2016
Mitochondrial Redox Signaling and Tumor Progression
Chen Y, Zhang H, Zhou HJ, Ji W, Min W. Mitochondrial Redox Signaling and Tumor Progression. Cancers 2016, 8: 40. PMID: 27023612, PMCID: PMC4846849, DOI: 10.3390/cancers8040040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMitochondrial redox proteinsExcessive ROSRedox proteinsCancer cellsMitochondrial redox signalingMitochondrial oxidative phosphorylationCellular ROS levelsStress signalingRedox regulationROS functionTumor progressionRedox signalingMitochondrial roleApoptotic signalingCancer cell proliferationRedox-sensitive pathwaysTranscriptional factorsReactive oxygen species generationTumor suppressorOxidative phosphorylationDNA mutationsOxygen species generationCancer progressionBasal ROSCancer invasion
2015
AIP1 Expression in Tumor Niche Suppresses Tumor Progression and Metastasis
Ji W, Li Y, He Y, Yin M, Zhou HJ, Boggon TJ, Zhang H, Min W. AIP1 Expression in Tumor Niche Suppresses Tumor Progression and Metastasis. Cancer Research 2015, 75: 3492-3504. PMID: 26139244, PMCID: PMC4558200, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-15-0088.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnimalsBreast NeoplasmsCarrier ProteinsCell Line, TumorEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGuanylate KinasesHumansMelanoma, ExperimentalMiceNeoplasm MetastasisNeovascularization, PathologicProtein Kinase InhibitorsSignal TransductionTumor MicroenvironmentVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2ConceptsEpithelial-mesenchymal transitionPremetastatic niche formationTumor growthAugments tumor growthBreast cancer modelSuppresses tumor progressionVascular endothelial cellsNiche formationSystemic administrationCancer modelVEGFR2 kinase inhibitorTumor neovascularizationTumor progressionTumor angiogenesisTumor microenvironmentTumor cellsEndothelial cellsMetastasisKinase inhibitorsTumor nicheVascular ECsSpecific deletionVascular environmentEMT switchAIP1 gene