Cancer Biology

Cancer Biology

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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    Molidustat Targets a Synthetic Lethal Vulnerability in APC-Mutant Colorectal Cancer through GSTP1 and PHD2 Co-Inhibition

    Chiara Asselborn, Agata N Makar ... Alexander von Kriegsheim
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    Cancer cells differentially modulate mitochondrial respiration to alter redox state and enable biomass synthesis in nutrient-limited environments

    Sarah M Chang, Muhammad Bin Munim ... Matthew G Vander Heiden
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Cancer Biology

    Molecular architecture of the tumor microenvironment caused by BRCA1 and BRCA2 somatic mutations in human lung adenocarcinoma

    Gaoming Liao, Xinbin Yang ... Gang Xu
    BRCA1/2 mutations rewire the lung adenocarcinoma microenvironment through distinct immune programs, with BRCA1-linked type I interferon signaling and CD8+ T activation contrasting BRCA2-linked MHC-II antigen presentation and CD4+ T differentiation.
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Tumors mimic the niche to inhibit neighboring stem cell differentiation

    Yang Zhang, Yuejia Wang ... Shaowei Zhao
    Drosophila female germline tumors mutant for bam or bgcn mimic the stem cell niche to inhibit the differentiation of neighboring wild-type germline stem cells.
    1. Cancer Biology

    Candida albicans drives colorectal cancer progression by inducing hypoxia signaling

    Wanqiu Wang, Mengqi Yang ... Kun Sun
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Useful
    • Solid
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Cancer Biology

    Functional characterization of a multi-cancer risk locus on chromosome band 2q33.1 near CASP8

    Hyunkyung Kong, Jiyeon Choi ... Kevin M Brown
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    HER2-driven mammary tumorigenesis enhances bioenergetics despite reductions in mitochondrial content

    Sara M Frangos, Henver S Brunetta ... Graham P Holloway
    Multi-omic and bioenergetic profiling in a HER2-driven mouse model of mammary cancer reveals that reduced mitochondrial content does not limit tumor respiratory capacity, which is instead dramatically elevated compared to benign mammary tissue.
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    Mitochondrial ETF insufficiency drives neoplastic growth by selectively optimizing cancer bioenergetics

    David Papadopoli, Ranveer Palia ... Ivan Topisirovic
    Downregulation of the electron transfer flavoprotein dehydrogenase drives pro-tumorigenic metabolic programs via stimulating the mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 signaling across a broad spectrum of cancers.
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    RadD from Fusobacterium nucleatum engages NKp46 to promote antitumor cytotoxicity

    Ahmed Rishiq, Johanna Galaski ... Ofer Mandelboim
    RadD recognition by NKp46 converts Fusobacterium nucleatum from an immune-evasive pathogen into a trigger of natural killer cell-mediated tumor control in a context-dependent manner.
    1. Cancer Biology

    Integrated Human Transcriptomics Identifies Fallopian Tube Progenitors as Plausible Precursors of High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer

    Qian Li, Keren Cheng ... Wei Yan
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Convincing

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