Regulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition by tumor microenvironmental signals and its implication in cancer therapeutics

J Zhang, Z Hu, CA Horta, J Yang - Seminars in cancer biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) has been implicated in various aspects of tumor
development, including tumor invasion and metastasis, cancer stemness, and therapy …

Obesity and prostate cancer—microenvironmental roles of adipose tissue

A Saha, MG Kolonin, J DiGiovanni - Nature Reviews Urology, 2023 - nature.com
Obesity is known to have important roles in driving prostate cancer aggressiveness and
increased mortality. Multiple mechanisms have been postulated for these clinical …

Comprehensive characterization of the prostate tumor microenvironment identifies CXCR4/CXCL12 crosstalk as a novel antiangiogenic therapeutic target in prostate …

I Heidegger, G Fotakis, A Offermann, J Goveia… - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
Background Crosstalk between neoplastic and stromal cells fosters prostate cancer (PCa)
progression and dissemination. Insight in cell-to-cell communication networks provides new …

A narrative review: CXC chemokines influence immune surveillance in obesity and obesity-related diseases: Type 2 diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

A Ullah, A Ud Din, W Ding, Z Shi, S Pervaz… - Reviews in Endocrine …, 2023 - Springer
Adipose tissue develops lipids, aberrant adipokines, chemokines, and pro-inflammatory
cytokines as a consequence of the low-grade systemic inflammation that characterizes …

Pathogenic role of adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells in obesity and obesity-related inflammatory diseases

J Pestel, F Blangero, A Eljaafari - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ASCs) are adult stem cells, endowed with
self-renewal, multipotent capacities, and immunomodulatory properties, as mesenchymal …

Anti-diabetic effects of GLP1 analogs are mediated by thermogenic interleukin-6 signaling in adipocytes

AD Gutierrez, Z Gao, V Hamidi, L Zhu… - Cell Reports …, 2022 - cell.com
Mechanisms underlying anti-diabetic effects of GLP1 analogs remain incompletely
understood. We observed that in prediabetic humans exenatide treatment acutely induces …

Cell plasticity and prostate cancer: The role of epithelial–mesenchymal transition in tumor progression, invasion, metastasis and cancer therapy resistance

S Papanikolaou, A Vourda, S Syggelos, K Gyftopoulos - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Although epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a well-known
cellular process involved during normal embryogenesis and wound healing, it also has a …

CXCR4 and CXCR7 signaling promotes tumor progression and obesity-associated epithelial-mesenchymal transition in prostate cancer cells

S Ahn, A Saha, R Clark, MG Kolonin, J DiGiovanni - Oncogene, 2022 - nature.com
Obesity is associated with increased prostate cancer (PCa) progression and higher
mortality, however, the mechanism (s) remain still unclear. Here, we investigated signaling …

Interplay between prostate cancer and adipose microenvironment: A complex and flexible scenario

M Cancel, W Pouillot, K Mahéo, A Fontaine… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Adipose tissue is part of the prostate cancer (PCa) microenvironment not only in the
periprostatic area, but also in the most frequent metastatic sites, such as bone marrow and …

Thromboinflammatory processes at the nexus of metabolic dysfunction and prostate cancer: the emerging role of periprostatic adipose tissue

I AlZaim, A Al-Saidi, SH Hammoud, N Darwiche… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary As overweight and obesity increase among the population worldwide, a
parallel increase in the number of individuals diagnosed with prostate cancer was observed …