PI3K/AKT signaling pathway as a critical regulator of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in colorectal tumor cells

A Maharati, M Moghbeli - Cell Communication and Signaling, 2023 - Springer
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most frequent gastrointestinal malignancies that are
considered as a global health challenge. Despite many progresses in therapeutic methods …

The mucus and mucins of the goblet cells and enterocytes provide the first defense line of the gastrointestinal tract and interact with the immune system

T Pelaseyed, JH Bergström, JK Gustafsson… - Immunological …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The gastrointestinal tract is covered by mucus that has different properties in the stomach,
small intestine, and colon. The large highly glycosylated gel‐forming mucins MUC 2 and …

Mucins: Structural diversity, biosynthesis, its role in pathogenesis and as possible therapeutic targets

SS Dhanisha, C Guruvayoorappan, S Drishya… - Critical reviews in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Mucins are the main structural components of mucus that create a selective protective
barrier for epithelial surface and also execute wide range of other physiological functions …

IL-10 promotes production of intestinal mucus by suppressing protein misfolding and endoplasmic reticulum stress in goblet cells

SZ Hasnain, S Tauro, I Das, H Tong, ACH Chen… - Gastroenterology, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Protein misfolding and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress have
been observed in intestinal secretory cells from patients with inflammatory bowel diseases …

Emerging roles of protein disulfide isomerase in cancer

E Lee - BMB reports, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) family is a group of multifunctional endoplasmic
reticulum (ER) enzymes that mediate the formation of disulfide bonds, catalyze the cysteine …

A mucus production programme promotes classical pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

C Tonelli, GN Yordanov, Y Hao, A Deschênes, J Hinds… - Gut, 2024 - gut.bmj.com
Objective The optimal therapeutic response in cancer patients is highly dependent upon the
differentiation state of their tumours. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is a lethal …

Redox signaling loops in the unfolded protein response

A Higa, E Chevet - Cellular signalling, 2012 - Elsevier
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the first compartment of secretory pathway. It plays a
major role in ER chaperone-assisted folding and quality control, including post-translational …

Emerging roles for the pro-oncogenic anterior gradient-2 in cancer development

E Chevet, D Fessart, F Delom, A Mulot, B Vojtesek… - Oncogene, 2013 - nature.com
Clinical studies have defined the core 'genetic blueprint'of a cancer cell, but this information
does not necessarily predict the cancer phenotype. Signalling hubs that mediate such …

The estrogen-regulated anterior gradient 2 (AGR2) protein in breast cancer: a potential drug target and biomarker

ML Salmans, F Zhao, B Andersen - Breast Cancer Research, 2013 - Springer
Initially discovered as an estrogen-responsive gene in breast cancer cell lines, anterior
gradient 2 (AGR2) is a developmentally regulated gene belonging to the protein disulfide …

ER stress protein AGR2 precedes and is involved in the regulation of pancreatic cancer initiation

L Dumartin, W Alrawashdeh, SM Trabulo, TP Radon… - Oncogene, 2017 - nature.com
The mechanisms of initiation of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) are still largely
unknown. In the present study, we analysed the role of anterior gradient-2 (AGR2) in the …