Cellular plasticity and the neuroendocrine phenotype in prostate cancer

AH Davies, H Beltran, A Zoubeidi - Nature Reviews Urology, 2018 - nature.com
The success of next-generation androgen receptor (AR) pathway inhibitors, such as
abiraterone acetate and enzalutamide, in treating prostate cancer has been hampered by …

Vimentin: Regulation and pathogenesis

D Paulin, A Lilienbaum, S Kardjian, O Agbulut, Z Li - Biochimie, 2022 - Elsevier
Vimentin, an abundant cytoplasmic intermediate filament protein, is recognized for its
important role in stabilizing intracellular structure. Vimentin has been recognized for its …

TGF-β: duality of function between tumor prevention and carcinogenesis

DR Principe, JA Doll, J Bauer, B Jung… - Journal of the …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Several mechanisms underlying tumor progression have remained elusive, particularly in
relation to transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β). Although TGF-β initially inhibits epithelial …

NF-kappaB is involved in the regulation of EMT genes in breast cancer cells

BRB Pires, AL Mencalha, GM Ferreira, WF De Souza… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The metastatic process in breast cancer is related to the expression of the epithelial-to-
mesenchymal transition transcription factors (EMT-TFs) SNAIL, SLUG, SIP1 and TWIST1 …

[HTML][HTML] Vimentin induces changes in cell shape, motility, and adhesion during the epithelial to mesenchymal transition

MG Mendez, SI Kojima, RD Goldman - The FASEB Journal, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Vimentin is used widely as a marker of the epithelial to mesenchymal transitions (EMTs) that
take place during embryogenesis and metastasis, yet the functional implications of the …

NF-kappaB: two sides of the same coin

BRB Pires, RCMC Silva, GM Ferreira, E Abdelhay - Genes, 2018 - mdpi.com
Nuclear Factor-kappa B (NF-κB) is a transcription factor family that regulates a large number
of genes that are involved in important physiological processes, including survival …

Lactate modulates CD4+ T-cell polarization and induces an immunosuppressive environment, which sustains prostate carcinoma progression via TLR8/miR21 axis

G Comito, A Iscaro, M Bacci, A Morandi, L Ippolito… - Oncogene, 2019 - nature.com
Leukocyte infiltration plays an active role in controlling tumor development. In the early
stages of carcinogenesis, T cells counteract tumor growth. However, in advanced stages …

[HTML][HTML] Epithelial-mesenchymal transition in prostate cancer: an overview

M Montanari, S Rossetti, C Cavaliere, C D'Aniello… - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Prostate cancer is a main urological disease associated with significant morbidity and
mortality. Radical prostatectomy and radiotherapy are potentially curative for localized …

Tracking and functional characterization of epithelial–mesenchymal transition and mesenchymal tumor cells during prostate cancer metastasis

M Ruscetti, B Quach, EL Dadashian, DJ Mulholland… - Cancer research, 2015 - AACR
The epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) has been postulated as a mechanism by
which cancer cells acquire the invasive and stem-like traits necessary for distant metastasis …

Targeting FOXA1-mediated repression of TGF-β signaling suppresses castration-resistant prostate cancer progression

B Song, SH Park, JC Zhao, KW Fong… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Prostate cancer (PC) progressed to castration resistance (CRPC) is a fatal disease. CRPC
tumors develop resistance to new-generation antiandrogen enzalutamide through lineage …