Angiopoietin-like proteins in angiogenesis, inflammation and cancer

C Carbone, G Piro, V Merz, F Simionato… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Altered expression of secreted factors by tumor cells or cells of the tumor microenvironment
is a key event in cancer development and progression. In the last decade, emerging …

Metabolic spectrum of liver failure in type 2 diabetes and obesity: from NAFLD to NASH to HCC

H Kim, DS Lee, TH An, HJ Park, WK Kim… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Liver disease is the spectrum of liver damage ranging from simple steatosis called as
nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Clinically …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatokines and adipokines in NASH-related hepatocellular carcinoma

O Kucukoglu, JP Sowa, GD Mazzolini, WK Syn… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is increasing in industrialized societies;
this is likely secondary to the increasing burden of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) …

Primary tumor–derived systemic nANGPTL4 inhibits metastasis

C Hübers, AA Abdul Pari, D Grieshober… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - rupress.org
Primary tumors and distant site metastases form a bidirectionally communicating system.
Yet, the molecular mechanisms of this crosstalk are poorly understood. Here, we identified …

Biological impact and therapeutic implication of tumor-associated macrophages in hepatocellular carcinoma

D Li, T Zhang, Y Guo, C Bi, M Liu, G Wang - Cell Death & Disease, 2024 - nature.com
The tumor microenvironment is a complex space comprised of normal, cancer and immune
cells. The macrophages are considered as the most abundant immune cells in tumor …

Angiopoietin-like 4 binds neuropilins and cooperates with VEGF to induce diabetic macular edema

A Sodhi, T Ma, D Menon, M Deshpande, K Jee… - The Journal of clinical …, 2019 - jci.org
The majority of patients with diabetic macular edema (DME), the most common cause of
vision loss in working-age Americans, do not respond adequately to current therapies …

Single-cell RNA sequencing revealed potential targets for immunotherapy studies in hepatocellular carcinoma

Z **e, J Huang, Y Li, Q Zhu, X Huang, J Chen, C Wei… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a solid tumor prone to chemotherapy resistance, and
combined immunotherapy is expected to bring a breakthrough in HCC treatment. However …

Tumor-associated macrophages in hepatocellular carcinoma: friend or foe?

D Zhou, J Luan, C Huang, J Li - Gut and Liver, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancies worldwide, and it
has diverse etiologies with multiple mechanisms. The diagnosis of HCC typically occurs at …

ANGPTL4 overexpression is associated with progression and poor prognosis in breast cancer

J Zhao, J Liu, N Wu, H Zhang, S Zhang… - Oncology …, 2020 - spandidos-publications.com
The aim of the present study was to analyze the expression levels of angiopoietin-like 4
(ANGPTL4) in breast cancer to investigate the association between ANGPTL4 and breast …

Obesity and cancer—extracellular matrix, angiogenesis, and adrenergic signaling as unusual suspects linking the two diseases

NS Pellegata, M Berriel Diaz, M Rohm… - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2022 - Springer
Obesity is an established risk factor for several human cancers. Given the association
between excess body weight and cancer, the increasing rates of obesity worldwide are …