Paradoxical roles of desmosomal components in head and neck cancer

YQ Liu, HY Zou, JJ Xie, WK Fang - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Desmosomes are intercellular adhesion complexes involved in various aspects of epithelial
pathophysiology, including tissue homeostasis, morphogenesis, and disease development …

Consensus reference gene (s) for gene expression studies in human cancers: end of the tunnel visible?

RN Sharan, ST Vaiphei, S Nongrum, J Keppen… - Cellular Oncology, 2015 - Springer
Background Gene expression studies are increasingly used to provide valuable information
on the diagnosis and prognosis of human cancers. Also, for in vitro and in vivo experimental …

Desmoglein-2 is overexpressed in non-small cell lung cancer tissues and its knockdown suppresses NSCLC growth by regulation of p27 and CDK2

F Cai, Q Zhu, Y Miao, S Shen, X Su, Y Shi - Journal of cancer research and …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose Desmoglein-2 (Dsg2) is a cell adhesion protein of the cadherin
superfamily. Altered Dsg2 expression is associated with tumorigenesis. This study …

Loss of desmoglein 2 promotes tumorigenic behavior in pancreatic cancer cells

K Hütz, J Zeiler, L Sachs, S Ormanns… - Molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The ability to maintain cell‐cell adhesion is crucial for tissue integrity and organization.
Accordingly, loss of cohesiveness plays a critical role in cancer invasion and metastasis …

[HTML][HTML] Multiomics2Targets identifies targets from cancer cohorts profiled with transcriptomics, proteomics, and phosphoproteomics

EZ Deng, GB Marino, DJB Clarke, I Diamant… - Cell Reports …, 2024 - cell.com
The availability of data from profiling of cancer patients with multiomics is rapidly increasing.
However, integrative analysis of such data for personalized target identification is not trivial …

Serum DSG2 as a potential biomarker for diagnosis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma

YQ Liu, LY Chu, T Yang, B Zhang, ZT Zheng… - Bioscience …, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Background: Exploration of serum biomarkers for early detection of upper gastrointestinal
cancer is required. Here, we aimed to evaluate the diagnostic potential of serum desmoglein …

Desmoglein 3: a help or a hindrance in cancer progression?

L Brown, H Wan - Cancers, 2015 - mdpi.com
Desmoglein 3 is one of seven desmosomal cadherins that mediate cell-cell adhesion in
desmosomes. Desmosomes are the intercellular junctional complexes that anchor the …

[HTML][HTML] Desmoglein 3 (Dsg3) expression in cancer: A tissue microarray study on 15,869 tumors

F Viehweger, A Azem, N Gorbokon, R Uhlig… - … -Research and Practice, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Desmoglein-3 (Dsg3) is a transmembrane glycoprotein which is preferably found in
desmosomes of keratinocytes in squamous epithelium. Both loss and upregulation of Dsg3 …

Microenvironment, Oncoantigens, and Antitumor Vaccination: Lessons Learned from BALB‐neuT Mice

L Conti, R Ruiu, G Barutello, M Macagno… - BioMed research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The tyrosine kinase human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) gene is amplified in
approximately 20% of human breast cancers and is associated with an aggressive clinical …

Desmoglein-2 as a cancer modulator: friend or foe?

KK Myo Min, CB Ffrench, BJ McClure, M Ortiz… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Desmoglein-2 (DSG2) is a calcium-binding single pass transmembrane glycoprotein and a
member of the large cadherin family. Until recently, DSG2 was thought to only function as a …