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Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Bushra Akhtar, Faqir Muhammad, Ali Sharif, Muhammad Irfan Anwar
Summary: Peptides isolated from snake venoms have significant medicinal properties, inhibiting tumor growth and metastasis, with potential applications in cancer treatment.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
(2021)
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Immunology
Ofer Regev, Marina Kizner, Francesco Roncato, Maya Dadiani, Massimo Saini, Francesc Castro-Giner, Olga Yajuk, Stav Kozlovski, Nehora Levi, Yoseph Addadi, Ofra Golani, Shifra Ben-Dor, Zvi Granot, Nicola Aceto, Ronen Alon
Summary: ICAM-1 expressed by breast cancer cells is involved in innate immunity and can inhibit intravascular breast cancer metastasis to lungs.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Oncology
Luigi Marongiu, Heike Allgayer
Summary: Evidence suggests that microorganisms, including specific viruses and bacteriophages, may play a significant role in the oncogenesis and progression of colorectal cancer. However, the mechanisms underlying these associations are not fully understood. Various viruses, such as EBV, HPV, JCV, and CMV, have been linked to CRC, along with bacteriophages. The complex interplay between different species within the microbiome and their impact on colorectal cells and the microenvironment may explain the challenges in establishing clear causal links between specific viral infections and CRC.
MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Zongmei Zheng, Xinxin Hou, Zhaoxiang Bian, Wei Jia, Ling Zhao
Summary: This review explores the crucial role of gut microbiota in the metastasis of colorectal cancer (CRC) and elucidates the molecular mechanisms through which gut microbiota contribute to the formation of a tumor-permissive microenvironment, as well as facilitate malignant transformation and dissemination of tumor cells, thus mediating CRC metastasis.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Wei Guo, Yanling Cai, Xianming Liu, Yuge Ji, Cuiyu Zhang, Liyan Wang, Wenting Liao, Yuefei Liu, Nan Cui, Jinsheng Xiang, Zesong Li, Di Wu, Jingxin Li
Summary: This study identified different subsets of exosomes associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) progression. ITGB3+ exosomes were found to be abundant in liver-metastatic CRC patients, while ITGAM+ exosomes showed a significant increase in the plasma of healthy controls. Further experiments showed that ITGB3+ exosomes promote CRC proliferation, migration, and invasion, while ITGAM+ exosomes suppress CRC development. The study suggests that ITGB3+ and ITGAM+ exosomes could serve as potential diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic biomarkers for CRC.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Valery Adorno-Cruz, Andrew D. Hoffmann, Xia Liu, Nurmaa K. Dashzeveg, Rokana Taftaf, Brian Wray, Ruth A. Keri, Huiping Liu
Summary: The study revealed that miR-206 inhibits ITGA2 to reduce breast cancer stemness and metastasis. Knockdown of ITGA2 suppressed self-renewal, cell cycling, migration, invasion, and lung metastasis, related to CCND1 and ACLY.
Review
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Kazi Mustafa Mahmud, Mahruba Sultana Niloy, Md Salman Shakil, Md Asiful Islam
Summary: Ru-based compounds exhibit promising anticancer activity in CRC cells and may serve as alternatives to Pt-based anticancer drugs. Ru nanoparticles coupled with photosensitizers or anticancer agents have therapeutic and diagnostic potential for CRC. Clinical trials of Ru (III)-based drug NKP-1339 have been conducted in CRC treatment.
Article
Oncology
Lucas W. Thornblade, Ernest Han, Yuman Fong
Summary: Patients with colorectal cancer ovarian metastasis have favorable long-term survival. Survival rates are higher if the tumor is isolated to the ovary or if metachronous to the primary cancer.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
(2021)
Article
Cell Biology
Xisheng Liu, Xiaole Meng, Xiao Peng, Qianlan Yao, Fangming Zhu, Zhongyi Ding, Hongze Sun, Xueni Liu, Dan Li, Ying Lu, Huamei Tang, Bin Li, Zhihai Peng
Summary: The global downregulation of miRNA expression, potentially due to defects in miRNA processing machinery, is a hallmark of human cancer. In colorectal cancer (CRC), downregulation of the key regulator of miRNA processing, Argonaute 2 (AGO2), has been found to promote epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and indicate poor prognosis. Knockdown of AGO2 in CRC cells enhanced migration, invasion, and metastasis, while integrated analyses revealed neuropilin 1 (NRP1) as a new substrate of AGO2 via miR-185-3p. Therapeutically targeting the AGO2/miR-185-3p/NRP1 axis may offer a potential treatment approach for CRC.
