Targeting transcription factors in cancer—from undruggable to reality

JH Bushweller - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019 - nature.com
Mutated or dysregulated transcription factors represent a unique class of drug targets that
mediate aberrant gene expression, including blockade of differentiation and cell death gene …

The RUNX family: developmental regulators in cancer

Y Ito, SC Bae, LSH Chuang - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2015 - nature.com
RUNX proteins belong to a family of metazoan transcription factors that serve as master
regulators of development. They are frequently deregulated in human cancers, indicating a …

Phenotypic heterogeneity driven by plasticity of the intermediate EMT state governs disease progression and metastasis in breast cancer

MS Brown, B Abdollahi, OM Wilkins, H Lu… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is frequently co-opted by cancer cells to
enhance migratory and invasive cell traits. It is a key contributor to heterogeneity …

Primary tumors release ITGBL1-rich extracellular vesicles to promote distal metastatic tumor growth through fibroblast-niche formation

Q Ji, L Zhou, H Sui, L Yang, X Wu, Q Song, R Jia… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Tumor metastasis is a hallmark of cancer. Metastatic cancer cells often reside in distal
tissues and organs in their dormant state. Mechanisms underlying the pre-metastatic niche …

miR-218 directs a Wnt signaling circuit to promote differentiation of osteoblasts and osteomimicry of metastatic cancer cells

MQ Hassan, Y Maeda, H Taipaleenmaki… - Journal of Biological …, 2012 - ASBMB
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) negatively and post-transcriptionally regulate expression of multiple
target genes to support anabolic pathways for bone formation. Here, we show that miR-218 …

Wnt signaling in triple negative breast cancer is associated with metastasis

N Dey, BG Barwick, CS Moreno, M Ordanic-Kodani… - BMC cancer, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background Triple Negative subset of (TN) Breast Cancers (BC), a close associate
of the basal-like subtype (with limited discordance) is an aggressive form of the disease …

RUNX2 recruits the NuRD (MTA1)/CRL4B complex to promote breast cancer progression and bone metastasis

X Yin, X Teng, T Ma, T Yang, J Zhang, M Huo… - Cell Death & …, 2022 - nature.com
Runt-related transcription factor 2 (RUNX2) is an osteogenesis-related transcription factor
that has emerged as a prominent transcription repressing factor in carcinogenesis. However …

Long non-coding RNAs as the critical regulators of PI3K/AKT, TGF-β, and MAPK signaling pathways during breast tumor progression

A Maharati, M Moghbeli - Journal of translational medicine, 2023 - Springer
Breast cancer (BC) as one of the most common causes of human deaths among women, is
always considered one of the global health challenges. Despite various advances in …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of Bim in health and disease

RV Sionov, SA Vlahopoulos, Z Granot - Oncotarget, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The BH3-only Bim protein is a major determinant for initiating the intrinsic apoptotic pathway
under both physiological and pathophysiological conditions. Tight regulation of its …

Runt-related transcription factor 1 (RUNX1) promotes TGF-β-induced renal tubular epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and renal fibrosis through the PI3K …

T Zhou, M Luo, W Cai, S Zhou, D Feng, C Xu… - …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Renal fibrosis is widely considered a common mechanism leading to end-stage renal
failure. Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) plays important roles in the pathogenesis …