Molecular Biomedicine | Scientific and clinical implications of genetic and cellular heterogeneity in uveal melanoma

The study of cancer dates back as far as centuries B.C. but it was not until the seventeenth century A.D. that research was properly documented and uncontrolled growth of body cells was described. Ove....

2021-08-20

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Molecular Biomedicine | E3 ubiquitin ligases: styles, structures and functions

E3 ubiquitin ligases are a large family of enzymes that join in a three-enzyme ubiquitination cascade together with ubiquitin activating enzyme E1 and ubiquitin conjugating enzyme E2. E3 ubiquitin lig....

2021-07-30

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MedComm | Two novel strategies to overcome the resistance to ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitor drugs: Macrocyclic inhibitors and proteolysis-targeting chimeras

Lung cancer is the most malignant tumor in the worldwide. About 3%-5% non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients carry anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene fusions and receive great benefits from AL....

2021-07-17

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Molecular Biomedicine | miR-221/222 sponge abrogates tamoxifen resistance in ER-positive breast cancer cells through restoring the expression of ERα

Tamoxifen resistance (TamR) prevents ER-positive breast cancer patients from benefitting from endocrine therapy, and miR-221 or miR-222 plays vital roles in inducing TamR. In this study, we designed s....

2021-06-30

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MedComm | Molecular mechanisms of chemo- and radiotherapy resistance and the potential implications for cancer treatment

Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. Surgery is the primary treatment approach for cancer, but the survival rate is very low due to the rapid progression of the disease and presence of local ....

2021-06-10

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MedComm | Demethylzeylasteral inhibits proliferation, migration, and invasion through FBXW7/c-Myc axis in gastric cancer

Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most familiar malignancy in the digestive system. Demethylzeylasteral (Dem), a natural functional monomer extracted from Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F, shows anti-tum....

2021-06-03

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MedComm | Insights on the structure–function relationship of human multidrug resistance protein 7 (MRP7/ABCC10) from molecular dynamics simulations and docking studies

ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters superfamily mediates multidrug resistance in cancer by extruding structurally distinct chemotherapeutic agents, causing failure in chemotherapy. Among the 49 AB....

2021-03-25

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Molecular Biomedicine | Targeting regulatory T cells for immunotherapy in melanoma

Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are essential in the maintenance of immunity, and they are also a key to immune suppressive microenvironment in solid tumors. Many studies have revealed the biology of Tregs....

2021-04-19

MedComm | Neoantigen-reactive T cell: An emerging role in adoptive cellular immunotherapy

Adoptive cellular immunotherapy harnessing the intrinsic immune system for precise treatment has exhibited preliminary success against malignant tumors. As one of the emerging roles in adoptive cellul....

2021-04-23

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