[HTML][HTML] SOX2 in development and cancer biology

D Novak, L Hüser, JJ Elton, V Umansky… - Seminars in cancer …, 2020 - Elsevier
The transcription factor SOX2 is essential for embryonic development and plays a crucial
role in maintaining the stemness of embryonic cells and various adult stem cell populations …

Cancer cell plasticity, stem cell factors, and therapy resistance: how are they linked?

H Fatma, HR Siddique - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2024 - Springer
Cellular plasticity can occur naturally in an organism and is considered an adapting
mechanism during the developmental stage. However, abnormal cellular plasticity is …

miR-145-5p suppresses breast cancer progression by inhibiting SOX2

W Tang, X Zhang, W Tan, J Gao, L Pan, X Ye… - Journal of Surgical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background In this study, we aimed to investigate the expression and clinical significance of
miR-145-5p and its tumor-suppressive effect in breast cancer patients. Methods We used …

Single-cell RNA-seq reveals the promoting role of ferroptosis tendency during lung adenocarcinoma EMT progression

J Yao, Y Zhang, M Li, Z Sun, T Liu, M Zhao… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and ferroptosis are two important processes in
biology. In tumor cells, they are intimately linked. We used single-cell RNA sequencing to …

Dissecting SOX2 expression and function reveals an association with multiple signaling pathways during embryonic development and in cancer progression

N Niharika, L Ureka, A Roy, SK Patra - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract SRY (Sex Determining Region) box 2 (SOX2) is an essential transcription factor that
plays crucial roles in activating genes involved in pre-and post-embryonic development …

[HTML][HTML] Functional mechanisms of TRPS1 in disease progression and its potential role in personalized medicine

L Yang, X Gong, J Wang, Q Fan, J Yuan, X Yang… - … -Research and Practice, 2022 - Elsevier
The gene of transcriptional repressor GATA binding 1 (TRPS1), as an atypical GATA
transcription factor, has received considerable attention in a plethora of physiological and …

Understanding the function and regulation of Sox2 for its therapeutic potential in breast cancer

A Dey, M Kundu, S Das, BC Jena, M Mandal - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sox family of transcriptional factors play essential functions in development and are
implicated in multiple clinical disorders, including cancer. Sox2 being their most prominent …

Emerging role of SOX proteins in breast cancer development and maintenance

GA Mehta, P Khanna, ML Gatza - Journal of mammary gland biology and …, 2019 - Springer
The SOX genes encode a family of more than 20 transcription factors that are critical
regulators of embryogenesis and developmental processes and, when aberrantly …

SOX2-high cancer cells exhibit an aggressive phenotype, with increases in stemness, proliferation and invasion, as well as higher metabolic activity and ATP …

M Mauro-Lizcano, F Sotgia, MP Lisanti - Aging (Albany NY), 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are responsible for cancer recurrence, treatment failure and
metastatic dissemination. As such, the elimination of CSCs represents one of the most …

Frequent TRPS1 expression in synovial sarcoma is associated with SS18-SSX fusion oncoprotein activity

JM Cloutier, DR Ingram, K Wani, AJ Lazar, WL Wang - Human Pathology, 2022 - Elsevier
Synovial sarcoma is an aggressive translocation-associated soft tissue tumor driven by an
SS18-SSX fusion oncoprotein. TRPS1 is a recently identified marker for breast carcinoma …