Intratumor heterogeneity: the rosetta stone of therapy resistance

A Marusyk, M Janiszewska, K Polyak - Cancer cell, 2020 - cell.com
Advances in our understanding of molecular mechanisms of tumorigenesis have translated
into knowledge-based therapies directed against specific oncogenic signaling targets …

Choosing the right cell line for breast cancer research

DL Holliday, V Speirs - Breast cancer research, 2011 - Springer
Breast cancer is a complex and heterogeneous disease. Gene expression profiling has
contributed significantly to our understanding of this heterogeneity at a molecular level …

Breast cancer models: Engineering the tumor microenvironment

G Bahcecioglu, G Basara, BW Ellis, X Ren, P Zorlutuna - Acta biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
The mechanisms behind cancer initiation and progression are not clear. Therefore,
development of clinically relevant models to study cancer biology and drug response in …

Fusion of tumour cells with bone marrow-derived cells: a unifying explanation for metastasis

JM Pawelek, AK Chakraborty - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2008 - nature.com
The causes of metastasis remain elusive despite vast information on cancer cells. We posit
that cancer cell fusion with macrophages or other migratory bone marrow-derived cells …

Primary aldosteronism: molecular medicine meets public health

EAB Azizan, WM Drake, MJ Brown - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2023 - nature.com
Primary aldosteronism is the most common single cause of hypertension and is potentially
curable when only one adrenal gland is the culprit. The importance of primary aldosteronism …

Cytogenetic abnormalities of tumor-associated endothelial cells in human malignant tumors

T Akino, K Hida, Y Hida, K Tsuchiya… - The American journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Tumor blood vessels are thought to contain genetically normal and stable endothelial cells
(ECs), unlike tumor cells, which typically display genetic instability. Yet, chromosomal …

Cell-to-cell fusion as a link between viruses and cancer

D Duelli, Y Lazebnik - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2007 - nature.com
The ability to fuse cells is shared by many viruses, including common human pathogens and
several endogenous viruses. Here we will discuss how cell fusion can link viruses to cancer …

Spontaneous cell fusions as a mechanism of parasexual recombination in tumour cell populations

D Miroshnychenko, E Baratchart… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
The initiation and progression of cancers reflect the underlying process of somatic evolution,
in which the diversification of heritable phenotypes provides a substrate for natural selection …

The cancer cell–leukocyte fusion theory of metastasis

JM Pawelek, AK Chakraborty - Advances in cancer research, 2008 - Elsevier
The cause of metastasis remains elusive despite vast information on cancer cells. We posit
that cancer cell fusion with macrophages or other migratory bone marrow‐derived cells …

Bacterial-induced cell fusion is a danger signal triggering cGAS–STING pathway via micronuclei formation

JWK Ku, Y Chen, BJW Lim, S Gasser… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis, an infectious disease in the
tropics and subtropics with high morbidity and mortality. The facultative intracellular …