Urothelial tumorigenesis: a tale of divergent pathways

XR Wu - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2005 - nature.com
Urothelial carcinoma of the bladder is unique among epithelial carcinomas in its divergent
pathways of tumorigenesis. Low-grade papillary tumours rarely become muscle-invasive …

Epithelial plasticity, cancer stem cells, and the tumor-supportive stroma in bladder carcinoma

G van der Horst, L Bos, G van der Pluijm - Molecular cancer research, 2012 - AACR
High recurrence rates and poor survival rates of metastatic bladder cancer emphasize the
need for a drug that can prevent and/or treat bladder cancer progression and metastasis …

Identification of miRs-143 and-145 that is associated with bone metastasis of prostate cancer and involved in the regulation of EMT

X Peng, W Guo, T Liu, X Wang, X Tu, D Xiong, S Chen… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
The principal problem arising from prostate cancer (PCa) is its propensity to metastasize to
bone. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play a crucial role in many tumor metastases. The importance of …

Casticin inhibits human prostate cancer DU 145 cell migration and invasion via Ras/Akt/NF‐κB signaling pathways

CC Lin, KB Chen, CH Tsai, FJ Tsai… - Journal of food …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Casticin, a polymethoxyflavone derived from natural plants, has biological activities
including induction of cell apoptosis. In this study, we showed the beneficial effects of …

Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway activation in bladder cancer

MA Knowles, FM Platt, RL Ross, CD Hurst - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2009 - Springer
Abstract The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway is a critical signal transduction
pathway that regulates multiple cellular functions. Aberrant activation of this pathway has …

Identification and prognostic significance of an epithelial-mesenchymal transition expression profile in human bladder tumors

E Baumgart, MS Cohen, BS Neto, MA Jacobs… - Clinical cancer …, 2007 - AACR
Purpose: Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is reportedly an important transition in
cancer progression in which the underlying cellular changes have been identified mainly …

Role of smooth muscle cells in coronary artery bypass grafting failure

K Wadey, J Lopes, M Bendeck… - Cardiovascular …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Atherosclerosis is the underlying pathology of many cardiovascular diseases. The formation
and rupture of atherosclerotic plaques in the coronary arteries results in angina and …

Cadherin switching and bladder cancer

RT Bryan, C Tselepis - The Journal of urology, 2010 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Progression to or presentation with muscle invasive disease represents the
critical clinical step in bladder cancer, necessitating more aggressive therapy and carrying a …

Identifying multi-layer gene regulatory modules from multi-dimensional genomic data

W Li, S Zhang, CC Liu, XJ Zhou - Bioinformatics, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Motivation: Eukaryotic gene expression (GE) is subjected to precisely coordinated multi-
layer controls, across the levels of epigenetic, transcriptional and post-transcriptional …

Oct-3/4 expression reflects tumor progression and regulates motility of bladder cancer cells

CC Chang, GS Shieh, P Wu, CC Lin, AL Shiau, CL Wu - Cancer research, 2008 - AACR
Cancer and embryonic stem cells exhibit similar behavior, including immortal,
undifferentiated, and invasive activities. Here, we show that in clinical samples bladder …