[HTML][HTML] Understanding the role of autophagy in cancer formation and progression is a real opportunity to treat and cure human cancers

S Patergnani, S Missiroli, G Morciano, M Perrone… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The modulation of autophagy represents a potential therapeutic strategy
for cancer. More than one hundred clinical trials have been conducted or are ongoing to …

Molecular interplay between mutant p53 proteins and autophagy in cancer cells

M Cordani, G Butera, R Pacchiana… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2017 - Elsevier
An increasing number of studies highlight the role of mutant p53 proteins in cancer cell
growth and in the worsening of cancer patients' clinical outcome. Autophagy has been …

[HTML][HTML] Mutant p53 proteins counteract autophagic mechanism sensitizing cancer cells to mTOR inhibition

M Cordani, E Oppici, I Dando, E Butturini… - Molecular …, 2016 - Elsevier
Mutations in TP53 gene play a pivotal role in tumorigenesis and cancer development. Here,
we report that gain-of-function mutant p53 proteins inhibit the autophagic pathway favoring …

Differential expression analysis at the individual level reveals a lncRNA prognostic signature for lung adenocarcinoma

F Peng, R Wang, Y Zhang, Z Zhao, W Zhou, Z Chang… - Molecular cancer, 2017 - Springer
Background Deregulations of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been implicated in
cancer initiation and progression. Current methods can only capture differential expression …

Peptides and combination of peptides for use in immunotherapy against small cell lung cancer and other cancers

M Andrea, T Weinschenk, V Goldfinger… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in
immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immuno …

Identification of a five autophagy subtype-related gene expression pattern for improving the prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma

MY Zhang, C Huo, JY Liu, ZE Shi, WD Zhang… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Autophagy plays an important role in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). In this
study, we aimed to explore the autophagy-related gene (ARG) expression pattern and to …

Activation of Aurora A kinase increases YAP stability via blockage of autophagy

P Wang, Y Gong, T Guo, M Li, L Fang, S Yin… - Cell Death & …, 2019 - nature.com
Transcription cofactor Yes-associated protein (YAP) plays an important role in cancer
progression. Here, we found that Aurora A kinase expression was positively correlated with …

[HTML][HTML] BAG3 overexpression and cytoprotective autophagy mediate apoptosis resistance in chemoresistant breast cancer cells

CK Das, B Linder, F Bonn, F Rothweiler, I Dikic… - Neoplasia, 2018 - Elsevier
Target-specific treatment modalities are currently not available for triple-negative breast
cancer (TNBC), and acquired chemotherapy resistance is a primary obstacle for the …

Identification and validation of an individualized autophagy-clinical prognostic index in gastric cancer patients

J Qiu, M Sun, Y Wang, B Chen - Cancer cell international, 2020 - Springer
Background The purpose of this study is to perform bioinformatics analysis of autophagy-
related genes in gastric cancer, and to construct a multi-gene joint signature for predicting …

[HTML][HTML] Lumican in carcinogenesis—Revisited

EM Giatagana, A Berdiaki, A Tsatsakis, GN Tzanakakis… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Carcinogenesis is a multifactorial process with the input and interactions of environmental,
genetic, and metabolic factors. During cancer development, a significant remodeling of the …