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 …

[HTML][HTML] Unlocking the Wnt pathway: Therapeutic potential of selective targeting FZD7 in cancer

Y Larasati, C Boudou, A Koval, VL Katanaev - Drug discovery today, 2022 - Elsevier
The Wnt signaling is of paramount pathophysiological importance. Despite showing
promising anticancer activities in pre-clinical studies, current Wnt pathway inhibitors face …

Towards the first targeted therapy for triple-negative breast cancer: Repositioning of clofazimine as a chemotherapy-compatible selective Wnt pathway inhibitor

K Ahmed, A Koval, J Xu, A Bodmer, VL Katanaev - Cancer letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Wnt signaling is overactivated in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and several other
cancers, and its suppression emerges as an effective anticancer treatment. However, no …

Inhibiting the SUMO pathway represses the cancer stem cell population in breast and colorectal carcinomas

MV Bogachek, JM Park, JP De Andrade, AW Lorenzen… - Stem cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
Many solid cancers have an expanded CD44+/hi/CD24−/low cancer stem cell (CSC)
population, which are relatively chemoresistant and drive recurrence and metastasis …

Gastric cancer and angiogenesis: is VEGF a useful biomarker to assess progression and remission?

F Macedo, K Ladeira, A Longatto-Filho… - Journal of gastric …, 2017 - synapse.koreamed.org
Gastric cancer (GC) has high mortality owing to its aggressive nature. Tumor angiogenesis
plays an essential role in the growth, invasion, and metastatic spread of GC. The aim of this …

The future of patient-derived tumor xenografts in cancer treatment

D Sia, A Moeini, I Labgaa, A Villanueva - Pharmacogenomics, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Over the last decades, major technological advancements have led to a better
understanding of the molecular drivers of human malignancies. Nonetheless, this progress …

[HTML][HTML] HER2-positive is an independent indicator for predicting pathological complete response to neoadjuvant therapy and Ki67-changed after neoadjuvant …

Y Fang, Q Zhang, Y Wu, J Wu - Medicine, 2024 - journals.lww.com
The growing body of evidence suggests that breast cancer (BC) who achieve pathological
complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) may experience a more …

[HTML][HTML] Pro-invasive properties of Snail1 are regulated by sumoylation in response to TGFβ stimulation in cancer

SK Gudey, R Sundar, CH Heldin, A Bergh… - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) is a key regulator of epithelial-to-mesenchymal
transition (EMT) during embryogenesis and in tumors. The effect of TGFβ, on ΕΜΤ, is …

Failure to progress: breast and prostate cancer cell lines in developing targeted therapies

C James, A Whitehead, JT Plummer… - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2024 - Springer
Developing anticancer drugs from preclinical to clinical takes approximately a decade in a
cutting-edge biomedical lab and still 97% of most fail at clinical trials. Cell line usage is …

Mining natural compounds to target WNT signaling: Land and sea tales

VL Katanaev, A Blagodatski, J Xu… - Pharmacology of the …, 2021 - Springer
WNT signaling plays paramount roles in organism development, physiology, and disease,
representing a highly attractive target for drug development. However, no WNT-modulating …