[HTML][HTML] Interaction of tumor cells with the microenvironment

H Ungefroren, S Sebens, D Seidl, H Lehnert… - Cell Communication and …, 2011 - Springer
Recent advances in tumor biology have revealed that a detailed analysis of the complex
interactions of tumor cells with their adjacent microenvironment (tumor stroma) is mandatory …

The role of small GTPases of the Rho/Rac family in TGF‐β‐induced EMT and cell motility in cancer

H Ungefroren, D Witte, H Lehnert - Developmental dynamics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This article focuses on the role of Rho family GTPases, particularly Rac1 and Rac1b in TGF‐
β‐induced epithelial‐mesenchymal transition (EMT) and EMT‐associated responses such …

[HTML][HTML] Defective HNF4alpha-dependent gene expression as a driver of hepatocellular failure in alcoholic hepatitis

J Argemi, MU Latasa, SR Atkinson, IO Blokhin… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Alcoholic hepatitis (AH) is a life-threatening condition characterized by profound
hepatocellular dysfunction for which targeted treatments are urgently needed. Identification …

Endoplasmic reticulum stress activates SRC, relocating chaperones to the cell surface where GRP78/CD109 blocks TGF-β signaling

YL Tsai, DP Ha, H Zhao, AJ Carlos… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The discovery that endoplasmic reticulum (ER) luminal chaperones such as GRP78/BiP can
escape to the cell surface upon ER stress where they regulate cell signaling, proliferation …

PHGDH heterogeneity potentiates cancer cell dissemination and metastasis

M Rossi, P Altea-Manzano, M Demicco, G Doglioni… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Cancer metastasis requires the transient activation of cellular programs enabling
dissemination and seeding in distant organs. Genetic, transcriptional and translational …

Nox4-derived ROS signaling contributes to TGF-β-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in pancreatic cancer cells

R Hiraga, M Kato, S Miyagawa, T Kamata - Anticancer research, 2013 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in
pancreatic adenocarcinoma. In this study, we investigated how NADPH oxidase (Nox) 4 …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of novel Src inhibitors: Pharmacophore-based virtual screening, molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations

Y Zhang, T Zhang, S Tu, Z Zhang, F Meng - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Src plays a crucial role in many signaling pathways and contributes to a variety of cancers.
Therefore, Src has long been considered an attractive drug target in oncology. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Hypoxia, cytokines and stromal recruitment: parallels between pathophysiology of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis, endometriosis and peritoneal …

RB Wilson - Pleura and peritoneum, 2018 - degruyter.com
Peritoneal response to various kinds of injury involves loss of peritoneal mesothelial cells
(PMC), danger signalling, epithelial-mesenchymal transition and mesothelial-mesenchymal …

[HTML][HTML] The role of TGF-β and its crosstalk with RAC1/RAC1b signaling in breast and pancreas carcinoma

C Melzer, R Hass, J von der Ohe, H Lehnert… - Cell Communication and …, 2017 - Springer
This article focusses on the role of TGF-β and its signaling crosstalk with the RHO family
GTPases RAC1 and RAC1b in the progression of breast and pancreatic carcinoma. The …

Histone deacetylase inhibitor entinostat reverses epithelial to mesenchymal transition of breast cancer cells by reversing the repression of E-cadherin

P Shah, Y Gau, G Sabnis - Breast cancer research and treatment, 2014 - Springer
Loss of ERα in breast cancer correlates with poor prognosis, increased recurrence rates,
and higher incidence of metastasis. Epigenetic silencing of E-cadherin (loss of which is …