Revisiting telomere shortening in cancer

K Okamoto, H Seimiya - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Telomeres, the protective structures of chromosome ends are gradually shortened by each
cell division, eventually leading to senescence or apoptosis. Cancer cells maintain the …

Discovery of a selective TRF2 inhibitor FKB04 induced telomere shortening and senescence in liver cancer cells

Y Qiu, Q Yan, Y Wang, Y Ye, Y Wang, M Wang… - Acta Pharmacologica …, 2024 - nature.com
Telomere repeat binding factor 2 (TRF2), a critical element of the shelterin complex, plays a
vital role in the maintenance of genome integrity. TRF2 overexpression is found in a wide …

Shaping DNA damage responses: Therapeutic potential of targeting telomeric proteins and DNA repair factors in cancer

YB Ng, SC Akincilar - Current Opinion in Pharmacology, 2024 - Elsevier
Shelterin proteins regulate genomic stability by preventing inappropriate DNA damage
responses (DDRs) at telomeres. Unprotected telomeres lead to persistent DDR causing cell …

Telomere status of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer offers a novel promising prognostic and predictive biomarker

E Faugeras, L Véronèse, G Jeannin, H Janicot, S Bailly… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Short, dysfunctional telomeres represent the genetic biomarkers of cancer.
Studies in early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have shown that telomere length …

[PDF][PDF] Expression levels of survivin, Bcl-2, and KAI1 proteins in cervical cancer and their correlation with metastasis

XL Zhou, M Wang - Genet Mol Res, 2015 - geneticsmr.com
Cervical cancer is associated with abnormal expression of multiple genes. Survivin and Bcl-
2 proteins are apoptosis inhibitors. The tumor suppressor gene CD82, which encodes the …

TRF2 and VEGF-A: an unknown relationship with prognostic impact on survival of colorectal cancer patients

R Dinami, M Porru, CA Amoreo, I Sperduti… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - Springer
Background Colorectal cancer is one of most common tumors in developed countries and,
despite improvements in treatment and diagnosis, mortality rate of patients remains high …

Telomere and telomerase-associated proteins in endometrial carcinogenesis and cancer-associated survival

L Button, B Rogers, E Thomas, A Bradfield… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Risk of relapse of endometrial cancer (EC) after surgical treatment is 13% and recurrent
disease carries a poor prognosis. Research into prognostic indicators is essential to improve …

Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of Flavokavain B derivatives as potent TRF2 inhibitors for the treatment of Osteosarcoma

K Wang, C Shi, L Liu, H Yan, D Wang, M Ding… - European Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Telomere repeat-binding factor 2 (TRF2) is a crucial component of the shelterin complex,
commonly overexpressed in osteosarcoma (OS) and positively correlated with its …

Clinicopathological significance of survivin expression in patients with cervical cancer: A systematic meta-analysis

Y Fan, J Chen - Bioengineered, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Survivin has been shown to play an important role in cancer pathogenesis.
However, its role in cervical cancer development is still controversial. This study was …

[PDF][PDF] Down-regulation of miR-329-3p is associated with worse prognosis in patients with cervical cancer

YH Chang, F Yin, GF Fan… - Eur Rev Med Pharmacol …, 2017 - europeanreview.org
miR-329-3p expression in cervical cancer Page 1 4045 Abstract. – OBJECTIVE: miR-329-3p
has been reported to serve as a tumor suppressor in the progression of cervical cancer (CC) …