Tumor microenvironment heterogeneity an important mediator of prostate cancer progression and therapeutic resistance

R Ge, Z Wang, L Cheng - NPJ precision oncology, 2022 - nature.com
Prostate cancer is characterized by a high degree of heterogeneity, which poses a major
challenge to precision therapy and drug development. In this review, we discuss how …

The nuclear-to-cytoplasmic ratio: coupling DNA content to cell size, cell cycle, and biosynthetic capacity

S Balachandra, S Sarkar… - Annual review of genetics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Though cell size varies between different cells and across species, the nuclear-to-
cytoplasmic (N/C) ratio is largely maintained across species and within cell types. A cell …

Interplay between cell death and cell proliferation reveals new strategies for cancer therapy

LV Loftus, SR Amend, KJ Pienta - International journal of molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cell division and cell death are fundamental processes governing growth and development
across the tree of life. This relationship represents an evolutionary link between cell cycle …

High-risk oncogenic human cytomegalovirus

G Herbein - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a herpesvirus that infects between 40% and 95% of the
population worldwide, usually without symptoms. The host immune response keeps the …

Polyploidy as a fundamental phenomenon in evolution, development, adaptation and diseases

OV Anatskaya, AE Vinogradov - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
DNA replication during cell proliferation is 'vertical'copying, which reproduces an initial
amount of genetic information. Polyploidy, which results from whole-genome duplication, is …

The diapause-like colorectal cancer cells induced by SMC4 attenuation are characterized by low proliferation and chemotherapy insensitivity

X Sun, L He, H Liu, RF Thorne, T Zeng, L Liu, B Zhang… - Cell Metabolism, 2023 - cell.com
In response to adverse environmental conditions, embryonic development may reversibly
cease, a process termed diapause. Recent reports connect this phenomenon with the non …

Cyclers' kinases in cell division: from molecules to cancer therapy

G Milletti, V Colicchia, F Cecconi - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2023 - nature.com
Faithful eucaryotic cell division requires spatio-temporal orchestration of multiple sequential
events. To ensure the dynamic nature of these molecular and morphological transitions, a …

What are the reasons for continuing failures in cancer therapy? Are misleading/inappropriate preclinical assays to be blamed? Might some modern therapies cause …

R Mirzayans, D Murray - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Over 50 years of cancer research has resulted in the generation of massive amounts of
information, but relatively little progress has been made in the treatment of patients with solid …

Polyploidy and myc proto-oncogenes promote stress adaptation via epigenetic plasticity and gene regulatory network rewiring

OV Anatskaya, AE Vinogradov - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polyploid cells demonstrate biological plasticity and stress adaptation in evolution;
development; and pathologies, including cardiovascular diseases, neurodegeneration, and …

Chronic oxidative stress adaptation in head and neck cancer cells generates slow-cyclers with decreased tumour growth in vivo

J Berner, L Miebach, M Kordt, C Seebauer… - British journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Background Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are implicated in cancer therapy and as drivers
of microenvironmental tumour cell adaptations. Medical gas plasma is a multi-ROS …