The role of cancer-associated fibroblasts and fibrosis in liver cancer

S Affo, LX Yu, RF Schwabe - Annual Review of Pathology …, 2017‏ - annualreviews.org
Liver cancer is the second leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide, causing more than
700,000 deaths annually. Because of the wide landscape of genomic alterations and limited …

Mechanism and its regulation of tumor-induced angiogenesis

MK Gupta, RY Qin - World journal of gastroenterology: WJG, 2003‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tumor angiogenesis is the proliferation of a network of blood vessels that penetrates into
cancerous growths, supplying nutrients and oxygen and removing waste products. The …

Bioglass activated skin tissue engineering constructs for wound healing

H Yu, J Peng, Y Xu, J Chang, H Li - ACS applied materials & …, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
Wound healing is a complicated process, and fibroblast is a major cell type that participates
in the process. Recent studies have shown that bioglass (BG) can stimulate fibroblasts to …

FGF/FGFR-dependent molecular mechanisms underlying anti-cancer drug resistance

J Szymczyk, KD Sluzalska, I Materla, L Opalinski… - Cancers, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Deregulation of the FGF/FGFR axis is associated with many types of
cancer and contributes to the development of chemoresistance, limiting the effectiveness of …

Vascular endothelial growth factor and receptor interaction is a prerequisite for murine hepatic fibrogenesis

H Yoshiji, S Kuriyama, J Yoshii, Y Ikenaka, R Noguchi… - Gut, 2003‏ - gut.bmj.com
Background: It has been shown that expression of the potent angiogenic factor, vascular
endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and its receptors, flt-1 (VEGFR-1) and KDR/Flk-1 (VEGFR …

The genetic and epigenetic alterations in human hepatocellular carcinoma: a recent update

M Liu, L Jiang, XY Guan - Protein & cell, 2014‏ - academic.oup.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most frequent human malignancies worldwide
with very poor prognosis. It is generally accepted that the progression of HCC is a long-term …

[HTML][HTML] Antagonist antibodies to vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR-2) as anti-angiogenic agents

BL Falcon, S Chintharlapalli, MT Uhlik… - Pharmacology & …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Interaction of numerous signaling pathways in endothelial and mesangial cells results in
exquisite control of the process of physiological angiogenesis, with a central role played by …

In-situ forming hydrogel based on thiolated chitosan/carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) containing borate bioactive glass for wound healing

A Mehrabi, A Karimi, S Mashayekhan… - International journal of …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Suitable wound dressings for accelerating wound healing are actively being designed and
synthesised. In this study, thiolated chitosan (tCh)/oxidized carboxymethyl cellulose (OCMC) …

Bioglass promotes wound healing by affecting gap junction connexin 43 mediated endothelial cell behavior

H Li, J He, H Yu, CR Green, J Chang - Biomaterials, 2016‏ - Elsevier
It is well known that gap junctions play an important role in wound healing, and bioactive
glass (BG) has been shown to help healing when applied as a wound dressing. However …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer gene discovery in hepatocellular carcinoma

L Zender, A Villanueva, V Tovar, D Sia, DY Chiang… - Journal of …, 2010‏ - Elsevier
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a deadly cancer, whose incidence is increasing
worldwide. Albeit the main risk factors for HCC development have been clearly identified …