Cancer Biology

Cancer Biology

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    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
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Differential interfacial tension between oncogenic and wild-type populations forms the mechanical basis of tissue-specific oncogenesis in epithelia

    Amrapali Datta, Phanindra Dewan ... Medhavi Vishwakarma
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Cancer Biology

    PTEN restrains SHH medulloblastoma growth through cell autonomous and nonautonomous mechanisms

    Zhimin Lao, Salsabiel El Nagar ... Alexandra L Joyner
    Homozygous but not heterozygous loss of Pten in sporadic mouse models of SHH-medulloblastoma greatly accelerates tumor formation, not metastasis, through increased survival of differentiated cells and possibly decreased infiltrating macrophages.
    1. Cancer Biology

    Acquired resistance to sotorasib in KRASG12C mutant NSCLC is vulnerable to PI3K-mTOR pathway inhibition mediated by 4E-BP1, a regulator of cap-dependent translation

    Ismail M Meraz, Shuhong Wu ... Jack A Roth
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    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
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Cancer Biology

    Loss of ZNRF3/RNF43 unleashes EGFR in cancer

    Fei Yue, Amy T Ku ... Yi Li
    Genetic and biochemical analyses show that loss of the E3 ubiquitin ligases ZNRF3 and RNF43 enhances EGFR signaling by impairing EGFR ubiquitination and degradation, revealing a new cancer-promoting mechanism.
    1. Cancer Biology

    JAK-STAT Pathway Heterogeneity Governs Immunotherapy Response in Breast Cancer

    Jianbo Zhou, Heng Zhang ... Fu Peng
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Fundamental
    • Convincing
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

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

    Dana Naim, Zouheir Houhou ... Serge Roche
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    Tumors mimic the niche to inhibit neighboring stem cell differentiation

    Yang Zhang, Yuejia Wang ... Shaowei Zhao
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    Uev1A counteracts oncogenic Ras stimuli in both polyploid and diploid cells

    Qi Zhang, Yunfeng Wang ... Shaowei Zhao
    Uev1A and APC/C degrade CycA to counteract oncogenic Ras, thereby protecting against cell death in polyploid Drosophila nurse cells and suppressing overgrowth in diploid germline and human colorectal tumor cells.
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Highlights

    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
    1. Cancer Biology

    Transcription Factor-Dependent Cancers: Targeting chromatin remodeling complexes to treat uveal melanoma

    Jonas A Nilsson