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Attenuation of cancer proliferation by suppression of glypican-1 and its pleiotropic effects in neoplastic behavior
Oncotarget. 2023 Mar 21;14:219-235. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.28388.ABSTRACTGlypicans (GPC1-6) are associated with tumorigenic processes and their involvement in neoplastic behavior has been discussed in different cancer types. Here, a cancer-wide GPC expression study, using clinical cancer patient data in The Cancer Genome Atlas, reveals net upregulation of GPC1 and GPC2 in primary solid tumors, whereas GPC3, GPC5 and GPC6 display lowered expression pattern compared to normal tissues. Focusing on GPC1, survival analyses of the clinical cancer patient data reveal statistically significant correlation between high expression...
Source: Oncotarget - March 21, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Fang Cheng Victor Ch érouvrier Hansson Grigorios Georgolopoulos Katrin Mani Source Type: research

Cancers, Vol. 15, Pages 834: Kynureninase Upregulation Is a Prominent Feature of NFR2-Activated Cancers and Is Associated with Tumor Immunosuppression and Poor Prognosis
Johannes F. Fahrmann The nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) pathway is frequently activated in various cancer types. Aberrant activation of NRF2 in cancer is attributed to gain-of-function mutations in the NRF2-encoding gene NFE2L2 or a loss of function of its suppressor, Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (KEAP1). NRF2 activation exerts pro-tumoral effects in part by altering cancer cell metabolism. Previously, we reported a novel mechanism of NRF2 tumoral immune suppression through the selective upregulation of the tryptophan-metabolizing enzyme kynureninase (KYNU) in lung adenocarcinoma. In the cu...
Source: Cancers - January 29, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Ricardo A. Le ón-Letelier Ali H. Abdel Sater Yihui Chen Soyoung Park Ranran Wu Ehsan Irajizad Jennifer B. Dennison Hiroyuki Katayama Jody V. Vykoukal Samir Hanash Edwin J. Ostrin Johannes F. Fahrmann Tags: Article Source Type: research

Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells Interactions With Natural Killer Cells and Pro-angiogenic Activities: Roles in Tumor Progression
Conclusions MDSC are major players in the immunosuppressive scenario in cancer, thanks to their phenotype heterogeneity and critical interaction with several innate immune cells, thus representing a crucial target in oncology. Here we reviewed the interactions of MDSCs with NK cells. The contribution of key cytokines, chemokines and mediators active in this process have been discussed. We also described the contribution of MDSC on angiogenesis directly or indirectly through interactions with NK and immunosuppressive activities. A parallel of the cancer associated to the decidual counterpart of these cells is discussed, a...
Source: Frontiers in Immunology - April 17, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research

lncRNA ZEB1-AS1 Mediates Oxidative Low-Density Lipoprotein-Mediated Endothelial Cells Injury by Post-transcriptional Stabilization of NOD2
Conclusion We report the discovery that ZEB1-AS1 functionally participates in ox-LDL-induced ECs injury via LRPPRC-mediated stabilization of NOD2. Uncovering the precise role of ZEB1-AS1/LRPPRC/NOD2 pathway in the progression of ox-LDL-induced ECs death and AS will not only increase our knowledge of ox-LDL-induced AS, but also enable the development of novel therapeutic strategies to overcome oxidation product-induced diseases. Author Contributions XX and CL designed and mainly did the study. CM, ZD, and YD helped and did the study. Conflict of Interest Statement The authors declare that the research was conducted in ...
Source: Frontiers in Pharmacology - April 15, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

High Expression of DEPDC1 Promotes Malignant Phenotypes of Breast Cancer Cells and Predicts Poor Prognosis in Patients With Breast Cancer
In this study, the immunohistochemistry results demonstrated that DEPDC1 was high-expressed in breast cancer tissues compared with the paired adjacent normal breast tissues, and its tendency at protein level was consistent with mRNA level from TCGA data. Moreover, DEPDC1 mRNA level revealed the strongest association with poor prognosis and development in breast cancer. In vitro assays showed that DEPDC1 overexpression resulted in significant promotion of proliferation by regulating cell cycle in MCF-7 cells, whilst an opposite effect was found in the MDA-MB-231 cells with DEPDC1 deletion. Notably, further investigation ind...
Source: Frontiers in Oncology - April 11, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research

