Cancer Biology

Cancer Biology

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Latest articles

    1. Cell Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    Slap restricts oncogenic Src-family kinase signaling to maintain colonic epithelial homeostasis

    Dana Naim, Zouheir Houhou ... Serge Roche
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    Microenvironmental arginine restriction sensitizes pancreatic cancers to polyunsaturated fatty acids by suppression of lipid synthesis

    Patrick B Jonker, Mumina Sadullozoda ... Alexander Muir
    Modeling the metabolic microenvironment of pancreatic tumors leads to the identification of polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism as a vulnerability of pancreatic cancer.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    Targeting tankyrase scaffolding in the β-catenin destruction complex by PROTAC overcomes the limitation of catalytic inhibitors in cancer

    Qian Wang, Liping Li ... Chuo Chen
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    RAB14-dependent tubulovesicular recycling directs MET to invadopodia, promoting TNBC cell invasion

    Amrita Khamari, Atreyee Guria ... Sunando Datta
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Cancer Biology

    CDK4 or CDK6 upregulation induces DNA replication stress and genomic instability to cause EGFR targeted therapy resistance in lung cancer

    Beatrice Gini, Philippe Gui ... Collin M Blakely
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    Adaptive plasticity of aspartate metabolism in succinate dehydrogenase-deficient cancer cells

    David Sokolov, Eric Zheng ... Lucas B Sullivan
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Cancer Biology

    Multimodal single-cell analyses reveal distinct fusion-regulated transcriptional programs in Ewing sarcoma

    Olivia G Waltner, April A Apfelbaum ... Scott N Furlan
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Compelling
    1. Cancer Biology

    JAK-STAT Pathway Heterogeneity Governs Immunotherapy Response in Breast Cancer

    Jianbo Zhou, Heng Zhang ... Fu Peng
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Fundamental
    • Convincing
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    DuoHexaBody-CD37 induces direct cytotoxic signaling in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

    Simar Pal Singh, Kumar Mangalam ... Annemiek B van Spriel
    DuoHexaBody‑CD37 triggers complement‑independent cytotoxic signaling in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), revealing therapeutic pathways that can be exploited to enhance tumor cell killing through targeted combination strategies.
    1. Cancer Biology

    Tumor Biology: The two faces of JAK-STAT

    Qianying Lu, Yingyi Zhang
    A signal that can help breast cancer cells grow may also increase immune responses and boost immune therapy.
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    1. Cancer Biology
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    Tumor Biology: The two faces of JAK-STAT

    Qianying Lu, Yingyi Zhang
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    Chemotherapy: Lipid balance and chemoresistance in cancer cells

    Kaori Kanemaru, Yoshikazu Nakamura
    1. Cancer Biology

    Breast Cancer: Slowing the growth of drug-resistant tumors

    Yingyi Zhang, Qianying Lu

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    National Cancer Institute, United States
  2. Eduardo Franco
    McGill University, Canada
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    Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, China
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