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Cathepsin B Inhibition Limits Bone Metastasis in Breast Cancer
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (01-03-2012)“…Metastasis to bone is a major cause of morbidity in breast cancer patients, emphasizing the importance of identifying molecular drivers of bone metastasis for…”
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Acid-Mediated Tumor Proteolysis: Contribution of Cysteine Cathepsins
Published in Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.) (01-10-2013)“…One of the noncellular microenvironmental factors that contribute to malignancy of solid tumors is acidic peritumoral pH. We have previously demonstrated that…”
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Imaging Sites of Inhibition of Proteolysis in Pathomimetic Human Breast Cancer Cultures by Light-Activated Ruthenium Compound
Published in PloS one (12-11-2015)“…The cysteine protease cathepsin B has been causally linked to progression and metastasis of breast cancers. We demonstrate inhibition by a dipeptidyl nitrile…”
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Chiral porphyrazine near-IR optical imaging agent exhibiting preferential tumor accumulation
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (26-01-2010)“…A chiral porphyrazine (pz), H₂[pz(trans-A₂B₂)] (247), has been prepared that exhibits preferential in vivo accumulation in the cells of tumors. Pz 247 exhibits…”
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Identification and Functional Impact of Homo-oligomers of the Human Proton-coupled Folate Transporter
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (10-02-2012)“…The proton-coupled folate transporter (PCFT; SLC46A1) is a proton-folate symporter that is abundantly expressed in solid tumors and normal tissues, such as…”
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Analysis of host- and tumor-derived proteinases using a custom dual species microarray reveals a protective role for stromal matrix metalloproteinase-12 in non-small cell lung cancer
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (15-08-2006)“…We used a customized Affymetrix protease microarray (Hu/Mu ProtIn chip) designed to distinguish human and mouse genes to analyze the expression of proteases…”
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Functional imaging of tumor proteolysis
Published in Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology (01-01-2006)“…The roles of proteases in cancer are now known to be much broader than simply degradation of extracellular matrix during tumor invasion and metastasis…”
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Imaging Proteolysis by Living Human Breast Cancer Cells
Published in Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.) (2000)“…Malignant progression is accompanied by degradation of extracellular matrix proteins. Here we describe a novel confocal assay in which we can observe…”
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Functional Imaging of Proteolysis: Stromal and Inflammatory Cells Increase Tumor Proteolysis
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Interaction of Human Breast Fibroblasts with Collagen I Increases Secretion of Procathepsin B
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (30-08-2002)“…Interactions of stromal and tumor cells with the extracellular matrix may regulate expression of proteases including the lysosomal proteases cathepsins B and…”
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Hu/Mu ProtIn Oligonucleotide Microarray: Dual-Species Array for Profiling Protease and Protease Inhibitor Gene Expression in Tumors and Their Microenvironment
Published in Molecular cancer research (01-05-2007)“…Proteolysis is a critical regulatory mechanism for a wide variety of physiologic and pathologic processes. To assist in the identification of proteases, their…”
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Molecular regulation, membrane association and secretion of tumor cathepsin B
Published in APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica et immunologica Scandinavica (01-03-1999)“…Upregulation, membrane association and secretion of cathepsin B have been shown to occur in many types of tumors and to correlate positively with their…”
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Functional expression of recombinant human stefin A in mammalian and bacterial cells
Published in Protein expression and purification (01-04-2007)“…Recombinant human cysteine protease inhibitor, stefin A, was expressed in both Escherichia coli and BS-C-1 monkey kidney cells utilizing pET and recombinant…”
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Carcinoma-Associated Fibroblasts Accelerate Growth and Invasiveness of Breast Cancer Cells in 3D Long-Term Breast Cancer Models
Published in Cancers (15-11-2024)“…Background/Objectives: Carcinoma-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), a prominent cell type in the tumor microenvironment (TME), significantly contributes to cancer…”
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Cathepsin B and middle cerebral artery occlusion in the rat
Published in Journal of neurosurgery (01-11-1997)“…Lysosomal proteases, although tightly regulated under physiological conditions, are known to contribute to cell injury after various forms of tissue ischemia…”
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Paracrine Activation of STAT3 Drives GM-CSF Expression in Breast Carcinoma Cells, Generating a Symbiotic Signaling Network with Breast Carcinoma-Associated Fibroblasts
Published in Cancers (22-08-2024)“…This study evaluated the paracrine signaling between breast carcinoma-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) and breast cancer (BCa) cells. Resolving cell-cell…”
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Spatio-temporal modeling and live-cell imaging of proteolysis in the 4D microenvironment of breast cancer
Published in Cancer and metastasis reviews (01-09-2019)“…Cells grown in three dimensions (3D) within natural extracellular matrices or synthetic scaffolds more closely recapitulate the phenotype of those cells within…”
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Disrupted intercellular bridges and spermatogenesis in fatty acyl‐CoA reductase 1 knockout mice: A new model of ether lipid deficiency
Published in The FASEB journal (01-05-2023)“…Peroxisomal fatty acyl‐CoA reductase 1 (FAR1) is a rate‐limiting enzyme for ether lipid (EL) synthesis. Gene mutations in FAR1 cause a rare human disease…”
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Acidosis and proteolysis in the tumor microenvironment
Published in Cancer and metastasis reviews (01-06-2019)“…The glycolytic phenotype of the Warburg effect is associated with acidification of the tumor microenvironment. In this review, we describe how acidification of…”
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Abstract 2131: Paracrine cytokine pathways mediate metastasis of breast cancer to lymphatics
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (01-07-2018)“…Abstract Lymphatics, rather than blood vessels, are the primary route for breast cancer metastasis. The presence of breast cancer cells in regional lymphatics,…”
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