Notch signaling pathway: architecture, disease, and therapeutics

B Zhou, W Lin, Y Long, Y Yang, H Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
The NOTCH gene was identified approximately 110 years ago. Classical studies have
revealed that NOTCH signaling is an evolutionarily conserved pathway. NOTCH receptors …

Role of the microenvironment in liver metastasis: from pre-to prometastatic niches

P Brodt - Clinical Cancer Research, 2016 - AACR
Liver metastases remain a major barrier to successful management of malignant disease,
particularly for cancers of the gastrointestinal tract but also for other malignancies, such as …

Angiodiversity and organotypic functions of sinusoidal endothelial cells

PS Koch, KH Lee, S Goerdt, HG Augustin - Angiogenesis, 2021 - Springer
Abstract 'Angiodiversity'refers to the structural and functional heterogeneity of endothelial
cells (EC) along the segments of the vascular tree and especially within the microvascular …

GATA4-dependent organ-specific endothelial differentiation controls liver development and embryonic hematopoiesis

C Géraud, PS Koch, J Zierow… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Microvascular endothelial cells (ECs) are increasingly recognized as organ-specific
gatekeepers of their microenvironment. Microvascular ECs instruct neighboring cells in their …

A randomized phase II trial of nab‐paclitaxel and gemcitabine with tarextumab or placebo in patients with untreated metastatic pancreatic cancer

ZI Hu, JC Bendell, A Bullock, NK LoConte… - Cancer …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Notch signaling dysregulation is implicated in the development of pancreatic
adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Tarextumab is a fully human IgG2 antibody that inhibits Notch2/3 …

Critical steps to tumor metastasis: alterations of tumor microenvironment and extracellular matrix in the formation of pre-metastatic and metastatic niche

J Zhuyan, M Chen, T Zhu, X Bao, T Zhen, K Xing… - Cell & Bioscience, 2020 - Springer
For decades, cancer metastasis has been a heated topic for its high mortality. Previous
research has shown that pre-metastatic niche and metastatic niche are the 2 crucial steps in …

Notch inhibitor PF-03084014 inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma growth and metastasis via suppression of cancer stemness due to reduced activation of Notch1–Stat3

CX Wu, A Xu, CC Zhang, P Olson, L Chen… - Molecular cancer …, 2017 - AACR
Aberrant activation of the Notch signaling pathway is implicated in many solid tumors,
including hepatocellular carcinoma, indicating a potential use of Notch inhibitors for …

Hepatic endothelial notch activation protects against liver metastasis by regulating endothelial-tumor cell adhesion independent of angiocrine signaling

SA Wohlfeil, V Häfele, B Dietsch, K Schledzewski… - Cancer research, 2019 - AACR
The interaction of tumor cells with organ-specific endothelial cells (EC) is an important step
during metastatic progression. Notch signaling in organ-specific niches has been implicated …

Incidence and prognostic factors of patients with synchronous liver metastases upon initial diagnosis of breast cancer: a population-based study

H Zhao, Y Gong, F Ye, H Ling, X Hu - Cancer Management and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background The purpose of this study was to analyze the incidence and prognostic factors
of patients with breast cancer liver metastases (BCLM) at initial diagnosis. Methods We …

Histotripsy induces apoptosis and reduces hypoxia in a neuroblastoma xenograft model

I Iwanicki, LL Wu, F Flores-Guzman… - International Journal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common extracranial solid tumor of childhood,
and high-risk disease is resistant to intensive treatment. Histotripsy is a focused ultrasound …