Cancer Biology

Cancer Biology

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    1. Cancer Biology

    Endoscopic liquid biopsies of gastric fluid in a large patient cohort reveal DNA content as a candidate tumor biomarker in gastric cancer

    Francine Carla Cadoná, Thais F Bartelli ... Emmanuel Dias-Neto
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Cell Biology

    Human RAP2A homolog of the Drosophila asymmetric cell division regulator Rap2l targets the stemness of glioblastoma stem cells

    Maribel Franco, Ricardo Gargini ... Ana Carmena
    Restitution of RAP2A, human homolog of Drosophila asymmetric cell division regulator Rap2l, in glioblastoma neurosphere cultures targets the stemness of glioblastoma stem cells and could contribute to reduce glioblastoma expansion.
    1. Cancer Biology

    Candida albicans drives colorectal cancer progression by inducing hypoxia signaling

    Wanqiu Wang, Mengqi Yang ... Kun Sun
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Solid
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Robust assessment of asymmetric division in colon cancer cells

    Domenico Caudo, Chiara Giannattasio ... Mattia Miotto
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Useful
    • Convincing
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    Citalopram exhibits immune-dependent anti-tumor effects by modulating C5aR1+ TAMs and CD8+ T cells

    Fangyuan Dong, Shan Zhang ... Shu-Heng Jiang
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Cancer Biology

    Androgen deprivation triggers a cytokine signaling switch to induce immune suppression and prostate cancer recurrence

    Kai Sha, Renyuan Zhang ... John J Krolewski
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    Role of tankyrase scaffolding in the β-catenin destruction complex and WNT signaling

    Qian Wang, Liping Li ... Chuo Chen
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Cancer Biology

    Transcriptional Subtypes on Immune Microenvironment and Predicting Postoperative Recurrence and Metastasis in Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma

    Yang Liu, Xu Yan ... Lingyu Li
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Cancer Biology

    Causal associations between human plasma proteins and prostate cancer identified by proteome-wide Mendelian randomization

    Lin Chen, Yanlun Gu ... Xiaocong Pang
    The identification of 20 causal plasma proteins for prostate cancer represents a critical step toward addressing the need for improved diagnostic specificity and reveals promising new targets for therapeutic intervention.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Cancer Biology

    Pharmacologic inhibition of BAF chromatin remodeling complexes as a therapeutic approach to transcription factor-dependent cancers

    Richard C Centore, Luis MM Soares ... Steven F Bellon
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Fundamental
    • Compelling
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Highlights

    1. Cancer Biology

    Reproducibility in Cancer Biology

    Edited by Roger J Davis et al.
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Computational and Systems Biology

    eLife publishes final papers from the Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology

    Timothy M Errington, Maya Mathur ... Brian A Nosek
    1. Cancer Biology

    Toxicity: Fishing for protective compounds

    Giuliano Ciarimboli

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  1. Yamini Dalal
    National Cancer Institute, United States
  2. Eduardo Franco
    McGill University, Canada
  3. Caigang Liu
    Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, China
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