The multiple uses of fluorescent proteins to visualize cancer in vivo

RM Hoffman - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2005 - nature.com
Naturally fluorescent proteins have revolutionized biology by enabling what was formerly
invisible to be seen clearly. These proteins have allowed us to visualize, in real time …

Therapeutic potential of matrix metalloproteinase inhibition in breast cancer

ES Radisky… - Journal of cellular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of zinc endopeptidases that cleave nearly all
components of the extracellular matrix as well as many other soluble and cell‐associated …

[HTML][HTML] Matrix metalloproteinases as breast cancer drivers and therapeutic targets

ES Radisky, DC Radisky - Frontiers in bioscience (Landmark …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Members of the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) family have been identified as poor
prognosis markers for breast cancer patients and as drivers of many facets of the tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Membrane-type matrix metalloproteases as diverse effectors of cancer progression

SP Turunen, O Tatti-Bugaeva, K Lehti - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2017 - Elsevier
Membrane-type matrix metalloproteases (MT-MMP) are pivotal regulators of cell invasion,
growth and survival. Tethered to the cell membranes by a transmembrane domain or GPI …

Harnessing BET inhibitor sensitivity reveals AMIGO2 as a melanoma survival gene

B Fontanals-Cirera, D Hasson, C Vardabasso… - Molecular cell, 2017 - cell.com
Bromodomain and extraterminal domain inhibitors (BETi) represent promising therapeutic
agents for metastatic melanoma, yet their mechanism of action remains unclear. Here we …

Non-canonical Wnt signaling promotes directed migration of intestinal stem cells to sites of injury

DJK Hu, J Yun, J Elstrott, H Jasper - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
Tissue regeneration after injury requires coordinated regulation of stem cell activation,
division, and daughter cell differentiation, processes that are increasingly well understood in …

Fluorescence sensing using DNA aptamers in cancer research and clinical diagnostics

D Musumeci, C Platella, C Riccardi, F Moccia… - Cancers, 2017 - mdpi.com
Among the various advantages of aptamers over antibodies, remarkable is their ability to
tolerate a large number of chemical modifications within their backbone or at the termini …

Genomic characterization of sarcomatoid transformation in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

M Bi, S Zhao, JW Said, MJ Merino… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The presence of sarcomatoid features in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) confers a
poor prognosis and is of unknown pathogenesis. We performed exome sequencing of …

Proteolytic cleavage, trafficking, and functions of nuclear receptor tyrosine kinases

MK Chen, MC Hung - The FEBS journal, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Intracellular localization has been reported for over three‐quarters of receptor tyrosine
kinase (RTK) families in response to environmental stimuli. Internalized RTK may bind to …

[HTML][HTML] Matrix metalloproteinases–From the cleavage data to the prediction tools and beyond

P Cieplak, AY Strongin - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular …, 2017 - Elsevier
Understanding the physiological role of any protease requires identification of both its
cleavage substrates and their relative cleavage efficacy as compared with other substrates …