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 …

The metabolic mechanisms of breast cancer metastasis

L Wang, S Zhang, X Wang - Frontiers in Oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Breast cancer is one of the most common malignancy among women worldwide. Metastasis
is mainly responsible for treatment failure and is the cause of most breast cancer deaths …

Genomic and microenvironmental heterogeneity sha** epithelial-to-mesenchymal trajectories in cancer

G Malagoli Tagliazucchi, AJ Wiecek, E Withnell… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a key cellular process underlying cancer
progression, with multiple intermediate states whose molecular hallmarks remain poorly …

Oncogenic roles of EMT-inducing transcription factors

A Puisieux, T Brabletz, J Caramel - Nature cell biology, 2014 - nature.com
The plasticity of cancer cells underlies their capacity to adapt to the selective pressures they
encounter during tumour development. Aberrant reactivation of epithelial–mesenchymal …

Circulating breast tumor cells exhibit dynamic changes in epithelial and mesenchymal composition

M Yu, A Bardia, BS Wittner, SL Stott, ME Smas, DT Ting… - science, 2013 - science.org
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of adherent epithelial cells to a migratory
mesenchymal state has been implicated in tumor metastasis in preclinical models. To …

Deregulation of the EGFR/PI3K/PTEN/Akt/mTORC1 pathway in breast cancer: possibilities for therapeutic intervention

NM Davis, M Sokolosky, K Stadelman, SL Abrams… - …, 2014 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The EGFR/PI3K/PTEN/Akt/mTORC1/GSK-3 pathway plays prominent roles in malignant
transformation, prevention of apoptosis, drug resistance and metastasis. The expression of …

Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK and PI3K/PTEN/Akt/mTOR cascade inhibitors: how mutations can result in therapy resistance and how to overcome resistance

JA McCubrey, LS Steelman, WH Chappell… - …, 2012 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK and PI3K/PTEN/Akt/mTOR cascades are often activated by genetic
alterations in upstream signaling molecules such as receptor tyrosine kinases (RTK) …

“Bioinspired” membrane-coated nanosystems in cancer theranostics: a comprehensive review

N Desai, D Rana, S Pande, S Salave, J Giri, D Benival… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Achieving precise cancer theranostics necessitates the rational design of smart
nanosystems that ensure high biological safety and minimize non-specific interactions with …

miR-31 and its host gene lncRNA LOC554202 are regulated by promoter hypermethylation in triple-negative breast cancer

K Augoff, B McCue, EF Plow, K Sossey-Alaoui - Molecular cancer, 2012 - Springer
Background microRNAs have been established as powerful regulators of gene expression
in normal physiological as well as in pathological conditions, including cancer progression …

Mitochondrial OXPHOS induced by RB1 deficiency in breast cancer: implications for anabolic metabolism, stemness, and metastasis

E Zacksenhaus, M Shrestha, JC Liu, I Vorobieva… - Trends in cancer, 2017 - cell.com
A switch from catabolic to anabolic metabolism, a major hallmark of cancer, enables rapid
cell duplication, and is driven by multiple oncogenic alterations, including PIK3CA mutation …