Mechanism of epithelial‐mesenchymal transition in cancer and its regulation by natural compounds

HL Ang, CD Mohan, MK Shanmugam… - Medicinal research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Epithelial‐mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a complex process with a primordial role in
cellular transformation whereby an epithelial cell transforms and acquires a mesenchymal …

Epithelial-mesenchymal transitions: insights from development

J Lim, JP Thiery - Development, 2012 - journals.biologists.com
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a crucial, evolutionarily conserved process that
occurs during development and is essential for shaping embryos. Also implicated in cancer …

Perturbation-response genes reveal signaling footprints in cancer gene expression

M Schubert, B Klinger, M Klünemann, A Sieber… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Aberrant cell signaling can cause cancer and other diseases and is a focal point of drug
research. A common approach is to infer signaling activity of pathways from gene …

EMT-activating transcription factors in cancer: beyond EMT and tumor invasiveness

E Sánchez-Tilló, Y Liu, O de Barrios, L Siles… - Cellular and molecular …, 2012 - Springer
Cancer is a complex multistep process involving genetic and epigenetic changes that
eventually result in the activation of oncogenic pathways and/or inactivation of tumor …

miRNA profiling of cancer

G Di Leva, CM Croce - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2013 - Elsevier
A steadily growing number of studies have shown that microRNAs have key roles in the
regulation of cellular processes and that their dysregulation is essential to keep the …

The role of EMT and MET in cancer dissemination

J Banyard, DR Bielenberg - Connective tissue research, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Metastatic cancer cells are lethal. Understanding the molecular mechanisms that bolster the
conversion from benign to malignant progression is key for treating these heterogeneous …

miR-221/222 as biomarkers and targets for therapeutic intervention on cancer and other diseases: A systematic review

MT Di Martino, M Arbitrio, D Caracciolo… - … Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2022 - cell.com
Among deregulated microRNAs (miRs) in human malignancies, miR-221 has been widely
investigated for its oncogenic role and as a promising biomarker. Moreover, recent evidence …

The regulatory role of microRNAs in EMT and cancer

A Zaravinos - Journal of oncology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a powerful process in tumor invasion,
metastasis, and tumorigenesis and describes the molecular reprogramming and phenotypic …

Protein kinase C α is a central signaling node and therapeutic target for breast cancer stem cells

WL Tam, H Lu, J Buikhuisen, BS Soh, E Lim… - Cancer cell, 2013 - cell.com
The epithelial-mesenchymal transition program becomes activated during malignant
progression and can enrich for cancer stem cells (CSCs). We report that inhibition of protein …

Breast cancer signatures for invasiveness and prognosis defined by deep sequencing of microRNA

S Volinia, M Galasso, ME Sana… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
The transition from ductal carcinoma in situ to invasive ductal carcinoma is a key event in
breast cancer progression that is still not well understood. To discover the microRNAs …