Biology, vulnerabilities and clinical applications of circulating tumour cells

A Ring, BD Nguyen-Sträuli, A Wicki, N Aceto - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
In recent years, exceptional technological advances have enabled the identification and
interrogation of rare circulating tumour cells (CTCs) from blood samples of patients, leading …

Nanomaterials in tumor immunotherapy: new strategies and challenges

X Zhu, S Li - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Tumor immunotherapy exerts its anti-tumor effects by stimulating and enhancing immune
responses of the body. It has become another important modality of anti-tumor therapy with …

ICAM-1 and VCAM-1: Gatekeepers in various inflammatory and cardiovascular disorders

V Singh, R Kaur, P Kumari, C Pasricha, R Singh - Clinica Chimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Leukocyte migration from the vascular compartment is critical for normal lymphocyte
recirculation in specific tissues and immune response in inflammatory locations. Leukocyte …

Mechanisms of cancer metastasis

M Castaneda, P den Hollander, NA Kuburich… - Seminars in cancer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Metastatic cancer is almost always terminal, and more than 90% of cancer deaths result from
metastatic disease. Combating cancer metastasis and post-therapeutic recurrence …

Towards targeting of shared mechanisms of cancer metastasis and therapy resistance

F Weiss, D Lauffenburger, P Friedl - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Resistance to therapeutic treatment and metastatic progression jointly determine a fatal
outcome of cancer. Cancer metastasis and therapeutic resistance are traditionally studied as …

Wnt signaling in breast cancer: biological mechanisms, challenges and opportunities

X Xu, M Zhang, F Xu, S Jiang - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
Wnt signaling is a highly conserved signaling pathway that plays a critical role in controlling
embryonic and organ development, as well as cancer progression. Genome-wide …

[HTML][HTML] Exosome-based liquid biopsies in cancer: opportunities and challenges

W Yu, J Hurley, D Roberts, SK Chakrabortty… - Annals of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Liquid biopsy in cancer has gained momentum in clinical research and is experiencing a
boom for a variety of applications. There are significant efforts to utilize liquid biopsies in …

[HTML][HTML] CD44: a multifunctional mediator of cancer progression

M Hassn Mesrati, SE Syafruddin, MA Mohtar, A Syahir - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
CD44, a non-kinase cell surface transmembrane glycoprotein, has been widely implicated
as a cancer stem cell (CSC) marker in several cancers. Cells overexpressing CD44 possess …

Circulating tumor cell-blood cell crosstalk: Biology and clinical relevance

T Pereira-Veiga, S Schneegans, K Pantel, H Wikman - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are the seeds of distant metastasis, and the number of CTCs
detected in the blood of cancer patients is associated with a worse prognosis. CTCs face …

CD44 as a tumor biomarker and therapeutic target

H Xu, M Niu, X Yuan, K Wu, A Liu - Experimental hematology & oncology, 2020 - Springer
CD44, a complex transmembrane glycoprotein, exists in multiple molecular forms, including
the standard isoform CD44s and CD44 variant isoforms. CD44 participates in multiple …