Necrotic reshaping of the glioma microenvironment drives disease progression

SM Markwell, JL Ross, CL Olson, DJ Brat - Acta Neuropathologica, 2022 - Springer
Glioblastoma is the most common primary brain tumor and has a dismal prognosis. The
development of central necrosis represents a tipping point in the evolution of these tumors …

Peptidomimetics in cancer targeting

MM Gomari, S Abkhiz, TG Pour, E Lotfi, N Rostami… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
The low efficiency of treatment strategies is one of the main obstacles to developing cancer
inhibitors. Up to now, various classes of therapeutics have been developed to inhibit cancer …

Down-regulation of the tumor suppressor miR-34a contributes to head and neck cancer by up-regulating the MET oncogene and modulating tumor immune evasion

X Wu, YSL Cheng, M Matthen, A Yoon… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - Springer
Background MicroRNAs (miRs) have been shown to play an important role in tumorigenesis,
including in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). The miR-34 family is …

The role of proprotein convertases in the regulation of the function of immune cells in the oncoimmune response

M Rose, M Duhamel, F Rodet, M Salzet - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Proprotein convertases (PC) are a family of 9 serine proteases involved in the processing of
cellular pro-proteins. They trigger the activation, inactivation or functional changes of many …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting options of tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) activity in gliomas

F Anagnostakis, C Piperi - Current Neuropharmacology, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs), the most plastic cells of the hematopoietic
system, exhibit increased tumor-infiltrating properties and functional heterogeneity …

Pan-cancer analysis of FURIN as a potential prognostic and immunological biomarker

B Zhou, S Gao - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background Furin is a calcium-dependent protease that processes various precursor
proteins through diverse secretory pathways. The deregulation of FURIN correlated with the …

Dual CSF1R inhibition and CD40 activation demonstrates anti-tumor activity in a 3D macrophage- HER2+ breast cancer spheroid model

M Rodriguez-Perdigon, L Haeni… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The complex interaction between tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) and tumor cells
through soluble factors provides essential cues for breast cancer progression. TAMs …

DIMA: Data-driven selection of an imputation algorithm

J Egert, E Brombacher, B Warscheid… - Journal of Proteome …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Imputation is a prominent strategy when dealing with missing values (MVs) in proteomics
data analysis pipelines. However, it is difficult to assess the performance of different …

Therapeutic anti-glioma effect of the combined action of PCSK inhibitor with the anti-tumoral factors secreted by Poly (I: C)-stimulated macrophages

M Rose, M Duhamel, S Aboulouard, F Kobeissy… - Cancer Gene …, 2022 - nature.com
Macrophages plasticity is a key feature in cancer progression. Neoplastic cells can alter their
immune functions and orient them into a pro-tumoral phenotype. In this context, we …

Inhibition of proprotein convertases activity results in repressed stemness and invasiveness of cancer stem cells in gastric cancer

A Zaafour, L Seeneevassen, TL Nguyen, C Genevois… - Gastric Cancer, 2024 - Springer
Background Gastric cancer (GC), the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death
worldwide, with most deaths caused by advanced and metastatic disease, has limited …