PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway and its role in cancer therapeutics: are we making headway?

Y Peng, Y Wang, C Zhou, W Mei, C Zeng - Frontiers in oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cancer is a severe public health issue that is a leading cause of mortality globally. It is also
an impediment to improving life expectancy worldwide. Furthermore, the global burden of …

The JAK/STAT signaling pathway: from bench to clinic

X Hu, J Li, M Fu, X Zhao, W Wang - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2021 - nature.com
The Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK/STAT) signaling
pathway was discovered more than a quarter-century ago. As a fulcrum of many vital cellular …

Demethylzeylasteral targets lactate by inhibiting histone lactylation to suppress the tumorigenicity of liver cancer stem cells

L Pan, F Feng, J Wu, S Fan, J Han, S Wang… - Pharmacological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer stem cells drive tumor initiation, progression, and recurrence, which compromise the
effectiveness of anti-tumor drugs. Here, we report that demethylzeylasteral (DML), a …

Vimentin is at the heart of epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) mediated metastasis

S Usman, NH Waseem, TKN Nguyen, S Mohsin… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Vimentin is an important filamentous protein providing structural and
functional support to the cell. During initial stages of cancer development, vimentin …

Caspase‐3: structure, function, and biotechnological aspects

M Asadi, S Taghizadeh, E Kaviani… - Biotechnology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Caspase‐3, a cysteine‐aspartic acid protease, has recently attracted much
attention because of its incredible roles in tissue differentiation, regeneration, and neural …

Targeting apoptosis in cancer therapy

BA Carneiro, WS El-Deiry - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2020 - nature.com
For over three decades, a mainstay and goal of clinical oncology has been the development
of therapies promoting the effective elimination of cancer cells by apoptosis. This …

Pyroptosis at the forefront of anticancer immunity

R Loveless, R Bloomquist, Y Teng - Journal of Experimental & Clinical …, 2021 - Springer
Tumor resistance to apoptosis and the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment are two
major contributors to poor therapeutic responses during cancer intervention. Pyroptosis, a …

New insights into the interplay between long non‐coding RNAs and RNA‐binding proteins in cancer

ZT Yao, YM Yang, MM Sun, Y He, L Liao… - Cancer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With the development of proteomics and epigenetics, a large number of RNA‐binding
proteins (RBPs) have been discovered in recent years, and the interaction between long …

A review of curcumin and its derivatives as anticancer agents

MA Tomeh, R Hadianamrei, X Zhao - International journal of molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world and one of the major public health
problems. Despite the great advances in cancer therapy, the incidence and mortality rates of …

Flavonoids in cancer and apoptosis

M Abotaleb, SM Samuel, E Varghese, S Varghese… - Cancers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally. Although, there are many different
approaches to cancer treatment, they are often painful due to adverse side effects and are …