The E-cadherin and N-cadherin switch in epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition: signaling, therapeutic implications, and challenges

CY Loh, JY Chai, TF Tang, WF Wong, G Sethi… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) has been shown to be crucial in tumorigenesis
where the EMT program enhances metastasis, chemoresistance and tumor stemness. Due …

Targeting glucose metabolism to suppress cancer progression: prospective of anti-glycolytic cancer therapy

AF Abdel-Wahab, W Mahmoud, RM Al-Harizy - Pharmacological research, 2019 - Elsevier
Most solid tumor cells adapt to their heterogeneous microenvironment by depending largely
on aerobic glycolysis for energy production, a phenomenon called the Warburg effect, which …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor and immune reprogramming during immunotherapy in advanced renal cell carcinoma

K Bi, MX He, Z Bakouny, A Kanodia, S Napolitano… - Cancer cell, 2021 - cell.com
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) results in durable disease control in a subset of patients
with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC), but mechanisms driving resistance are poorly …

EMT factors and metabolic pathways in cancer

I Georgakopoulos-Soares, DV Chartoumpekis… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) represents a biological program during which
epithelial cells lose their cell identity and acquire a mesenchymal phenotype. EMT is …

The enhancement of glycolysis regulates pancreatic cancer metastasis

J Yang, B Ren, G Yang, H Wang, G Chen, L You… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is prone to distant metastasis and is expected to become
the second leading cause of cancer-related death. In an extremely nutrient-deficient and …

Triple-negative breast cancer therapeutic resistance: Where is the Achilles' heel?

X Bai, J Ni, J Beretov, P Graham, Y Li - Cancer letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) shows a higher response rate to systemic therapy
compared with other breast cancer subtypes. However, the tumor differentiation of TNBC is …

Altered iron metabolism and impact in cancer biology, metastasis, and immunology

RAM Brown, KL Richardson, TD Kabir, D Trinder… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Iron is an essential nutrient that plays a complex role in cancer biology. Iron metabolism
must be tightly controlled within cells. Whilst fundamental to many cellular processes and …

Glycolytic suppression dramatically changes the intracellular metabolic profile of multiple cancer cell lines in a mitochondrial metabolism-dependent manner

R Shiratori, K Furuichi, M Yamaguchi, N Miyazaki… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Most cancer cells rely on glycolysis to generate ATP, even when oxygen is available.
However, merely inhibiting the glycolysis is insufficient for the eradication of cancer cells …

Glucose metabolism and glucose transporters in breast cancer

E Shin, JS Koo - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women worldwide and is associated with
high mortality rates despite the continuously advancing treatment strategies. Glucose is …

The emerging, multifaceted role of mitophagy in cancer and cancer therapeutics

DP Panigrahi, PP Praharaj, CS Bhol… - Seminars in cancer …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mitophagy is an evolutionarily conserved cellular process which selectively eliminates
dysfunctional mitochondria by targeting them to the autophagosome for degradation …