Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) as a cancer biomarker and MMP-9 biosensors: recent advances

H Huang - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
As one of the most widely investigated matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), MMP-9 is a
significant protease which plays vital roles in many biological processes. MMP-9 can cleave …

Therapeutic potential of matrix metalloproteinase inhibition in breast cancer

ES Radisky… - Journal of cellular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of zinc endopeptidases that cleave nearly all
components of the extracellular matrix as well as many other soluble and cell‐associated …

Drugging the undruggable: transcription therapy for cancer

C Yan, PJ Higgins - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2013 - Elsevier
Transcriptional regulation is often the convergence point of oncogenic signaling. It is not
surprising, therefore, that aberrant gene expression is a hallmark of cancer. Transformed …

Inhibition of KRAS codon 12 mutants using a novel DNA-alkylating pyrrole–imidazole polyamide conjugate

K Hiraoka, T Inoue, RD Taylor, T Watanabe… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Despite extensive efforts to target mutated RAS proteins, anticancer agents capable of
selectively killing tumour cells harbouring KRAS mutations have remained unavailable …

α-Solanine inhibits human melanoma cell migration and invasion by reducing matrix metalloproteinase-2/9 activities

MK Lu, YW Shih, TTC Chien, LH Fang… - Biological and …, 2010 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Taiwan, ROC. Received February 25, 2010; accepted July 1, 2010; published online July
23, 2010 a-Solanine, a naturally occurring steroidal glycoalkaloid in potato sprouts, was …

Nature-inspired design of smart biomaterials using the chemical biology of nucleic acids

GN Pandian, H Sugiyama - Bulletin of the Chemical Society of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
In the natural cellular environment, nucleic acid biomolecules like DNA have biological
implications via structural modifications and through precise coordination with other …

Therapeutic gene regulation using pyrrole–imidazole polyamides

Z Yu, GN Pandian, T Hidaka, H Sugiyama - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent innovations in cutting-edge sequencing platforms have allowed the rapid
identification of genes associated with communicable, noncommunicable and rare diseases …

Targeting Oct1 genomic function inhibits androgen receptor signaling and castration-resistant prostate cancer growth

D Obinata, K Takayama, K Fujiwara, T Suzuki… - Oncogene, 2016 - nature.com
Androgen receptor (AR) functions as a ligand-dependent transcription factor to regulate its
downstream signaling for prostate cancer progression. AR complex formation by multiple …

[HTML][HTML] PRSS8 is downregulated and suppresses tumour growth and metastases in hepatocellular carcinoma

L Zhang, G Jia, B Shi, G Ge, H Duan… - Cellular Physiology and …, 2016 - karger.com
Background: Protease serine 8 (PRSS8), a trypsin-like serine peptidase, has been shown to
function as a tumour suppressor in various malignancies. The present study aimed to …

Self-sensibilized polymeric prodrug co-delivering MMP-9 shRNA plasmid for combined treatment of tumors

Q Tang, X Ma, Y Zhang, X Cai, W Xue, D Ma - Acta Biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Polymeric prodrugs are of immense interest as anticancer drug-delivery system owing to
their superior drug stability during circulation and satisfactory drug loading capacity …