IGF-binding proteins secreted by cancer-associated fibroblasts induce context-dependent drug sensitization of lung cancer cells

LL Remsing Rix, NJ Sumi, Q Hu, B Desai, AT Bryant… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in the tumor microenvironment are often linked to drug
resistance. Here, we found that coculture with CAFs or culture in CAF-conditioned medium …

[HTML][HTML] Functional roles and clinical values of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-5 in different types of cancers

G Güllü, S Karabulut, M Akkiprik - Chinese journal of cancer, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins (IGFBPs) are critical regulators of the mitogenic
activity of insulin-like growth factors (IGFs). IGFBP5, one of these IGFBPs, has special …

The renin–angiotensin system in the breast and breast cancer

GP Vinson, S Barker… - Endocrine-related cancer, 2012 - erc.bioscientifica.com
The successful use of high-dose synthetic estrogens to treat postmenopausal metastatic
breast cancer is the first effective 'chemical therapy'proven in clinical trial to treat any cancer …

[HTML][HTML] MicroRNA-140-5p inhibits the progression of colorectal cancer by targeting VEGFA

W Zhang, C Zou, L Pan, Y Xu, W Qi, G Ma… - Cellular Physiology and …, 2015 - karger.com
Background: microRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs and have been shown to
play a crucial role in the colorectal cancer (CRC) tumorigenesis and progression. The aim of …

MicroRNA profiling predicts survival in anti-EGFR treated chemorefractory metastatic colorectal cancer patients with wild-type KRAS and BRAF

N Mosakhani, L Lahti, I Borze… - Cancer genetics, 2012 - Elsevier
Anti-EGFR monoclonal antibodies (anti-EGFRmAb) serve in the treatment of metastatic
colorectal cancer (mCRC), but patients with a mutation in KRAS/BRAF and nearly one-half …

PKNOX2 suppresses gastric cancer through the transcriptional activation of IGFBP5 and p53

L Zhang, W Li, L Cao, J Xu, Y Qian, H Chen, Y Zhang… - Oncogene, 2019 - nature.com
Promoter methylation plays a vital role in tumorigenesis through transcriptional silencing of
tumor suppressive genes. Using genome-wide methylation array, we first identified …

Potentially novel candidate biomarkers for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma identified using an integrated cell line-based discovery strategy

L Sepiashvili, A Hui, V Ignatchenko, W Shi, S Su… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2012 - ASBMB
Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) can arise from the oral cavity,
oropharynx, larynx or hypopharynx, and is the sixth leading cancer by incidence worldwide …

A new role for the mitochondrial pro-apoptotic protein SMAC/Diablo in phospholipid synthesis associated with tumorigenesis

A Paul, Y Krelin, T Arif, R Jeger, V Shoshan-Barmatz - Molecular Therapy, 2018 - cell.com
The mitochondrial pro-apoptotic protein SMAC/Diablo participates in apoptosis by
negatively regulating IAPs and activating caspases, thus encouraging apoptosis …

Evaluation of the impact of cachexia on clinical outcomes in aggressive lymphoma

M Burkart, M Schieber, S Basu, P Shah… - British Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer cachexia is a state of involuntary weight loss and altered body composition triggered
by an underlying malignancy. We sought to correlate measures of cachexia with clinical …

Understanding the key to targeting the IGF axis in cancer: a biomarker assessment

KA Lodhia, P Tienchaiananda, P Haluska - Frontiers in oncology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Type 1 insulin like growth factor receptor (IGF-1R) targeted therapies showed compelling
pre-clinical evidence; however, to date, this has failed to translate into patient benefit in …