Review
Oncology
Xiaobo Zheng, Fuzhen Dai, Lei Feng, Hong Zou, Li Feng, Mingqing Xu
Summary: The interplay between epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity and cancer stem cells plays a crucial role in cancer progression, affecting the aggressiveness of tumor cells and their response to treatment. Understanding the dynamic nature of EMT as a hybrid state rather than a binary model is important for unraveling the complexities of cancer biology and developing targeted therapeutic interventions.
FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Cell Biology
Cihui Yan, Jingjing Chang, Xinmiao Song, Ying Qi, Zhenyu Ji, Ting Liu, Wenwen Yu, Feng Wei, Lili Yang, Xiubao Ren
Summary: The study revealed that MSCs from lung cancer promoted tumor metastasis and tumorigenesis by inducing partial EMT and upregulating stem cell-related genes in lung cancer cells. These findings suggest that LC-MSCs may serve as potential targets or vehicles for lung cancer therapy.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yeon-Jee Kahm, Uhee Jung, Rae-Kwon Kim
Summary: CTNNAL1 is a protein involved in cell-cell adhesion and has been found to have various roles in cancer development and progression. It acts as a cancer suppressor gene in breast cancer, but as a cancer driver gene in melanoma and lung cancer. This study reveals that CTNNAL1 regulates cancer stem cells (CSCs) in lung cancer and glioblastoma, affecting their ability to migrate, invade, and resist treatments like irradiation. Furthermore, CTNNAL1 is also involved in the secretion of CCL2, a chemokine known to influence malignancy and metastasis in cancer. These findings suggest that CTNNAL1 may serve as a potential target for treating lung CSCs and glioma stem cells, as well as a marker of malignancy.
Article
Oncology
Fatima Junaid, Goran Tomic, Richard Kemp, Doug J. Winton
Summary: Using human colon cancer DLD-1 cells, the study engineered a cell line with inducible Snail expression and found that partial EMT induced by Snail overexpression in DLD-1 cells leads to chemoresistance, increased tumor growth, and decreased apoptosis, highlighting the importance of bioavailable Snail in determining the phenotypic outcome.
Article
Cell Biology
Zhongjian Yu, Xiongjie Zhu, Ying Li, Min Liang, Meijun Liu, Zhile Liu, Lingyu Qin, Xiaoran Wu, Kunpeng Du, Lu Liu, Yong Wang, Yanfang Zheng
Summary: The study shows that in lung adenocarcinoma, circ-HMGA2 promotes cell metastasis through the miR-1236-3p/EMT axis, indicating that it could be a therapeutic target in LUAD.
CELL DEATH & DISEASE
(2021)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Jiaxin Zhang, Jie Peng, Deqin Kong, Xiang Wang, Zhao Wang, Jiangzheng Liu, Weihua Yu, Hao Wu, Zi Long, Wei Zhang, Rui Liu, Chunxu Hai
Summary: The NAD+-dependent protein-modifying enzyme SIRT1 plays a crucial role in regulating gene expression, DNA damage repair, cell metabolism, and mitochondrial functions, influencing epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in lung cancer cells by modulating mitochondrial status.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Shunhao Wang, Jingchao Li, Mei Chen, Liting Ren, Wenya Feng, Lining Xu, Xiaolan Chen, Tian Xia, Nanfeng Zheng, Sijin Liu
Summary: Palladium nanoplates inhibit lung metastasis by suppressing EMT signaling in breast cancer cells and interacting with TGF-beta proteins, leading to reduced downstream signaling activation. NIR irradiation enhances the inhibitory effects of PdPL on both primary tumors and metastasis.
NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Huiyan Niu, Anna Qu, Chunyan Guan
Summary: The study revealed that miR-188-5p inhibits invasion and migration of lung cancer cells by regulating the MGAT3 gene, thereby suppressing the EMT process, suggesting potential therapeutic value for the management of metastatic lung cancer.
BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Kittipong Sanookpan, Nongyao Nonpanya, Boonchoo Sritularak, Pithi Chanvorachote
Summary: The study demonstrated that ovalitenone suppresses EMT via inhibition of the AKT/mTOR signaling pathway and has potential for inhibiting CSC phenotypes. These findings reveal the anti-metastasis potential of the compound and support the development of ovalitenone treatment for lung cancer therapy.
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Vignesh Ramesh, Paradesi Naidu Gollavilli, Luisa Pinna, Mohammad Aarif Siddiqui, Adriana Martinez Turtos, Francesca Napoli, Yasmin Antonelli, Aldo Leal-Egana, Jesper Foged Havelund, Simon Toftholm Jakobsen, Elisa Le Boiteux, Marco Volante, Nils Joakim Faergeman, Ole N. Jensen, Rasmus Siersbaek, Kumar Somyajit, Paolo Ceppi
Summary: This study found an inverse association between short-chain fatty acids and EMT in non-small cell lung cancer patients. In vitro experiments showed that propionate treatment enhanced the epithelial transcriptional program and reduced the EMT phenotype in lung cancer cell lines. Animal experiments also confirmed that propionate can reduce lung cancer metastasis and lymph node spread. Further mechanistic investigation revealed that propionate treatment caused chromatin remodeling through p300-mediated histone acetylation.
EMBO MOLECULAR MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Jung Eun Lee, Jihye Park, Eun Ju Kim, Yoon Ho Ko, Soon Auck Hong, Seung Ho Yang, Young-Ho Ahn
Summary: During brain metastatic colonization, lung cancer cells undergo MET and lose their motility and invasiveness, which is dependent on the presence of Noggin.