CELL DEATH & DISEASE
(2021)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Ambre Giguelay, Evgenia Turtoi, Lakhdar Khelaf, Guillaume Tosato, Ikrame Dadi, Tommy Chastel, Marie-Alix Poul, Marine Pratlong, Stefan Nicolescu, Dany Severac, Antoine Adenis, Olivia Sgarbura-Popescu, Sebastien Carrere, Philippe Rouanet, Marc Ychou, Francois Quenet, Didier Pourqier, Pierre-Emmanuel Colombo, Andrei Turtoi, Jacques Colinge
Summary: This study confirms the heterogeneity of CRC-LM CAFs through single-cell transcriptomic analysis and proposes a model for recruiting different origins of CAFs to the liver in different liver malignancies. Additionally, the study finds that targeting LTBP2 with antibodies may help deplete ECM-remodeling CAFs in CRC-LMs.
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Oncology
Ingrid Espinoza, Chandra Kurapaty, Cheol-Hong Park, Travis Vander Steen, Celina G. Kleer, Elizabeth Wiley, Alfred Rademaker, Elisabet Cuyas, Sara Verdura, Maria Buxo, Carol Reynolds, Javier A. Menendez, Ruth Lupu
Summary: Triple-negative/basal-like breast cancer is characterized by aggressive biological features. Targeting CCN1/CYR61 may have therapeutic value in suppressing the biological aggressiveness of this type of breast cancer.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CANCER RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Adriana G. Quiroz-Reyes, Jose F. Islas, Paulina Delgado-Gonzalez, Hector Franco-Villarreal, Elsa N. Garza-Trevino
Summary: Metastasis is the process of tumor dissemination and is the primary cause of cancer-related deaths. Traditional cancer therapy focuses on preventing metastasis, while new therapies target cancer stem cells as potential orchestrators of metastasis.
Review
Immunology
Jingyi Shi, Zhuang Sun, Zhaoya Gao, Dandan Huang, Haopeng Hong, Jin Gu
Summary: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a deadly form of cancer with poor long-term prognosis. Common treatments like surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy have limited success in preventing recurrence and metastasis. The combination of radiotherapy and immunotherapy (RIT) shows potential, but more research is needed. This review summarizes the current applications and underlying mechanisms of RIT and highlights the importance of larger sample sizes and optimizing the combination therapy regimen for CRC.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Shengjie Ma, Bin Sun, Mengfei Li, Tianyang Han, Chenlong Yu, Xin Wang, Xue Zheng, Shuang Li, Shoujun Zhu, Quan Wang
Summary: The study utilizes a near-infrared-II (NIR-II) organic donor-pi-acceptor-pi-donor probe, FE-2PEG, for high-performance bioimaging. FE-2PEG shows efficient passive enrichment in orthotopic CRC, metastatic mesenteric LNs, and peritoneal metastases. NIR-II fluorescence-guided surgery can accurately resect peritoneal micrometastases.
JOURNAL OF NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Umama Khan, Sabrina Chowdhury, Md Morsaline Billah, Kazi Mohammed Didarul Islam, Henrik Thorlacius, Milladur Rahman
Summary: This review highlights the roles of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in colorectal cancer (CRC) progression and metastasis, as well as the potential of targeting NETs as a therapeutic strategy for colon cancer.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Hilaria Mollica, Alessandro Coclite, Marco E. Miali, Rui C. Pereira, Laura Paleari, Chiara Manneschi, Andrea DeCensi, Paolo Decuzzi
Review
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Alberta Bergamo, Paul J. Dyson, Gianni Sava
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
(2018)
Editorial Material
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Alberta Bergamo, Gianni Sava
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2018)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Marianna Colasuonno, Anna Lisa Palange, Rachida Aid, Miguel Ferreira, Hilaria Mollica, Roberto Palomba, Michele Emdin, Massimo Del Sette, Cedric Chauvierre, Didier Letourneur, Paolo Decuzzi
Article
Materials Science, Biomaterials
Hilaria Mollica, Roberto Palomba, Rosita Primavera, Paolo Decuzzi
ACS BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
(2019)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Marianna Lucafo, Letizia Pugnetti, Matteo Bramuzzo, Debora Curci, Alessia Di Silvestre, Annalisa Marcuzzi, Alberta Bergamo, Stefano Martelossi, Vincenzo Villanacci, Anna Bozzola, Moris Cadei, Sara De Iudicibus, Giuliana Decorti, Gabriele Stocco
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2019)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Alberta Bergamo, Marco Gerdol, Alberto Pallavicini, Samuele Greco, Isabelle Schepens, Romain Hamelin, Florence Armand, Paul J. Dyson, Gianni Sava
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2019)
Article
Oncology
Daniele Di Mascolo, Serena Varesano, Roberto Benelli, Hilaria Mollica, Annalisa Salis, Maria Raffaella Zocchi, Paolo Decuzzi, Alessandro Poggi
Article
Oncology
Gemma Palazzolo, Hilaria Mollica, Valeria Lusi, Mariangela Rutigliani, Martina Di Francesco, Rui Cruz Pereira, Marco Filauro, Laura Paleari, Andrea DeCensi, Paolo Decuzzi
TRANSLATIONAL ONCOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Emiliana Giacomello, Emanuela Crea, Lucio Torelli, Alberta Bergamo, Carlo Reggiani, Gianni Sava, Luana Toniolo
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2020)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Maria Grazia Barbato, Rui C. Pereira, Hilaria Mollica, AnnaLisa Palange, Miguel Ferreira, Paolo Decuzzi
Summary: The selective permeation of molecules and nanomedicines across the diseased vasculature can be effectively analyzed using a double-channel microfluidic device. Permeation enhancers were found to promote the perivascular accumulation of particles smaller than 200 nm, while having no effect on larger particles in the proposed on-chip microvasculature. Additionally, the microfluidic device offers insights into the role of particle deformability in vascular dynamics.
