The COX-2/PGE 2 pathway: key roles in the hallmarks of cancer and adaptation to the tumour microenvironment

A Greenhough, HJM Smartt, AE Moore… - …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
It is widely accepted that alterations to cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression and the
abundance of its enzymatic product prostaglandin E 2 (PGE 2) have key roles in influencing …

Molecular biology of the Ets family of transcription factors

T Oikawa, T Yamada - Gene, 2003 - Elsevier
The Ets family of transcription factors characterized by an evolutionarily-conserved DNA-
binding domain regulates expression of a variety of viral and cellular genes by binding to a …

The Wnt signaling pathway and its role in tumor development

B Lustig, J Behrens - Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology, 2003 - Springer
Cancer development depends on the aberrant activation of signal transduction pathways
that control cell growth and survival and play important roles in normal embryonic …

ETV1, 4 and 5: an oncogenic subfamily of ETS transcription factors

S Oh, S Shin, R Janknecht - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews …, 2012 - Elsevier
The homologous ETV1, ETV4 and ETV5 proteins form the PEA3 subfamily of ETS
transcription factors. In Ewing tumors, chromosomal translocations affecting ETV1 or ETV4 …

Many actions of cyclooxygenase‐2 in cellular dynamics and in cancer

Y Cao, SM Prescott - Journal of cellular physiology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Cyclooxygenase‐2 (COX‐2) is the inducible isoform of cyclooxygenase, the
enzyme that catalyzes the rate‐limiting step in prostaglandin synthesis from arachidonic …

Activation of AXIN2 expression by β-catenin-T cell factor: a feedback repressor pathway regulating Wnt signaling

JY Leung, FT Kolligs, R Wu, Y Zhai, R Kuick… - Journal of Biological …, 2002 - ASBMB
The Wnt pathway regulates cell fate, proliferation, and apoptosis, and defects in the pathway
play a key role in many cancers. Although Wnts act to stabilize β-catenin levels in the cytosol …

Inflammation and breast cancer. Cyclooxygenase/prostaglandin signaling and breast cancer

LR Howe - Breast cancer research, 2007 - Springer
Many human cancers exhibit elevated prostaglandin (PG) levels due to upregulation of
cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), a key enzyme in eicosanoid biosynthesis. COX-2 over …

Clinical and genetic characterization of pituitary gigantism: an international collaborative study in 208 patients

L Rostomyan, AF Daly, P Petrossians… - Endocrine-related …, 2015 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is associated with breast tumour progression. Clinical and
molecular studies implicate human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) in the …

Signal transduction pathways regulating cyclooxygenase-2 expression: potential molecular targets for chemoprevention

KS Chun, YJ Surh - Biochemical pharmacology, 2004 - Elsevier
Expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) has been reported to be elevated in human
colorectal adenocarcinoma and other tumors, including those of breast, cervical, prostate …

Regulation of cyclooxygenase-2 expression by the Wnt and ras pathways

Y Araki, S Okamura, SP Hussain, M Nagashima, P He… - Cancer research, 2003 - AACR
Mutations in the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene and K-ras occur in the majority of
human colorectal cancers. Loss of functional APC protein activates the Wnt signal …