Circulating tumor cells: biology and clinical significance

D Lin, L Shen, M Luo, K Zhang, J Li, Q Yang… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are tumor cells that have sloughed off the primary tumor and
extravasate into and circulate in the blood. Understanding of the metastatic cascade of CTCs …

Aptamer-based detection of circulating targets for precision medicine

L Wu, Y Wang, X Xu, Y Liu, B Lin, M Zhang… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The past decade has witnessed ongoing progress in precision medicine to improve human
health. As an emerging diagnostic technique, liquid biopsy can provide real-time …

Tracking the evolution of non–small-cell lung cancer

M Jamal-Hanjani, GA Wilson… - … England Journal of …, 2017 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Among patients with non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), data on intratumor
heterogeneity and cancer genome evolution have been limited to small retrospective …

Biology, vulnerabilities and clinical applications of circulating tumour cells

A Ring, BD Nguyen-Sträuli, A Wicki, N Aceto - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
In recent years, exceptional technological advances have enabled the identification and
interrogation of rare circulating tumour cells (CTCs) from blood samples of patients, leading …

Tumour heterogeneity and metastasis at single-cell resolution

DA Lawson, K Kessenbrock, RT Davis… - Nature cell …, 2018 - nature.com
Tumours comprise a heterogeneous collection of cells with distinct genetic and phenotypic
properties that can differentially promote progression, metastasis and drug resistance …

EGFR signaling pathway as therapeutic target in human cancers

E Levantini, G Maroni, M Del Re, DG Tenen - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) enacts major roles in the maintenance
of epithelial tissues. However, when EGFR signaling is altered, it becomes the grand …

Single-cell genome sequencing: current state of the science

C Gawad, W Koh, SR Quake - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
The field of single-cell genomics is advancing rapidly and is generating many new insights
into complex biological systems, ranging from the diversity of microbial ecosystems to the …

Single-cell triple omics sequencing reveals genetic, epigenetic, and transcriptomic heterogeneity in hepatocellular carcinomas

Y Hou, H Guo, C Cao, X Li, B Hu, P Zhu, X Wu, L Wen… - Cell research, 2016 - nature.com
Single-cell genome, DNA methylome, and transcriptome sequencing methods have been
separately developed. However, to accurately analyze the mechanism by which …

Tumorigenicity and genetic profiling of circulating tumor cells in small-cell lung cancer

CL Hodgkinson, CJ Morrow, Y Li, RL Metcalf… - Nature medicine, 2014 - nature.com
Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), an aggressive neuroendocrine tumor with early
dissemination and dismal prognosis, accounts for 15–20% of lung cancer cases and∼ …

Advances and applications of single-cell sequencing technologies

Y Wang, NE Navin - Molecular cell, 2015 - cell.com
Single-cell sequencing (SCS) has emerged as a powerful new set of technologies for
studying rare cells and delineating complex populations. Over the past 5 years, SCS …