Emerging role of tumor cell plasticity in modifying therapeutic response

S Qin, J Jiang, Y Lu, EC Nice, C Huang… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Resistance to cancer therapy is a major barrier to cancer management. Conventional views
have proposed that acquisition of resistance may result from genetic mutations. However …

Wnt, Notch, and TGF-β pathways im**e on hedgehog signaling complexity: an open window on cancer

M Pelullo, S Zema, F Nardozza, S Checquolo… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Constitutive activation of the Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway is associated with increased
risk of develo** several malignancies. The biological and pathogenic importance of Hh …

Therapeutic targeting of the crosstalk between cancer-associated fibroblasts and cancer stem cells

TX Huang, XY Guan, L Fu - American journal of cancer …, 2019 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) play critical roles in cancer progression and treatment
failure. CAFs display extreme phenotypic heterogeneity and functional diversity. Some …

Synthesis, biological evaluation, and molecular docking analysis of phenstatin based indole linked chalcones as anticancer agents and tubulin polymerization …

J Kode, J Kovvuri, B Nagaraju, S Jadhav… - Bioorganic …, 2020 - Elsevier
A library of new phenstatin based indole linked chalcone compounds (9a-z and 9aa-ad)
were designed and synthesized. Of these, compound 9a with 1-methyl, 2-and 3-methoxy …

The SHH/GLI signaling pathway: a therapeutic target for medulloblastoma

L Lospinoso Severini, F Ghirga, F Bufalieri… - Expert opinion on …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Medulloblastoma (MB) is a heterogeneous tumor of the cerebellum that is
divided into four main subgroups with distinct molecular and clinical features. Sonic …

Therapeutic implications of sonic hedgehog pathway in metabolic disorders: Novel target for effective treatment

C Garg, A Kaur, TG Singh, VK Sharma… - Pharmacological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hedgehog, a developmental morphogen, and its downstream signalling have recently been
associated with metabolic control. Sonic hedgehog signalling (Shh) is a significant pathway …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting GLI transcription factors in cancer

M Didiasova, L Schaefer, M Wygrecka - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Aberrant activation of hedgehog (Hh) signaling has been observed in a wide variety of
tumors and accounts for more than 25% of human cancer deaths. Inhibitors targeting the Hh …

Structural insight into small molecule action on Frizzleds

P Kozielewicz, A Turku, CF Bowin, J Petersen… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
WNT-Frizzled (FZD) signaling plays a critical role in embryonic development, stem cell
regulation and tissue homeostasis. FZDs are linked to severe human pathology and are …

A promising natural product, pristimerin, results in cytotoxicity against breast cancer stem cells in vitro and xenografts in vivo through apoptosis and an incomplete …

B Cevatemre, M Erkısa, N Aztopal, D Karakas… - Pharmacological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Several natural products have been suggested as effective agents for the treatment of
cancer. Given the important role of CSCs (Cancer Stem Cells) in cancer, which is a trendy …

Therapy-induced enrichment of cancer stem-like cells in solid human tumors: Where do we stand?

SR Martins-Neves, AM Cleton-Jansen… - Pharmacological …, 2018 - Elsevier
The development of local recurrence and metastatic disease, most probably attributable to
the intrinsic or acquired resistance of tumor cells to standard therapy, still constitute the …