Mammalian Krüppel-like factors in health and diseases

BB McConnell, VW Yang - Physiological reviews, 2010 - journals.physiology.org
The Krüppel-like factor (KLF) family of transcription factors regulates diverse biological
processes that include proliferation, differentiation, growth, development, survival, and …

Krüppel-like factors in cancer

MP Tetreault, Y Yang, JP Katz - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
Krüppel-like factors (KLFs) are a family of DNA-binding transcriptional regulators with
diverse and essential functions in a multitude of cellular processes, including proliferation …

The roles and regulation of the KLF5 transcription factor in cancers

Y Luo, C Chen - Cancer science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Krüppel‐like factor 5 (KLF5) is a member of the KLF family. Recent studies have suggested
that KLF5 regulates the expression of a large number of new target genes and participates …

Acetylation of KLF5 maintains EMT and tumorigenicity to cause chemoresistant bone metastasis in prostate cancer

B Zhang, Y Li, Q Wu, L Xie, B Barwick, C Fu, X Li… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Advanced prostate cancer (PCa) often develops bone metastasis, for which therapies are
very limited and the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We report that bone …

Feedback regulation of TGF-β signaling

X Yan, X Xiong, YG Chen - Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) is a multi-functional polypeptide that plays a critical
role in regulating a broad range of cellular functions and physiological processes. Signaling …

[HTML][HTML] Evasion of anti-growth signaling: A key step in tumorigenesis and potential target for treatment and prophylaxis by natural compounds

ARMR Amin, PA Karpowicz, TE Carey, J Arbiser… - Seminars in cancer …, 2015 - Elsevier
The evasion of anti-growth signaling is an important characteristic of cancer cells. In order to
continue to proliferate, cancer cells must somehow uncouple themselves from the many …

Interruption of KLF5 acetylation promotes PTEN-deficient prostate cancer progression by reprogramming cancer-associated fibroblasts

B Zhang, M Liu, F Mai, X Li, W Wang, Q Huang… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - jci.org
Inactivation of phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) is prevalent in human prostate
cancer and causes high-grade adenocarcinoma with a long latency. Cancer-associated …

[HTML][HTML] YAP promotes breast cell proliferation and survival partially through stabilizing the KLF5 transcription factor

X Zhi, D Zhao, Z Zhou, R Liu, C Chen - The American journal of pathology, 2012 - Elsevier
The Yes-associated protein (YAP), an oncoprotein in the Hippo tumor suppressor pathway,
regulates tumorigenesis and has been found in a variety of tumors, including breast …

New insights into KLFs and SOXs in cancer pathogenesis, stemness, and therapy

L Zeng, Y Zhu, CS Moreno, Y Wan - Seminars in cancer biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the development of cancer therapies, the success of most treatments has been
impeded by drug resistance. The crucial role of tumor cell plasticity has emerged recently in …

The complex biology of FOXO

M Monsalve, Y Olmos - Current drug targets, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
FOXO transcription factors control proliferation, apoptosis, differentiation and metabolic
processes. Loss of FOXO function has been identified in several human cancers, and results …