Cancer
- Nup93 regulates breast tumor growth by modulating cell proliferation and actin cytoskeleton remodeling
This study highlights the role of Nup93-chromatin interactions in driving triple-negative breast cancer propagation through modulation of the actin cytoskeleton, cell migration and proliferation.
- CHUK/IKK-α loss in lung epithelial cells enhances NSCLC growth associated with HIF up-regulation
IKKα is an NSCLC suppressor and its loss in mouse AT-II lung epithelial cells or in human NSCLC lines increased urethane-induced adenoma growth and xenograft burdens, respectively. IKKα loss can up-regulate HIF-1α, enhancing tumor growth under hypoxia.
- Evaluation of colorectal cancer subtypes and cell lines using deep learning
A deep learning approach refines the state-of-the-art subtypes of colorectal cancer and evaluates the fidelity of cell lines that model cancer.
- ADAP1 promotes invasive squamous cell carcinoma progression and predicts patient survival
ADAP1, a GTPase-activating protein (GAP) for the small GTPase ARF6, is a strong predictor of poor survival in early-stage squamous cell carcinoma patients and a critical mediator of TGF-β-induced invasive cell migration by facilitating basement membrane breakdown.
- Reference-free transcriptome exploration reveals novel RNAs for prostate cancer diagnosis
A reference-free computational workflow for the discovery of unannotated RNA biomarkers retrieves novel noncoding RNAs with high potential for prostate cancer diagnosis.
- MMP9 modulates the metastatic cascade and immune landscape for breast cancer anti-metastatic therapy
Inhibition of active MMP9 early during tumorigenesis suppresses tumor cell migration, invasion, and colony formation and tilts the balance towards anti-tumor immunity by activating CD8+ T cells.
- TRAIL-induced variation of cell signaling states provides nonheritable resistance to apoptosis
This work summarizes cellular apoptotic and signaling response to TRAIL across 10 cell lines and for the first time links signaling diversity to nongenetic resistance. This high-dimensional, single-cell approach toward TRAIL resistance sets a standard in studying nongenetic resistance.
- Drug-induced chromatin accessibility changes associate with sensitivity to liver tumor promotion
This work explores quantitative chromatin accessibility, transcriptional and cis-acting gene regulatory variations underlying mouse strain–specific differences in drug-induced liver tumor promotion sensitivity.
- Targeting plasma membrane phosphatidylserine content to inhibit oncogenic KRAS function
KRAS-dependent cancer cell growth is inhibited by disrupting phosphatidylserine transport to the plasma membrane by genetic knockdown of lipid exchangers ORP5 and ORP8 or by inhibition of PI4KIIIα.
- A molecule inducing androgen receptor degradation and selectively targeting prostate cancer cells
A new molecule induces AR sumoylation and degradation resulting in selective growth inhibition in AR-dependent prostate cancer cells, but its activity is blunted by interference with proteasomes.