic reprogramming, especially Warburg effect, is a key event in tumor initiation and
progression. ZEB1 plays a vital role in metastasis of various cancers. We previously found …

TGF-β as multifaceted orchestrator in HCC progression: signaling, EMT, immune microenvironment, and novel therapeutic perspectives

F Dituri, S Mancarella, A Cigliano… - Seminars in liver …, 2019 - thieme-connect.com
Therapeutic attempts to treat hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) frequently result in a poor
response or treatment failure. The efficacy of approved drugs and survival expectancies is …

MicroRNAs and their influence on the ZEB family: mechanistic aspects and therapeutic applications in cancer therapy

M Ashrafizadeh, HL Ang, ER Moghadam… - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Molecular signaling pathways involved in cancer have been intensively studied due to their
crucial role in cancer cell growth and dissemination. Among them, zinc finger E-box binding …

[HTML][HTML] MicroRNA regulation of liver cancer stem cells

W Lou, J Liu, Y Gao, G Zhong, B Ding… - American journal of …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a class of emerging small non-coding RNAs, serve as vital players in
modulating multiple biological processes via the post-transcriptional regulation of gene …

Comprehensive clinicopathologic study of alpha fetoprotein‐expression in a large cohort of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

DA Ridder, A Weinmann… - … journal of cancer, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Alpha fetoprotein (AFP) is the most widely used diagnostic and prognostic serum biomarker
for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Despite its wide clinical use, a systematic …

ELF3 promotes epithelial–mesenchymal transition by protecting ZEB1 from miR-141-3p-mediated silencing in hepatocellular carcinoma

L Zheng, M Xu, J Xu, K Wu, Q Fang, Y Liang… - Cell death & …, 2018 - nature.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignant cancers and
currently the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths, worldwide. Epithelial …

[HTML][HTML] The emerging role of circular RNAs in hepatocellular carcinoma

LP Qiu, YH Wu, XF Yu, Q Tang, L Chen… - Journal of …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ranks the third leading cause of cancer death in the world
and has a notably low survival rate. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are newly classed non-coding …