Cancer Biology

Cancer Biology

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Latest articles

    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    Bestrophin-4 relays HES4 and interacts with TWIST1 to suppress epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in colorectal cancer cells

    Zijing Wang, Bihan Xia ... Jilin Yang
    The inhibition of colorectal cancer (CRC) proliferation, migration, and invasion is attributed to BEST4, which exhibits epistasis over Hes4 in the downregulation of Twist1 and consequent suppression of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in CRC.
    1. Cancer Biology

    A large-scale proteomics resource of circulating extracellular vesicles for biomarker discovery in pancreatic cancer

    Bruno Bockorny, Lakshmi Muthuswamy ... Senthil K Muthuswamy
    Proteomic profiling of extracellular vesicle proteins from patients with benign and malignant pancreatic diseases offers a valuable resource for identifying biomarkers for pancreatic cancer detection.
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    The theory of massively repeated evolution and full identifications of cancer-driving nucleotides (CDNs)

    Lingjie Zhang, Tong Deng ... Chung-I Wu
    A mathematical model shows that mutations that recur even modestly among cancer patients are cancer driving nucleotides that can be exhaustively identified to serve as targets of cancer therapy.
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Characterization of cancer-driving nucleotides (CDNs) across genes, cancer types, and patients

    Lingjie Zhang, Tong Deng ... Hai-Jun Wen
    Analyses of discovered cancer-driving nucleotides (CDNs) reveal their evolutionary, biochemical, and therapeutic characteristics that are often shared among multiple cancer types.
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Recurrent disruption of tumour suppressor genes in cancer by somatic mutations in cleavage and polyadenylation signals

    Yaroslav Kainov, Fursham Hamid, Eugene V Makeyev
    Somatic mutations frequently disrupt cleavage and polyadenylation signals in tumour suppressor genes in human cancers, likely contributing to tumour progression.
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Immunology and Inflammation

    Tissue-resident natural killer cells support survival in pancreatic cancer through promotion of cDC1-CD8 T activity

    Simei Go, Constantinos Demetriou ... Eric O Neill
    Tissue-resident natural killer cells are important mediators of CD8 T responses in human cancers and these cells can be harnessed to increase immunity against pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
    1. Cancer Biology

    Increased inflammatory signature in myeloid cells of non-small cell lung cancer patients with high clonal hematopoiesis burden

    Hyungtai Sim, Hyun Jung Park ... Murim Choi
    In metastatic NSCLC patients, CHIP showed minimal impact on immunotherapy response but was more prevalent and associated with inflammatory pathways in myeloid cells, particularly in lung squamous cell carcinoma.
    1. Cancer Biology

    Inhibition of p38-MK2 pathway enhances the efficacy of microtubule inhibitors in breast cancer cells

    Yu-Chia Chen, Mamoru Takada ... Aussie Suzuki
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    Reviewed Preprint v1

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    University of California, Los Angeles, United States
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    University of Helsinki, Finland
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    Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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