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 …

Advances on immunotherapy for osteosarcoma

S Yu, X Yao - Molecular Cancer, 2024 - Springer
Osteosarcoma is the most common primary bone cancer in children and young adults.
Limited progress has been made in improving the survival outcomes in patients with …

Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA)-mediated competing endogenous RNA networks provide novel potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets for colorectal cancer

L Wang, KB Cho, Y Li, G Tao, Z Xie, B Guo - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and has a high metastasis and
reoccurrence rate. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play an important role in CRC growth …

Glucocorticoids promote breast cancer metastasis

MMS Obradović, B Hamelin, N Manevski, JP Couto… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Diversity within or between tumours and metastases (known as intra-patient tumour
heterogeneity) that develops during disease progression is a serious hurdle for therapy …

Dual targeted extracellular vesicles regulate oncogenic genes in advanced pancreatic cancer

CL Chiang, Y Ma, YC Hou, J Pan, SY Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) tumours carry multiple gene mutations and
respond poorly to treatments. There is currently an unmet need for drug carriers that can …

New insights into the cell-and tissue-specificity of glucocorticoid actions

L Quatrini, S Ugolini - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2021 - nature.com
Glucocorticoids (GCs) are endogenous hormones that are crucial for the homeostasis of the
organism and adaptation to the external environment. Because of their anti-inflammatory …

Epithelial–mesenchymal transition: a new target in anticancer drug discovery

F Marcucci, G Stassi, R De Maria - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2016 - nature.com
The conversion of cells with an epithelial phenotype into cells with a mesenchymal
phenotype, referred to as epithelial–mesenchymal transition, is a critical process for …

TRIB3 supports breast cancer stemness by suppressing FOXO1 degradation and enhancing SOX2 transcription

J Yu, W Sun, Z Wang, X Liang, F Hua, K Li, X Lv… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The existence of breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs) is a major reason underlying cancer
metastasis and recurrence after chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Targeting BCSCs may …

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 …

The WNT/ROR pathway in cancer: from signaling to therapeutic intervention

K Menck, S Heinrichs, C Baden, A Bleckmann - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
The WNT pathway is one of the major signaling cascades frequently deregulated in human
cancer. While research had initially focused on signal transduction centered on β-catenin as …