Hypoxia-induced carbonic anhydrase IX as a target for cancer therapy: from biology to clinical use

J Pastorek, S Pastorekova - Seminars in cancer biology, 2015 - Elsevier
The tumor microenvironment includes a complicated network of physiological gradients
contributing to plasticity of tumor cells and heterogeneity of tumor tissue. Hypoxia is a key …

The role of hypoxia-inducible factors in tumorigenesis

EB Rankin, AJ Giaccia - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2008 - nature.com
Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) are essential mediators of the cellular oxygen-signaling
pathway. They are heterodimeric transcription factors consisting of an oxygen-sensitive …

Combined antiangiogenic and anti–PD-L1 therapy stimulates tumor immunity through HEV formation

E Allen, A Jabouille, LB Rivera, I Lodewijckx… - Science translational …, 2017 - science.org
Inhibitors of VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor)/VEGFR2 (vascular endothelial growth
factor receptor 2) are commonly used in the clinic, but their beneficial effects are only …

Direct regulation of TWIST by HIF-1α promotes metastasis

MH Yang, MZ Wu, SH Chiou, PM Chen, SY Chang… - Nature cell …, 2008 - nature.com
Stabilization of the hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) transcription complex, caused by
intratumoural hypoxia, promotes tumour progression and metastasis, leading to treatment …

Focus on nasopharyngeal carcinoma

KW Lo, KF To, DP Huang - Cancer cell, 2004 - cell.com
A and B: Typical nasopharyngeal undifferentiated carcinoma (WHO type III). A: The
carcinoma cells exhibit prominent nucleoli and arrange in syncytial clusters. Dense …

Hypoxia: importance in tumor biology, noninvasive measurement by imaging, and value of its measurement in the management of cancer therapy

JL Tatum - International journal of radiation biology, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: The Cancer Imaging Program of the National Cancer Institute convened a
workshop to assess the current status of hypoxia imaging, to assess what is known about the …

Molecular targeting of hypoxia in radiotherapy

S Rey, L Schito, M Koritzinsky, BG Wouters - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2017 - Elsevier
Hypoxia (low O 2) is an essential microenvironmental driver of phenotypic diversity in
human solid cancers. Hypoxic cancer cells hijack evolutionarily conserved, O 2-sensitive …

Pathophysiological basis for the formation of the tumor microenvironment

MR Horsman, P Vaupel - Frontiers in oncology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Poor microenvironmental conditions are a characteristic feature of solid tumors. Such
conditions occur because the tumor vascular supply, which develops from the normal host …

Relation of a hypoxia metagene derived from head and neck cancer to prognosis of multiple cancers

SC Winter, FM Buffa, P Silva, C Miller, HR Valentine… - Cancer research, 2007 - AACR
Affymetrix U133plus2 GeneChips were used to profile 59 head and neck squamous cell
cancers. A hypoxia metagene was obtained by analysis of genes whose in vivo expression …

Berry fruits for cancer prevention: current status and future prospects

NP Seeram - Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2008 - ACS Publications
Overwhelming evidence suggests that edible small and soft-fleshed berry fruits may have
beneficial effects against several types of human cancers. The anticancer potential of berries …