Unraveling the complexity of STAT3 in cancer: molecular understanding and drug discovery

Y Hu, Z Dong, K Liu - Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, 2024 - Springer
Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is a transcriptional factor involved
in almost all cancer hallmark features including tumor proliferation, metastasis …

DNA G-quadruplex structures: more than simple roadblocks to transcription?

J Robinson, F Raguseo, SP Nuccio… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
It has been> 20 years since the formation of G-quadruplex (G4) secondary structures in
gene promoters was first linked to the regulation of gene expression. Since then, the …

PI3K/Akt and HIF‑1 signaling pathway in hypoxia‑ischemia

Z Zhang, L Yao, J Yang, Z Wang… - Molecular medicine …, 2018 - spandidos-publications.com
Abstract Hypoxia‑ischemia (H‑I) is frequently observed in perinatal asphyxia and other
diseases. It can lead to serious cardiac injury, cerebral damage, neurological disability and …

Synergistic immunotherapy of glioblastoma by dual targeting of IL-6 and CD40

F Yang, Z He, H Duan, D Zhang, J Li, H Yang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Immunologically-cold tumors including glioblastoma (GBM) are refractory to checkpoint
blockade therapy, largely due to extensive infiltration of immunosuppressive macrophages …

The role of STAT3 in leading the crosstalk between human cancers and the immune system

Y Wang, Y Shen, S Wang, Q Shen, X Zhou - Cancer letters, 2018 - Elsevier
The development and progression of human cancers are continuously and dynamically
regulated by intrinsic and extrinsic factors. As a converging point of multiple oncogenic …

Targeting the STAT3 signaling pathway in cancer: role of synthetic and natural inhibitors

KS Siveen, S Sikka, R Surana, X Dai, J Zhang… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2014 - Elsevier
Signal transducers and activators of transcription (STATs) comprise a family of cytoplasmic
transcription factors that mediate intracellular signaling that is usually generated at cell …

PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway in angiogenesis

J Karar, A Maity - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2011 - frontiersin.org
The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)
pathway is activated in the majority of human cancers. This pathway is known to play a key …

Hypoxia and aging

EJ Yeo - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Eukaryotic cells require sufficient oxygen (O2) for biological activity and survival. When the
oxygen demand exceeds its supply, the oxygen levels in local tissues or the whole body …

mTORC1 drives HIF-1α and VEGF-A signalling via multiple mechanisms involving 4E-BP1, S6K1 and STAT3

KM Dodd, J Yang, MH Shen, JR Sampson, AR Tee - Oncogene, 2015 - nature.com
Recent clinical trials using rapalogues in tuberous sclerosis complex show regression in
volume of typically vascularised tumours including angiomyolipomas and subependymal …

Redox control of inflammation in macrophages

B Brüne, N Dehne, N Grossmann, M Jung… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Macrophages are present throughout the human body, constitute important immune effector
cells, and have variable roles in a great number of pathological, but also physiological …