STAT family of transcription factors in breast cancer: Pathogenesis and therapeutic opportunities and challenges

GL Wong, SG Manore, DL Doheny, HW Lo - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and second-leading cause of cancer
deaths in women. Breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs) promote metastasis and therapeutic …

Molecular mechanisms and emerging therapeutic targets of triple-negative breast cancer metastasis

C Neophytou, P Boutsikos, P Papageorgis - Frontiers in oncology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Breast cancer represents a highly heterogeneous disease comprised by several subtypes
with distinct histological features, underlying molecular etiology and clinical behaviors. It is …

Pirfenidone normalizes the tumor microenvironment to improve chemotherapy

C Polydorou, F Mpekris, P Papageorgis… - …, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Normalization of the tumor microenvironment by selectively targeting components of the
tumor extracellular matrix has been recently proposed to have the potential to decompress …

Organ-specific metastasis of breast cancer: molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying lung metastasis

M Yousefi, R Nosrati, A Salmaninejad, S Dehghani… - Cellular Oncology, 2018 - Springer
Background Breast cancer (BC) is the most common type of cancer in women and the
second cause of cancer-related mortality world-wide. The majority of BC-related deaths is …

RASSF 1A controls tissue stiffness and cancer stem‐like cells in lung adenocarcinoma

D Pankova, Y Jiang, M Chatzifrangkeskou… - The EMBO …, 2019 - embopress.org
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer‐related death due to poor treatment
responses and resistance arising from tumour heterogeneity. Here, we show that adverse …

[HTML][HTML] Interleukin 13 receptor alpha 2 (IL13Rα2): Expression, signaling pathways and therapeutic applications in cancer

M Jaén, Á Martín-Regalado, RA Bartolomé… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Interleukin 13 receptor alpha 2 (IL13Rα2) is increasingly recognized as a relevant
player in cancer invasion and metastasis. Despite being initially considered a decoy …

[HTML][HTML] Hyaluronan-derived swelling of solid tumors, the contribution of collagen and cancer cells, and implications for cancer therapy

C Voutouri, C Polydorou, P Papageorgis, V Gkretsi… - Neoplasia, 2016 - Elsevier
Despite the important role that mechanical forces play in tumor growth and therapy, the
contribution of swelling to tumor mechanopathology remains unexplored. Tumors rich in …

Recent advances in IL-13rα2-directed cancer immunotherapy

KM Knudson, SJ Hwang, MS McCann… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Interleukin-13 receptor subunit alpha-2 (IL-13Rα2, CD213A), a high-affinity membrane
receptor of the anti-inflammatory Th2 cytokine IL-13, is overexpressed in a variety of solid …

Tranilast-induced stress alleviation in solid tumors improves the efficacy of chemo-and nanotherapeutics in a size-independent manner

P Papageorgis, C Polydorou, F Mpekris, C Voutouri… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Accumulation of mechanical stresses during cancer progression can induce blood and
lymphatic vessel compression, creating hypo-perfusion, hypoxia and interstitial hypertension …

The expansion of targetable biomarkers for CAR T cell therapy

MH Townsend, G Shrestha, RA Robison… - Journal of Experimental & …, 2018 - Springer
Biomarkers are an integral part of cancer management due to their use in risk assessment,
screening, differential diagnosis, prognosis, prediction of response to treatment, and …