Wnt/β-catenin signaling in colorectal cancer: Is therapeutic targeting even possible?

C Disoma, Y Zhou, S Li, J Peng, Z Xia - Biochimie, 2022 - Elsevier
The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway has been implicated as the central mechanism that
drives colorectal carcinogenesis. Its activation is historically due to mutation on APC …

Targeting the β-catenin signaling for cancer therapy

X Zhang, L Wang, Y Qu - Pharmacological research, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract β-catenin is the key transducer of the canonical Wnt signaling. Aberrant activation of
β-catenin has been tightly connected to the initiation and progression of various cancers …

Off-the-shelf proximity biotinylation for interaction proteomics

I Santos-Barriopedro, G van Mierlo… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Proximity biotinylation workflows typically require CRISPR-based genetic manipulation of
target cells. To overcome this bottleneck, we fused the TurboID proximity biotinylation …

Deregulated transcription factors and poor clinical outcomes in cancer patients

Y Li, AS Azmi, RM Mohammad - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Transcription factors are a group of proteins, which possess DNA-binding domains, bind to
DNA strands of promoters or enhancers, and initiate transcription of genes with cooperation …

The roles of zinc finger proteins in colorectal cancer

AS Iyer, MR Shaik, JP Raufman, G Xie - International journal of molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Despite colorectal cancer remaining a leading worldwide cause of cancer-related death,
there remains a paucity of effective treatments for advanced disease. The molecular …

WGCNA reveals key gene modules regulated by the combined treatment of colon cancer with PHY906 and CPT11

S Xing, Y Wang, K Hu, F Wang, T Sun, Q Li - Bioscience reports, 2020 - portlandpress.com
Irinotecan (CPT11) is one of the most effective drugs for treating colon cancer, but its severe
side effects limit its application. Recently, a traditional Chinese herbal preparation, named …

The transcriptional coactivator Eya1 exerts transcriptional repressive activity by interacting with REST corepressors and REST-binding sequences to maintain nephron …

J Li, C Cheng, J Xu, T Zhang, B Tokat… - Nucleic Acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Eya1 is critical for establishing and maintaining nephron progenitor cells (NPCs). It belongs
to a family of proteins called phosphatase-transcriptional activators but without intrinsic DNA …

Repurposing antibacterial AM404 as a potential anticancer drug for targeting colorectal cancer stem-like cells

M Ahmed, N Jinks, R Babaei-Jadidi, H Kashfi… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Tumour-promoting inflammation is involved in colorectal cancer (CRC) development and
therapeutic resistance. However, the antibiotics and antibacterial drugs and signalling that …

An epitope platform for safe and effective HTLV-1-immunization: potential applications for mRNA and peptide-based vaccines

G Lucchese, HR Jahantigh, L De Benedictis… - viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection affects millions of individuals
worldwide and can lead to severe leukemia, myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis, and …

PAQR4 oncogene: a novel target for cancer therapy

D Patil, S Raut, M Joshi, P Bhatt, LK Bhatt - Medical Oncology, 2024 - Springer
Despite decades of basic and clinical research and trials of promising new therapies, cancer
remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality due to the emergence of drug resistance to …