Therapeutic advances in hormone-dependent cancers: focus on prostate, breast and ovarian cancers

M Ulm, AV Ramesh, KM McNamara… - Endocrine …, 2019 - ec.bioscientifica.com
Hormonal cancers affect over 400,000 men and women, and contribute collectively to over
100,000 deaths in the United States alone. Thanks to advances in the understanding of …

Recent advancements in aptamer-bioconjugates: sharpening stones for breast and prostate cancers targeting

S Maghsoudi, BT Shahraki, N Rabiee, R Afshari… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
Breast and prostate cancers are common types of cancers with various strategies, such as
chemotherapy and radiotherapy, for their therapy. Since these methods have undesired side …

Long noncoding RNA LINC02418 regulates MELK expression by acting as a ceRNA and may serve as a diagnostic marker for colorectal cancer

Y Zhao, T Du, L Du, P Li, J Li, W Duan, Y Wang… - Cell death & …, 2019 - nature.com
Some types of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are aberrantly expressed in human
diseases, including cancer. However, the overall biological roles and clinical significances …

Inhibition of maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase with OTSSP167 displays potent anti-leukemic effects in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Y Zhang, X Zhou, Y Li, Y Xu, K Lu, P Li, X Wang - Oncogene, 2018 - nature.com
TP53 pathway defects contributed to therapy resistance and adverse clinical outcome in
chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), which represents an unmet clinical need with few …

EZH2 phosphorylation promotes self-renewal of glioma stem-like cells through NF-κB methylation

H Liu, Y Sun, X Qi, RE Gordon, JA O'Brien… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cancer stem-like cells (CSCs) is a cell population in glioma with capacity of self-renewal
and is critical in glioma tumorigenesis. Parallels between CSCs and normal stem cells …

Bacteriophages M13 and T4 increase the expression of anchorage-dependent survival pathway genes and down regulate androgen receptor expression in LNCaP …

SG Sanmukh, NJ Dos Santos, CN Barquilha… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Wild-type or engineered bacteriophages have been reported as therapeutic agents in the
treatment of several types of diseases, including cancer. They might be used either as naked …

Maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase in tumor cells and tumor microenvironment: An emerging player and promising therapeutic opportunity

BF Tang, RC Yan, SW Wang, ZC Zeng, SS Du - Cancer Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase (MELK) is a member of the AMPK (AMP-activated
protein kinase) protein family, which is widely and highly expressed in multiple cancer types …

Inhibition of MELK produces potential anti‐tumour effects in bladder cancer by inducing G1/S cell cycle arrest via the ATM/CHK2/p53 pathway

S Chen, Q Zhou, Z Guo, Y Wang… - Journal of Cellular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We aimed to investigate the biological function of MELK and the therapeutic potential of
OTSSP167 in human bladder cancer (BCa). First, we observed overexpression of MELK in …

[HTML][HTML] Cyclosporin A inhibits prostate cancer growth through suppression of E2F8 transcription factor in a MELK‑dependent manner

DY Lee, S Lee, YS Kim, S Park, SM Bae… - Oncology …, 2023 - spandidos-publications.com
The treatment of advanced prostate cancer remains a formidable challenge due to the
limited availability of effective treatment options. Therefore, it is imperative to identify …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of potential molecular pathways involved in prostate carcinogenesis in offspring exposed to maternal malnutrition

SAA Santos, ACL Camargo, FB Constantino… - Aging (Albany …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The developmental origins of health and disease concept links adult diseases with early-life
exposure to inappropriate environmental conditions. Intrauterine and postnatal malnutrition …