Signal pathways of melanoma and targeted therapy

W Guo, H Wang, C Li - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2021 - nature.com
Melanoma is the most lethal skin cancer that originates from the malignant transformation of
melanocytes. Although melanoma has long been regarded as a cancerous malignancy with …

Unveiling the connection: long-chain non-coding RNAs and critical signaling pathways in breast cancer

R Thapa, O Afzal, G Gupta, AA Bhat, WH Almalki… - … -Research and Practice, 2023 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is a complex and diverse condition that disrupts multiple signaling pathways
essential for cell proliferation, survival, and differentiation. Recently, the significant …

Current state of melanoma diagnosis and treatment

LE Davis, SC Shalin, AJ Tackett - Cancer biology & therapy, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. In the early stages, melanoma can be treated
successfully with surgery alone and survival rates are high, but after metastasis survival …

Implications of genetic and epigenetic alterations of CDKN2A (p16INK4a) in cancer

R Zhao, BY Choi, MH Lee, AM Bode, Z Dong - EBioMedicine, 2016 - thelancet.com
Aberrant gene silencing is highly associated with altered cell cycle regulation during
carcinogenesis. In particular, silencing of the CDKN2A tumor suppressor gene, which …

Pre-metastatic cancer exosomes induce immune surveillance by patrolling monocytes at the metastatic niche

MP Plebanek, NL Angeloni, E Vinokour, J Li… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Metastatic cancers produce exosomes that condition pre-metastatic niches in remote
microenvironments to favor metastasis. In contrast, here we show that exosomes from poorly …

Melanocytic nevi and melanoma: unraveling a complex relationship

WE Damsky, M Bosenberg - Oncogene, 2017 - nature.com
Approximately 33% of melanomas are derived directly from benign, melanocytic nevi.
Despite this, the vast majority of melanocytic nevi, which typically form as a result of BRAF …

Targeting the ERK signaling pathway in melanoma

P Savoia, P Fava, F Casoni, O Cremona - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The discovery of the role of the RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK pathway in melanomagenesis and its
progression have opened a new era in the treatment of this tumor. Vemurafenib was the first …

Cellular senescence in progenitor cells contributes to diminished remyelination potential in progressive multiple sclerosis

AM Nicaise, LJ Wagstaff, CM Willis… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Cellular senescence is a form of adaptive cellular physiology associated with aging. Cellular
senescence causes a proinflammatory cellular phenotype that impairs tissue regeneration …

Bioprinting of biomimetic skin containing melanocytes

D Min, W Lee, IH Bae, TR Lee, P Croce… - Experimental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study reports a three‐dimensional (3D) bioprinting technique that is capable of
producing a full‐thickness skin model containing pigmentation. Multiple layers of fibroblast …

Homeobox genes in cancers: from carcinogenesis to recent therapeutic intervention

Y Feng, T Zhang, Y Wang, M **e, X Ji, X Luo… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The homeobox (HOX) genes encoding an evolutionarily highly conserved family of
homeodomain-containing transcriptional factors are essential for embryogenesis and …