Long noncoding RNAs in cancer metastasis

SJ Liu, HX Dang, DA Lim, FY Feng… - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021‏ - nature.com
Metastasis is a major contributor to cancer-associated deaths. It is characterized by a
multistep process that occurs through the acquisition of molecular and phenotypic changes …

Iron homeostasis and ferroptosis in human diseases: mechanisms and therapeutic prospects

Q Ru, Y Li, L Chen, Y Wu, J Min, F Wang - Signal transduction and …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Iron, an essential mineral in the body, is involved in numerous physiological processes,
making the maintenance of iron homeostasis crucial for overall health. Both iron overload …

The epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity landscape: principles of design and mechanisms of regulation

J Haerinck, S Goossens, G Berx - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023‏ - nature.com
Epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity (EMP) enables cells to interconvert between several
states across the epithelial–mesenchymal landscape, thereby acquiring hybrid epithelial …

Molecular principles of metastasis: a hallmark of cancer revisited

J Fares, MY Fares, HH Khachfe, HA Salhab… - Signal transduction and …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Metastasis is the hallmark of cancer that is responsible for the greatest number of cancer-
related deaths. Yet, it remains poorly understood. The continuous evolution of cancer …

Linking EMT programmes to normal and neoplastic epithelial stem cells

AW Lambert, RA Weinberg - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021‏ - nature.com
Epithelial stem cells serve critical physiological functions in the generation, maintenance
and repair of diverse tissues through their ability to self-renew and spawn more specialized …

Cancer metastasis: molecular mechanisms and clinical perspectives

SU Khan, K Fatima, F Malik, H Kalkavan… - Pharmacology & …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Metastatic progression combined with non-responsiveness towards systemic therapy often
shapes the course of disease for cancer patients and commonly determines its lethal …

Tumor microenvironment and epithelial mesenchymal transition as targets to overcome tumor multidrug resistance

N Erin, J Grahovac, A Brozovic, T Efferth - Drug Resistance Updates, 2020‏ - Elsevier
It is well established that multifactorial drug resistance hinders successful cancer treatment.
Tumor cell interactions with the tumor microenvironment (TME) are crucial in epithelial …

EMT transition states during tumor progression and metastasis

I Pastushenko, C Blanpain - Trends in cell biology, 2019‏ - cell.com
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a process in which epithelial cells acquire
mesenchymal features. In cancer, EMT is associated with tumor initiation, invasion …

[HTML][HTML] Cell adhesion in cancer: Beyond the migration of single cells

M Janiszewska, MC Primi, T Izard - Journal of biological chemistry, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Homeostasis in healthy tissues strongly relies on cell-to-cell adhesion and cell-to-
extracellular matrix interactions. For instance, normal epithelial cells maintain tissue …

Identification of EMT signaling cross-talk and gene regulatory networks by single-cell RNA sequencing

AP Deshmukh, SV Vasaikar, K Tomczak… - Proceedings of the …, 2021‏ - pnas.org
The epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) plays a critical role during normal
development and in cancer progression. EMT is induced by various signaling pathways …