HMGB1 in health and disease

R Kang, R Chen, Q Zhang, W Hou, S Wu, L Cao… - Molecular aspects of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Complex genetic and physiological variations as well as environmental factors that drive
emergence of chromosomal instability, development of unscheduled cell death, skewed …

Gemcitabine: metabolism and molecular mechanisms of action, sensitivity and chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer

L de Sousa Cavalcante, G Monteiro - European journal of pharmacology, 2014 - Elsevier
Gemcitabine is the first-line treatment for pancreatic adenocarcinoma, but is increasingly
used to treat breast, bladder, and non-small cell lung cancers. Despite such broad use …

Retracted: LncRNA HOTAIR influences cell growth, migration, invasion, and apoptosis via the miR‐20a‐5p/HMGA2 axis in breast cancer

W Zhao, D Geng, S Li, Z Chen, M Sun - Cancer medicine, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
To study the regulatory effect of lnc RNA HOTAIR/miR‐20a‐5p/HMGA 2 axis on breast
cancer (BC) cell growth, cell mobility, invasiveness, and apoptosis. The microarray data of …

Diabetes, obesity, and breast cancer

C Kang, D LeRoith, EJ Gallagher - Endocrinology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The rates of obesity and diabetes are increasing worldwide, whereas the age of onset for
both obesity and diabetes are decreasing steadily. Obesity and diabetes are associated with …

Identification of common variants associated with human hippocampal and intracranial volumes

JL Stein, SE Medland, AA Vasquez, DP Hibar… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Identifying genetic variants influencing human brain structures may reveal new biological
mechanisms underlying cognition and neuropsychiatric illness. The volume of the …

RAGE (Receptor for Advanced Glycation Endproducts), RAGE ligands, and their role in cancer and inflammation

LJ Sparvero, D Asafu-Adjei, R Kang, D Tang… - Journal of translational …, 2009 - Springer
Abstract The Receptor for Advanced Glycation Endproducts [RAGE] is an evolutionarily
recent member of the immunoglobulin super-family, encoded in the Class III region of the …

The Lin28b–let-7–Hmga2 axis determines the higher self-renewal potential of fetal haematopoietic stem cells

MR Copley, S Babovic, C Benz, DJHF Knapp… - Nature cell …, 2013 - nature.com
Mouse haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) undergo a postnatal transition in several
properties, including a marked reduction in their self-renewal activity. We now show that the …

Suppression of lung adenocarcinoma progression by Nkx2-1

MM Winslow, TL Dayton, RGW Verhaak, C Kim-Kiselak… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Despite the high prevalence and poor outcome of patients with metastatic lung cancer the
mechanisms of tumour progression and metastasis remain largely uncharacterized. Here we …

Insulin, insulin receptors, and cancer

R Vigneri, ID Goldfine, L Frittitta - Journal of endocrinological investigation, 2016 - Springer
Insulin is a major regulator of cell metabolism but, in addition, is also a growth factor. Insulin
effects in target cells are mediated by the insulin receptor (IR), a transmembrane protein with …

Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria

A Hill, AE DeZern, T Kinoshita… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2017 - nature.com
Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH) is a clonal haematopoietic stem cell (HSC)
disease that presents with haemolytic anaemia, thrombosis and smooth muscle dystonias …