Hypoxia in solid tumors: a key promoter of cancer stem cell (CSC) resistance

M Najafi, B Farhood, K Mortezaee… - Journal of cancer …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are highly tumorigenic cell types that reside
within specific areas of tumor microenvironment (TME), and are endowed with self-renewal …

The hypoxia-activated prodrug TH-302: exploiting hypoxia in cancer therapy

Y Li, L Zhao, XF Li - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Hypoxia is an important feature of most solid tumors, conferring resistance to radiation and
many forms of chemotherapy. However, it is possible to exploit the presence of tumor …

CRISPR screens identify cholesterol biosynthesis as a therapeutic target on stemness and drug resistance of colon cancer

S Gao, F Soares, S Wang, CC Wong, H Chen, Z Yang… - Oncogene, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are responsible for tumor progression, recurrence, and drug
resistance. To identify genetic vulnerabilities of colon cancer, we performed targeted …

Oct4A palmitoylation modulates tumorigenicity and stemness in human glioblastoma cells

X Chen, W Niu, X Fan, H Yang, C Zhao, J Fan… - Neuro …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Glioblastoma multiforme and other solid malignancies are heterogeneous,
containing subpopulations of tumor cells that exhibit stem characteristics. Oct4, also known …

Functionalized nitroimidazole scaffold construction and their pharmaceutical applications: a 1950–2021 comprehensive overview

R Gupta, S Sharma, R Singh, RA Vishwakarma… - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nitroimidazole represents one of the most essential and unique scaffolds in drug discovery
since its discovery in the 1950s. It was K. Maeda in Japan who reported in 1953 the first …

Quantitative visualization of hypoxia and proliferation gradients within histological tissue sections

M Zaidi, F Fu, D Cojocari, TD McKee… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The formation of hypoxic microenvironments within solid tumors is known to contribute to
radiation resistance, chemotherapy resistance, immune suppression, increased metastasis …

Lipid metabolic reprogramming by hypoxia-inducible factor-1 in the hypoxic tumour microenvironment

J Seo, JE Yun, SJ Kim, YS Chun - Pflügers Archiv-European Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Cancer cells rewire metabolic processes to adapt to the nutrient-and oxygen-deprived
tumour microenvironment, thereby promoting their proliferation and metastasis. Previous …

Phase Ib dose-escalation study of the hypoxia-modifier Myo-inositol trispyrophosphate in patients with hepatopancreatobiliary tumors

MA Schneider, M Linecker, R Fritsch… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Hypoxia is prominent in solid tumors and a recognized driver of malignancy. Thus far,
targeting tumor hypoxia has remained unsuccessful. Myo-inositol trispyrophosphate (ITPP) …

Flubendazole inhibits PD-1 and suppresses melanoma growth in immunocompetent mice

Y Li, B Wu, MJ Hossain, L Quagliata, C O'Meara… - Journal of Translational …, 2023 - Springer
Background Immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy has revolutionized the clinical
management of a diverse range of cancer types, including advanced cutaneous melanoma …

[HTML][HTML] The chicken chorioallantoic membrane tumor assay as a relevant in vivo model to study the impact of hypoxia on tumor progression and metastasis

K Harper, A Yatsyna, M Charbonneau… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Hypoxia is a negative prognostic factor known to be closely associated
with tumor progression and metastasis. However, existing animal models with the ability to …