Pharmacological targeting of endoplasmic reticulum stress in disease

SJ Marciniak, JE Chambers, D Ron - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2022 - nature.com
The accumulation of misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) leads to ER
stress, resulting in activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR) that aims to restore …

Endoplasmic reticulum stress signals in the tumour and its microenvironment

X Chen, JR Cubillos-Ruiz - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Protein handling, modification and folding in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) are tightly
regulated processes that determine cell function, fate and survival. In several tumour types …

Mechanisms, regulation and functions of the unfolded protein response

C Hetz, K Zhang, RJ Kaufman - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2020 - nature.com
Cellular stress induced by the abnormal accumulation of unfolded or misfolded proteins at
the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is emerging as a possible driver of human diseases …

Cellular adaptation to hypoxia through hypoxia inducible factors and beyond

P Lee, NS Chandel, MC Simon - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2020 - nature.com
Molecular oxygen (O2) sustains intracellular bioenergetics and is consumed by numerous
biochemical reactions, making it essential for most species on Earth. Accordingly, decreased …

Mechanisms of chemotherapy resistance in triple-negative breast cancer—how we can rise to the challenge

M Nedeljković, A Damjanović - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Triple-negative (TNBC) is the most lethal subtype of breast cancer owing to high
heterogeneity, aggressive nature, and lack of treatment options. Chemotherapy remains the …

Ferroptosis at the crossroads of cancer-acquired drug resistance and immune evasion

JP Friedmann Angeli, DV Krysko, M Conrad - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is a recently recognized cell death modality that is morphologically,
biochemically and genetically distinct from other forms of cell death and that has emerged to …

Single-cell transcriptional diversity is a hallmark of developmental potential

GS Gulati, SS Sikandar, DJ Wesche, A Manjunath… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) is a powerful approach for reconstructing cellular
differentiation trajectories. However, inferring both the state and direction of differentiation is …

[HTML][HTML] Lipids and cancer: Emerging roles in pathogenesis, diagnosis and therapeutic intervention

LM Butler, Y Perone, J Dehairs, LE Lupien… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2020 - Elsevier
With the advent of effective tools to study lipids, including mass spectrometry-based
lipidomics, lipids are emerging as central players in cancer biology. Lipids function as …

[HTML][HTML] Cannabidiol (CBD) as a promising anti-cancer drug

ES Seltzer, AK Watters, D MacKenzie, LM Granat… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Recently, cannabinoids, such as cannabidiol (CBD) and Δ 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC),
have been the subject of intensive research and heavy scrutiny. Cannabinoids encompass a …

The unfolded protein response and cell fate control

C Hetz, FR Papa - Molecular cell, 2018 - cell.com
The secretory capacity of a cell is constantly challenged by physiological demands and
pathological perturbations. To adjust and match the protein-folding capacity of the …