Polyploid giant cancer cells: Unrecognized actuators of tumorigenesis, metastasis, and resistance

SR Amend, G Torga, KC Lin, LG Kostecka… - The …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer led to the deaths of more than 9 million people worldwide in 2018, and most of these
deaths were due to metastatic tumor burden. While in most cases, we still do not know why …

MCM2 in human cancer: Functions, mechanisms, and clinical significance

Y Sun, Z Cheng, S Liu - Molecular Medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background Aberrant DNA replication is the main source of genomic instability that leads to
tumorigenesis and progression. MCM2, a core subunit of eukaryotic helicase, plays a vital …

Targeted micelles with chemotherapeutics and gene drugs to inhibit the G1/S and G2/M mitotic cycle of prostate cancer

Y Zhang, Y Wang, L Meng, Q Huang, Y Zhu… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Chemotherapy and gene therapy are used in clinical practice for the treatment
of castration-resistant prostate cancer. However, the poor efficiency of drug delivery and …

Characteristics and clinical significance of polyploid giant cancer cells in laryngeal carcinoma

HT Liu, T Xia, YW You, QC Zhang, H Ni… - Laryngoscope …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives We aimed to construct an induction system for polyploid giant cancer cells
(PGCCs), as well as to investigate PGCC features and clinical significance. Methods A …

Proteomic investigation of the role of Nucleostemin in Nucleophosmin-Mutated OCI-AML 3 cell line

I Cela, MC Cufaro, M Fucito, D Pieragostino… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nucleostemin (NS; a product of the GNL3 gene) is a nucleolar–nucleoplasm shuttling
GTPase whose levels are high in stem cells and rapidly decrease upon differentiation. NS …

GNL3 is an evolutionarily conserved stem cell gene influencing cell proliferation, animal growth and regeneration in the hydrozoan Hydractinia

G Quiroga-Artigas, D de Jong… - Open …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Nucleostemin (NS) is a vertebrate gene preferentially expressed in stem and cancer cells,
which acts to regulate cell cycle progression, genome stability and ribosome biogenesis. NS …

NOL12 repression induces nucleolar stress-driven cellular senescence and is associated with normative aging

M Pinho, JC Macedo, E Logarinho… - Molecular and cellular …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The nucleolus is a subnuclear compartment with key roles in rRNA synthesis and ribosome
biogenesis, complex processes that require hundreds of proteins and factors. Alterations in …

IMPDH Inhibition Decreases TERT Expression and Synergizes the Cytotoxic Effect of Chemotherapeutic Agents in Glioblastoma Cells

X Liu, J Wang, LJ Wu, B Trinh, RYL Tsai - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
IMP dehydrogenase (IMPDH) inhibition has emerged as a new target therapy for
glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), which remains one of the most refractory tumors to date …

Transcriptional control of a stem cell factor nucleostemin in liver regeneration and aging

X Liu, J Wang, F Li, N Timchenko, RYL Tsai - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Nucleostemin (NS) plays a role in liver regeneration, and aging reduces its expression in the
baseline and regenerating livers following 70% partial hepatectomy (PHx). Here we …

Balancing self-renewal against genome preservation in stem cells: How do they manage to have the cake and eat it too?

RYL Tsai - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2016 - Springer
Stem cells are endowed with the awesome power of self-renewal and multi-lineage
differentiation that allows them to be major contributors to tissue homeostasis. Owing to their …