The matrix in cancer

TR Cox - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
The extracellular matrix is a fundamental, core component of all tissues and organs, and is
essential for the existence of multicellular organisms. From the earliest stages of organism …

Diversity and biology of cancer-associated fibroblasts

G Biffi, DA Tuveson - Physiological reviews, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Efforts to develop anti-cancer therapies have largely focused on targeting the epithelial
compartment, despite the presence of non-neoplastic stromal components that substantially …

Rho GTPase signaling in cancer progression and dissemination

E Crosas-Molist, R Samain… - Physiological …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Rho GTPases are a family of small G proteins that regulate a wide array of cellular
processes related to their key roles controlling the cytoskeleton. Cancer is a multistep …

CAF subpopulations: a new reservoir of stromal targets in pancreatic cancer

BA Pereira, C Vennin, M Papanicolaou, CR Chambers… - Trends in cancer, 2019 - cell.com
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are one of the most significant components in the
tumour microenvironment (TME), where they can perform several protumourigenic functions …

Overcoming the senescence‐associated secretory phenotype (SASP): a complex mechanism of resistance in the treatment of cancer

CR Chambers, S Ritchie, BA Pereira… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Senescence is a cellular state in which cells undergo persistent cell cycle arrest in response
to nonlethal stress. In the treatment of cancer, senescence induction is a potent method of …

Targeting Rho GTPase signaling networks in cancer

NS Clayton, AJ Ridley - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
As key regulators of cytoskeletal dynamics, Rho GTPases coordinate a wide range of
cellular processes, including cell polarity, cell migration, and cell cycle progression. The …

The PDAC extracellular matrix: a review of the ECM protein composition, tumor cell interaction, and therapeutic strategies

VM Perez, JF Kearney, JJ Yeh - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is notorious for a dense fibrotic stroma that is
interlaced with a collagen-based extracellular matrix (ECM) that plays an important role in …

2, 4-dienoyl-CoA reductase regulates lipid homeostasis in treatment-resistant prostate cancer

A Blomme, CA Ford, E Mui, R Patel, C Ntala… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Despite the clinical success of Androgen Receptor (AR)-targeted therapies, reactivation of
AR signalling remains the main driver of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) …

Cancer‐associated fibroblasts in pancreatic cancer: new subtypes, new markers, new targets

S Menezes, MH Okail, SMA Jalil… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer‐associated fibroblasts (CAFs) have conflicting roles in the suppression and
promotion of cancer. Current research focuses on targeting the undesirable properties of …

CD73 controls Myosin II–driven invasion, metastasis, and immunosuppression in amoeboid pancreatic cancer cells

R Samain, O Maiques, J Monger, H Lam, J Candido… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has a very poor prognosis because of its high
propensity to metastasize and its immunosuppressive microenvironment. Using a panel of …