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Immunology
Luigi Cari, Mahdieh Naghavi Alhosseini, Paolo Fiore, Sabata Pierno, Sabrina Pacor, Alberta Bergamo, Gianni Sava, Giuseppe Nocentini
Summary: The study found that the frequency of severe adverse events in ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 and Ad26.COV2.S vaccine recipients is significantly higher compared to BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine recipients, suggesting potential risks associated with virus-based vaccines. However, the frequency of SAE types varies among recipients in different age groups.
JOURNAL OF AUTOIMMUNITY
(2021)
Article
Allergy
Arinna Bertoni, Federica Penco, Hilaria Mollica, Paola Bocca, Ignazia Prigione, Anna Corcione, Davide Cangelosi, Francesca Schena, Genny Del Zotto, Adriana Amaro, Noemi Paladino, Emanuele Pontali, Marcello Feasi, Sara Signa, Marta Bustaffa, Roberta Caorsi, Serena Palmeri, Paola Contini, Raffaele De Palma, Ulrich Pfeffer, Paolo Uva, Anna Rubartelli, Marco Gattorno, Stefano Volpi
Summary: This study reveals the crucial role of IL-1 beta in driving inflammatory phenotypes in severe COVID-19 patients, whose maturation and secretion are regulated by inflammasomes. The findings suggest that targeting IL-1 beta could be an effective strategy for treating COVID-19 and provide a mechanistic explanation for the strong inflammatory manifestations associated with the disease.
JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Biomaterials
Hilaria Mollica, Yi Juan Teo, Alrina Shin Min Tan, Damien Zhi Ming Tan, Paolo Decuzzi, Andrea Pavesi, Giulia Adriani
Summary: The study presents an in vitro 3D PDAC-TME model to observe and quantify T cell infiltration, demonstrating that the presence of EC-lining reduces T cell infiltration significantly, and activated T cells migrate more efficiently towards cancer cells compared to not-activated cells.
BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Michael Ramek, Jasmina Sabolovic
Summary: This paper investigates the geometries, energy landscapes, and magnetic parameters of copper(II) amino acid compounds using density functional theory calculations. The results show that certain conformers with histaminate-like and glycine-like modes have low Gibbs free energies and high metal-binding affinities. The predicted conformations reproduce the experimental electron paramagnetic resonance parameters.
JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Wei Tian, Wen Zhong, Zengyan Yang, Ling Chen, Shijie Lin, Yanping Li, Yuxing Wang, Peilin Yang, Xing Long
Summary: A series of novel dibutyltin complexes based on salen-like ligands were synthesized and characterized. Complex S03 showed excellent in vitro anticancer activity and induced cancer cell death through multiple mechanisms. This study reveals new mechanisms of organotin complexes and provides new insights into the development of organotin metal complexes as anticancer drugs.
JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Natalie C. Korkola, Martin J. Stillman
Summary: Many proteins require a metal cofactor for their function, and these metals play a role in protein folding. The study found that the metallation rates of different metal binding pathways are influenced by pH, with the less cooperative pathway being more affected by low pH conditions. Specific mixtures of structures are formed in the initial steps of metallation, and unfolding the disordered apo-MT structure hinders the formation of these preliminary structures. The compact conformation of the native apo-MT allows for rapid formation of metal-thiolate structures with high affinity, providing protection from oxidation.
JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Boxuan Yang, Xitong Song, Binju Wang
Summary: The diiron active site plays a crucial role in catalytic transformations in both biological and chemical systems. Recent advancements in the field include the synthesis of biomimetic diiron catalysts inspired by the active structure of soluble methane monooxygenase (sMMO), which have been successfully applied to the dehydrogenation of indolines.
JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Christina N. Banti, Angeliki A. Piperoudi, Catherine P. Raptopoulou, Vassilis Psycharis, Constantinos M. Athanassopoulos, Sotiris K. Hadjikakou
Summary: Two copper(I) polymorphs with mitochondria-targeting properties were successfully prepared via metal ion conjugation. These compounds showed promising activities in DNA binding, enzyme inhibition, and cancer cell inhibition. The molecular mechanisms of action were investigated.
JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)