CANCER CELL INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Enrique A. Castellon, Sebastian Indo, Hector R. Contreras
Summary: This article explores the presence and role of cancer stem cells (CSCs) and the Epithelial-Mesenchymal transition (EMT) in prostate cancer (PCa), and finds that the stemness-mesenchymal axis is a critical process related to relapse, metastasis, and resistance. Manipulating the stemness-EMT axis genes on the androgen receptor (AR) may shed light on the effect of this axis on metastasis and castration resistance in PCa.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Anda Huna, Beatrice Nawrocki-Raby, Teresita Padilla-Benavides, Julie Gavard, Sylvie Coscoy, David Bernard, Mathieu Boissan
Summary: NME1, not NME2, acts specifically to inhibit EMT and prevent the earliest stages of metastasis. Loss of NME1 leads to a hybrid phenotype associated with higher metastatic potential, while overexpression of NME1 results in a more epithelial phenotype. Additionally, NME1 inhibits key intracellular signaling pathways involved in inducing EMT, such as AKT and MAPK pathways, and affects the distribution and cell-cell adhesion of E-cadherin.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sucharat Tungsukruthai, Boonchoo Sritularak, Pithi Chanvorachote
Summary: Lung cancer metastasis is a major cause of lung cancer-related deaths. This study investigated the potential of cycloartocarpin in inhibiting the metastasis of lung cancer cells. The results showed that non-toxic concentrations of cycloartocarpin effectively suppressed cell migration and attenuated anchorage-independent cell growth. This was accompanied by the inhibition of the EMT process through the suppression of the FAK/AKT signaling pathway.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Juliane Strietz, Stella S. Stepputtis, Marie Follo, Peter Bronsert, Elmar Stickeler, Jochen Maurer
Summary: Primary breast cancer stem cell (BCSC) cultures isolated from TNBC specimens have been established and shown to grow as tumor spheres under anchorage-independent culture conditions in vitro, while reliably forming tumors in mice when transplanted in limiting dilutions in vivo. Additionally, these BCSC xenograft tumors exhibit similar architecture and gene expression to the original patient tumor, suggesting a promising model for researching BCSC biology and testing new treatment options for TNBC.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Oncology
Youchao Jia, Zhigang Wang, Aimin Zang, Shunchang Jiao, Sumei Chen, Yan Fu
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY
(2016)
Article
Oncology
Yanfang Ju, Shengjie Sun, Jinliang Wang, Shunchang Jiao
JOURNAL OF CANCER RESEARCH AND THERAPEUTICS
(2016)
Article
Oncology
Yan Fu, Jia Hu, Nan Du, Shunchang Jiao, Fang Li, Xiaosong Li, Junxun Ma, Hui Zhao, Huanrong Kang
JOURNAL OF CHEMOTHERAPY
(2016)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Xiaojie Xu, Zhongyi Fan, Chaoyang Liang, Ling Li, Lili Wang, Yingchun Liang, Jun Wu, Shaohong Chang, Zhifeng Yan, Zhaohui Lv, Jing Fu, Yang Liu, Shuai Jin, Tao Wang, Tian Hong, Yishan Dong, Lihua Ding, Long Cheng, Rui Liu, Shenbo Fu, Shunchang Jiao, Qinong Ye
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2017)
Article
Oncology
Yi Chen, Jinyu Li, Yibao Zhang, Yi Hu, Guoqing Zhang, Xiang Yan, Zhi Lin, Zhifei Zhao, Shunchang Jiao
STRAHLENTHERAPIE UND ONKOLOGIE
(2018)
Article
Oncology
Liangliang Wu, Hongyu Liu, Hongchuan Guo, Qiong Wu, Songyan Yu, Yuanyuan Qin, Gang Wang, Qiyan Wu, Rong Zhang, Lingxiong Wang, Lijun Zhang, Chunxi Liu, Shunchang Jiao, Tianyi Liu
Article
Oncology
Jiasen Xie, Zishan Zhou, Shunchang Jiao, Xiaokun Li
Article
Immunology
Zhi-Min Wei, Zhuo Wang, Xiao-Jian Wan, Xian-Jing Li, Yi-Xing Li, Yang Bai, Xue Yang, Yong Yang, Shun-Chang Jiao, Zhe-Feng Liu
IMMUNOLOGIC RESEARCH
(2019)
Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Ying Xiong, Qian-Qian Chen, Ning-Li Chai, Shun-Chang Jiao, En-Qiang Ling Hu
WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
(2019)
Article
Oncology
Jingjing Duan, Yongwei Xie, Lijuan Qu, Lingxiong Wang, Shunkai Zhou, Yu Wang, Zhongyi Fan, Shengsheng Yang, Shunchang Jiao
JOURNAL FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY OF CANCER
(2018)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yuanmei Dong, Yang Liu, Hui Bai, Shunchang Jiao
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2019)
Article
Oncology
Bo Yang, Xiao Zhao, Chong Wan, Xin Ma, Shaoxi Niu, Aitao Guo, Jieli Wang, Jinliang Wang, Decong Sun, Shunchang Jiao
Summary: This study investigated the genomic features of Chinese urothelial carcinoma (UC) patients and found significant genetic alterations differences between UTUC and UCB. It also identified a reasonably good concordance of genomic features between circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) and tissue samples.
Article
Oncology
Jingjing Duan, Haiyang Zhang, Shuang Li, Xinyi Wang, Haiou Yang, Shunchang Jiao, Yi Ba
CANCER CELL INTERNATIONAL
(2017)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Wushuang Du, Shuofeng Hu, Shangli Cai, Yu Wang, Liangliang Wu, Danyang Sun, Shunchang Jiao, Yi Hu
DISCOVERY MEDICINE
(2018)