Hepatoma-Derived Growth Factor and DDX5 Promote Carcinogenesis and Progression of Endometrial Cancer by Activating β-Catenin
Conclusion: Our results provide novel evidence that HDGF interacts with DDX5 and promotes the progression of EC through the induction of β-catenin. Introduction Endometrial cancer (EC) comprises the most common malignancy involving the female genital tract and the fourth most common malignancy in women after breast, lung, and colorectal cancers (1). In 2012, approximately 320,000 new cases of EC were diagnosed worldwide and the incidence is increasing (2). Currently, endometrial carcinogenesis is thought to be a multi-step process involving the coordinated interaction of hormonal regulation, gene mutation, ad...
Source: Frontiers in Oncology - April 10, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research

Complement C5b-9 and Cancer: Mechanisms of Cell Damage, Cancer Counteractions, and Approaches for Intervention
In conclusion, osmotic burst of inflated complement-damaged cells may occur, but these bursts are most likely a consequence of metabolic collapse of the cell rather than the cause of cell death. The Complement Cell Death Mediator: A Concerted Action of Toxic Moieties Membrane pores caused by complement were first visualized by electron microscopy on red blood cell membranes as large ring structures (22). Similar lesions were viewed on E. coli cell walls (23). Over the years, ample information on the fine ultrastructure of the MAC that can activate cell death has been gathered (24) and has been recently further examined (...
Source: Frontiers in Immunology - April 9, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research

Down-regulation of anti-apoptotic genes in tumor cell lines is facilitated by suppression of OCT4B1
Conclusions It may possibly be concluded that suppression of OCT4B1 can lead to apoptosis in tumor cell lines and this is at least facilitated via down-regulation of examined anti-apoptotic genes. Accordingly, suppression of OCT4B1 may probably be considered as useful tool in cancer therapy and research.
Source: Advances in Medical Sciences - May 10, 2016 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: research

Silencing of Long Non-Coding RNA MALAT1 Promotes Apoptosis of Glioma Cells.
Authors: Xiang J, Guo S, Jiang S, Xu Y, Li J, Li L, Xiang J Abstract The metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcription 1 (MALAT1) is a highly conserved long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) gene. However, little is known about the pathological role of lncRNA MALAT1 in glioma. In the present study, we explored the expression level of lncRNA MALAT1 in primary glioma tissues as well as in U87 and U251 glioma cell lines. Using qRT-PCR, we found that the expression of lncRNA MALAT1 was significantly increased in glioma tissues compared with that of paracancerous tissues. Meanwhile, the expression of MALAT1 was highly e...
Source: Journal of Korean Medical Science - May 3, 2016 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: J Korean Med Sci Source Type: research

Abstract 3526: The mTORC2 component RICTOR plays a key role in lung cancer cell growth
RICTOR (Rapamycin-insensitive companion of mTOR protein) is a key component of mTORC2 (the mammalian target of rapamycin complex 2). One of the most-recognized targets for RICTOR-mTORC2 is AKT (Ser473). RICTOR also carries functions independent of mTORC2. RICTOR signaling has been suggested to play key roles in regulating cancer cell migration, invasion and metastasis in breast, ovarian, colorectal cancers and gliomas. The potential roles of RICTOR in lung cancer remain to be elucidated. We first examined the expression profile of RICTOR in primary lung tumor specimens and in lung cancer cell lines by immunohistochemistry....
Source: Cancer Research - September 30, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Cheng, H., Zou, Y., Borczuk, A., Qiu, W., Piperdi, B., Kim, M., Halmos, B., Perez–Soler , R. Tags: Molecular and Cellular Biology Source Type: research