Exploring the use of cold atmospheric plasma to overcome drug resistance in cancer

D Murillo, C Huergo, B Gallego, R Rodríguez, J Tornín - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Drug resistance is a major problem in cancer treatment, as it limits the effectiveness of
pharmacological agents and can lead to disease progression. Cold atmospheric plasma …

Hyaluronan in the cancer cells microenvironment

E Karousou, A Parnigoni, P Moretto, A Passi, M Viola… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The extracellular matrix has a complex structure, and the glycans within
are difficult to study, but are able to elicit multiple effects on resident and immune cells, with …

Disruption of sugar nucleotide clearance is a therapeutic vulnerability of cancer cells

MB Doshi, N Lee, T Tseyang, O Ponomarova, HL Goel… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Identifying metabolic steps that are specifically required for the survival of cancer cells but
are dispensable in normal cells remains a challenge. Here we report a therapeutic …

All-in-One digital microfluidics pipeline for proteomic sample preparation and analysis

J Peng, C Chan, S Zhang, AA Sklavounos… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Highly sensitive and reproducible analysis of samples containing low amounts of protein is
restricted by sample loss and the introduction of contaminants during processing. Here, we …

Targeting the Tumor Extracellular Matrix by the Natural Molecule 4-Methylumbelliferone: A Complementary and Alternative Cancer Therapeutic Strategy

DL Vitale, A Icardi, P Rosales, FM Spinelli… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In antineoplastic therapy, one of the challenges is to adjust the treatment to the needs of
each patient and reduce the toxicity caused by conventional antitumor strategies. It has been …

The natural antisense transcript HAS2-AS1 regulates breast cancer cells aggressiveness independently from hyaluronan metabolism

A Parnigoni, I Caon, WX Teo, P Moretto, B Bartolini… - Matrix Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Hyaluronan (HA) is a ubiquitous extracellular matrix component playing a crucial role in the
regulation of cell behaviors, including cancer. Aggressive breast cancer cells tend to …

Nutritional niches of cancer therapy-induced senescent cells

À Llop-Hernández, S Verdura, E Cuyàs, JA Menendez - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Therapy-induced senescence (TIS) is a state of stable proliferative arrest of both normal and
neoplastic cells that is triggered by exposure to anticancer treatments. TIS cells acquire a …

[HTML][HTML] UDP-glucose dehydrogenase (UGDH) in clinical oncology and cancer biology

MJ Price, AD Nguyen, JK Byemerwa, J Flowers… - Oncotarget, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract UDP-glucose-6-dehydrogenase (UGDH) is a cytosolic, hexameric enzyme that
converts UDP-glucose to UDP-glucuronic acid (UDP-GlcUA), a key reaction in hormone and …

Effects of Hyaluronan on Breast Cancer Aggressiveness

A Parnigoni, P Moretto, M Viola, E Karousou, A Passi… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Breast cancer is the most common neoplasm in women. Although the
primary tumor does not appear in a vital organ, lethality is due to the ability of tumor cells to …

[HTML][HTML] Deciphering drug resistance: investigating the emerging role of hyaluronan metabolism and signaling and tumor extracellular matrix in cancer chemotherapy

DL Vitale, A Parnigoni, M Viola, E Karousou… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Hyaluronan (HA) has gained significant attention in cancer research for its role in
modulating chemoresistance. This review aims to elucidate the mechanisms by which HA …