Impact of risk factors on early cancer evolution

CE Weeden, W Hill, EL Lim, E Grönroos, C Swanton - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Recent identification of oncogenic cells within healthy tissues and the prevalence of indolent
cancers found incidentally at autopsies reveal a greater complexity in tumor initiation than …

Squamous cell lung cancer: Current landscape and future therapeutic options

SCM Lau, Y Pan, V Velcheti, KK Wong - Cancer Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Squamous cell lung cancers (lung squamous cell carcinomas [LUSCs]) are associated with
high mortality and a lack of therapies specific to this disease. Although recurrent molecular …

Lung cancer stem cells: origin, features, maintenance mechanisms and therapeutic targeting

WS Heng, R Gosens, FAE Kruyt - Biochemical pharmacology, 2019 - Elsevier
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths despite recent
breakthroughs in immunotherapy. The widely embraced cancer stem cell (CSC) theory has …

Early immune pressure initiated by tissue-resident memory T cells sculpts tumor evolution in non-small cell lung cancer

CE Weeden, V Gayevskiy, C Marceaux, D Batey, T Tan… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Tissue-resident memory T (T RM) cells provide immune defense against local infection and
can inhibit cancer progression. However, it is unclear to what extent chronic inflammation …

Distinct initiating events underpin the immune and metabolic heterogeneity of KRAS-mutant lung adenocarcinoma

SA Best, S Ding, A Kersbergen, X Dong… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The KRAS oncoprotein, a critical driver in 33% of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD), has
remained an elusive clinical target due to its perceived undruggable nature. The …

BCL11A interacts with SOX2 to control the expression of epigenetic regulators in lung squamous carcinoma

KA Lazarus, F Hadi, E Zambon, K Bach… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Patients diagnosed with lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC) have limited targeted
therapies. We report here the identification and characterisation of BCL11A, as a LUSC …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of DNA damage repair in adult stem cells and implications for cancer formation

CE Weeden, ML Asselin-Labat - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis …, 2018 - Elsevier
Maintenance of genomic integrity in tissue-specific stem cells is critical for tissue
homeostasis and the prevention of deleterious diseases such as cancer. Stem cells are …

Enhanced radiation sensitivity, decreased DNA damage repair, and differentiation defects in airway stem cells derived from patients with chronic obstructive …

L Giuranno, JAF Piepers, E Korsten… - Stem Cells …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Radiation therapy (RT) is a common treatment for lung cancer. Still, it can lead to irreversible
loss of pulmonary function and a significant reduction in quality of life for one-third of …

Targeting the DNA damage response machinery for lung cancer treatment

KN Venugopala - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lung cancer is considered the most commonly diagnosed cancer and one of the leading
causes of death globally. Despite the responses from small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) and …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic lung diseases: prospects for regeneration and repair

PJ Barnes, GP Anderson, M Fagerås… - European Respiratory …, 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
COPD and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) together represent a considerable unmet
medical need, and advances in their treatment lag well behind those of other chronic …