Understanding and targeting anoikis in metastasis for cancer therapies

F Sattari Fard, N Jalilzadeh… - Cell biology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The development of effective treatments for cancers requires investigations for a more
detailed and comprehensive understanding of the basic cellular mechanisms involved in …

TGFβ signaling networks in ovarian cancer progression and plasticity

A Kumari, Z Shonibare, M Monavarian… - Clinical & Experimental …, 2021 - Springer
Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is a leading cause of cancer-related death in women. Late-
stage diagnosis with significant tumor burden, accompanied by recurrence and …

Reciprocal SOX2 regulation by SMAD1-SMAD3 is critical for anoikis resistance and metastasis in cancer

Z Shonibare, M Monavarian, K O'Connell, D Altomare… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Growth factors in tumor environments are regulators of cell survival and metastasis. Here,
we reveal the dichotomy between TGF-β superfamily growth factors BMP and TGF-β/activin …

Mediator kinase CDK8/CDK19 drives YAP1-dependent BMP4-induced EMT in cancer

A Serrao, LM Jenkins, AA Chumanevich, B Horst… - Oncogene, 2018 - nature.com
CDK8 is a transcription-regulating kinase that controls TGF-β/BMP-responsive SMAD
transcriptional activation and turnover through YAP1 recruitment. However, how the …

Characterizing intergenic transcription at RNA polymerase II binding sites in normal and cancer tissues

P de Langen, F Hammal, E Guéret, JC Mouren… - Cell Genomics, 2023 - cell.com
Intergenic transcription in normal and cancerous tissues is pervasive but incompletely
understood. To investigate this, we constructed an atlas of over 180,000 consensus RNA …

PVT1 is a stress-responsive lncRNA that drives ovarian cancer metastasis and chemoresistance

K Tabury, M Monavarian, E Listik… - Life Science …, 2022 - life-science-alliance.org
Metastatic growth of ovarian cancer cells into the peritoneal cavity requires adaptation to
various cellular stress factors to facilitate cell survival and growth. Here, we demonstrate the …

BMP9 signaling promotes the normalization of tumor blood vessels

C Viallard, C Audiger, N Popovic, N Akla, K Lanthier… - Oncogene, 2020 - nature.com
The presence of an immature tumor vascular network contributes to cancer dissemination
and the development of resistance to therapies. Strategies to normalize the tumor …

Beyond Death: Unmasking the Intricacies of Apoptosis Escape

S Ergün, S Aslan, D Demir, S Kayaoğlu… - Molecular Diagnosis & …, 2024 - Springer
Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, maintains tissue homeostasis by eliminating damaged
or unnecessary cells. However, cells can evade this process, contributing to conditions such …

BMP9, but not BMP10, acts as a quiescence factor on tumor growth, vessel normalization and metastasis in a mouse model of breast cancer

M Ouarné, C Bouvard, G Boneva, C Mallet… - Journal of Experimental …, 2018 - Springer
Background Angiogenesis has become an attractive target for cancer therapy. However,
despite the initial success of anti-VEGF (Vascular endothelial growth factor) therapies, the …

Growth and differentiation factor 15 regulates PD-L1 expression in glioblastoma

H Peng, Z Li, J Fu, R Zhou - Cancer Management and Research, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Gliomablastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most fatal form of all brain cancers in
human with no successful treatment available. Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) is a …