Lung cancers: molecular characterization, clonal heterogeneity and evolution, and cancer stem cells

U Testa, G Castelli, E Pelosi - Cancers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Lung cancer causes the largest number of cancer-related deaths in the world. Most (85%) of
lung cancers are classified as non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small-cell lung …

Origins, genetic landscape, and emerging therapies of small cell lung cancer

EA Semenova, R Nagel, A Berns - Genes & development, 2015 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths, with small cell lung cancer (SCLC)
representing the most aggressive subtype. Standard treatments have not changed in …

CD47-blocking immunotherapies stimulate macrophage-mediated destruction of small-cell lung cancer

K Weiskopf, NS Jahchan, PJ Schnorr… - The Journal of …, 2016 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a highly aggressive subtype of lung cancer with limited
treatment options. CD47 is a cell-surface molecule that promotes immune evasion by …

Targeting NOTCH activation in small cell lung cancer through LSD1 inhibition

A Augert, E Eastwood, AH Ibrahim, N Wu… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a recalcitrant, aggressive neuroendocrine-type cancer for
which little change to first-line standard-of-care treatment has occurred within the last few …

[HTML][HTML] Patient-derived cell line, xenograft and organoid models in lung cancer therapy

KG Huo, E D'Arcangelo, MS Tsao - Translational lung cancer …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Lung cancer accounts for most cancer-related deaths worldwide and has an overall 5-year
survival rate of~ 15%. Cell lines have played important roles in the study of cancer biology …

[HTML][HTML] Unbiased proteomic profiling uncovers a targetable GNAS/PKA/PP2A axis in small cell lung cancer stem cells

GL Coles, S Cristea, JT Webber, RS Levin, SM Moss… - Cancer Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Using unbiased kinase profiling, we identified protein kinase A (PKA) as an active kinase in
small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Inhibition of PKA activity genetically, or pharmacologically by …

[HTML][HTML] Harnessing natural killer immunity in metastatic SCLC

SA Best, JB Hess, F Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction SCLC is the most aggressive subtype of lung cancer, and though most patients
initially respond to platinum-based chemotherapy, resistance develops rapidly …

MCAM mediates chemoresistance in small-cell lung cancer via the PI3K/AKT/SOX2 signaling pathway

SC Tripathi, JF Fahrmann, M Celiktas, M Aguilar… - Cancer research, 2017 - AACR
Despite favorable responses to initial therapy, small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) relapse occurs
within a year and exhibits resistance to multiple drugs. Because of limited accessibility of …

A systematic review of the validity of patient derived xenograft (PDX) models: the implications for translational research and personalised medicine

AT Collins, SH Lang - PeerJ, 2018 - peerj.com
Patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models are increasingly being used in oncology drug
development because they offer greater predictive value than traditional cell line models …

Patient-derived xenografts faithfully replicated clinical outcome in a phase II co-clinical trial of arsenic trioxide in relapsed small cell lung cancer

TK Owonikoko, G Zhang, HS Kim, RM Stinson… - Journal of translational …, 2016 - Springer
Background SCLC has limited treatment options and inadequate preclinical models.
Promising activity of arsenic trioxide (ASO) recorded in conventional preclinical models of …