Bone marrow niches in haematological malignancies

S Méndez-Ferrer, D Bonnet, DP Steensma… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Haematological malignancies were previously thought to be driven solely by genetic or
epigenetic lesions within haematopoietic cells. However, the niches that maintain and …

Leukaemia: a model metastatic disease

AE Whiteley, TT Price, G Cantelli, DA Sipkins - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
In contrast to solid cancers, which often require genetic modifications and complex cellular
reprogramming for effective metastatic dissemination, leukaemic cells uniquely possess the …

N-cadherin in cancer metastasis, its emerging role in haematological malignancies and potential as a therapeutic target in cancer

KM Mrozik, OW Blaschuk, CM Cheong… - BMC cancer, 2018 - Springer
In many types of solid tumours, the aberrant expression of the cell adhesion molecule N-
cadherin is a hallmark of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, resulting in the acquisition of …

Tumor microenvironment: Sanctuary of the devil

L Hui, Y Chen - Cancer letters, 2015 - Elsevier
Tumor cells constantly interact with the surrounding microenvironment. Increasing evidence
indicates that targeting the tumor microenvironment could complement traditional treatment …

Normal and leukemic stem cell niches: insights and therapeutic opportunities

K Schepers, TB Campbell, E Passegué - Cell stem cell, 2015 - cell.com
Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) rely on instructive cues from the bone marrow (BM) niche
to maintain their quiescence and adapt blood production to the organism's needs …

Serum exosome microRNA as a minimally-invasive early biomarker of AML

NI Hornick, J Huan, B Doron, NA Goloviznina… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Relapse remains the major cause of mortality for patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia
(AML). Improved tracking of minimal residual disease (MRD) holds the promise of timely …

Escape from treatment; the different faces of leukemic stem cells and therapy resistance in acute myeloid leukemia

N Van Gils, F Denkers, L Smit - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Standard induction chemotherapy, consisting of an anthracycline and cytarabine, has been
the first-line therapy for many years to treat acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Although this …

Targeting PI3K/Akt/mTOR in AML: rationale and clinical evidence

S Darici, H Alkhaldi, G Horne, HG Jørgensen… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a highly heterogeneous hematopoietic malignancy
characterized by excessive proliferation and accumulation of immature myeloid blasts in the …

Leukemic stem cells: from leukemic niche biology to treatment opportunities

T Marchand, S Pinho - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is one of the most common types of leukemia in adults. While
complete remission can be obtained with intensive chemotherapy in young and fit patients …

[HTML][HTML] Galectin 3 as a guardian of the tumor microenvironment

PP Ruvolo - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Cell …, 2016 - Elsevier
Galectin 3 is a member of a family of β-galactoside binding proteins and has emerged as an
important regulator of diverse functions critical in cancer biology including apoptosis …