Search Results - "Watnick, Randolph S"
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PRSS2 remodels the tumor microenvironment via repression of Tsp1 to stimulate tumor growth and progression
Published in Nature communications (27-12-2022)“…The progression of cancer from localized to metastatic disease is the primary cause of morbidity and mortality. The interplay between the tumor and its…”
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CCL5 derived from platelets increases megakaryocyte proplatelet formation
Published in Blood (18-02-2016)“…In times of physiological stress, platelet count can transiently rise. What initiates this reactive thrombocytosis is poorly understood. Intriguingly, we found…”
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Growth-Inhibitory and Tumor- Suppressive Functions of p53 Depend on Its Repression of CD44 Expression
Published in Cell (11-07-2008)“…The p53 tumor suppressor is a key mediator of cellular responses to various stresses. Here, we show that under conditions of basal physiologic and cell-culture…”
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Suppression of heat shock protein 27 induces long-term dormancy in human breast cancer
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (29-05-2012)“…The mechanisms underlying tumor dormancy have been elusive and not well characterized. We recently published an experimental model for the study of human tumor…”
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Bone marrow-derived Gr1+ cells can generate a metastasis-resistant microenvironment via induced secretion of thrombospondin-1
Published in Cancer discovery (01-05-2013)“…Metastatic tumors have been shown to establish permissive microenvironments for metastases via recruitment of bone marrow-derived cells. Here, we show that…”
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A Model of Human Tumor Dormancy: An Angiogenic Switch From the Nonangiogenic Phenotype
Published in JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute (01-03-2006)“…Background: Microscopic human cancers can remain dormant for life. Tumor progression depends on sequential events, including a switch to the angiogenic…”
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First-in-human phase I dose escalation trial of the first-in-class tumor microenvironment modulator VT1021 in advanced solid tumors
Published in Communications medicine (13-01-2024)“…Background VT1021 is a cyclic peptide that induces the expression of thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) in myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) recruited to the…”
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GRK3 is essential for metastatic cells and promotes prostate tumor progression
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (28-01-2014)“…The biochemical mechanisms that regulate the process of cancer metastasis are still poorly understood. Because kinases, and the signaling pathways they…”
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A paradoxical method to enhance compensatory lung growth: Utilizing a VEGF inhibitor
Published in PloS one (19-12-2018)“…Exogenous vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) accelerates compensatory lung growth (CLG) in mice after unilateral pneumonectomy. In this study, we…”
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Prosaposin inhibits tumor metastasis via paracrine and endocrine stimulation of stromal p53 and Tsp-1
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (21-07-2009)“…Metastatic tumors can prepare a distant site for colonization via the secretion of factors that act in a systemic manner. We hypothesized that non- or weakly…”
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Phase 1 dose expansion and biomarker study assessing first-in-class tumor microenvironment modulator VT1021 in patients with advanced solid tumors
Published in Communications medicine (21-05-2024)“…Background Preclinical studies have demonstrated that VT1021, a first-in-class therapeutic agent, inhibits tumor growth via stimulation of thrombospondin-1…”
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Reactive Oxygen Signaling and MAPK Activation Distinguish Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-Positive versus EBV-Negative Burkitt's Lymphoma
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (04-01-2005)“…Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) is an aggressive B cell neoplasm, which is one of the most common neoplasms of childhood. It is highly widespread in East Africa, where…”
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Spontaneous reversion of the angiogenic phenotype to a nonangiogenic and dormant state in human tumors
Published in Molecular cancer research (01-05-2014)“…The angiogenic switch, a rate-limiting step in tumor progression, has already occurred by the time most human tumors are detectable. However, despite…”
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Ras Modulates Myc Activity to Repress Thrombospondin-1 Expression and Increase Tumor Angiogenesis
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The role of the tumor microenvironment in regulating angiogenesis
Published in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine (01-12-2012)“…The tumor-associated stroma has been shown to play a significant role in cancer formation. Paracrine signaling interactions between epithelial tumor cells and…”
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Regulation of tumor dormancy as a function of tumor-mediated paracrine regulation of stromal Tsp-1 and VEGF expression
Published in APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica et immunologica Scandinavica (01-07-2008)“…Tumor dormancy is a critical yet poorly understood phenomenon affecting both the diagnosis and treatment of human cancers. This is due in large part to the…”
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Development of a prosaposin-derived therapeutic cyclic peptide that targets ovarian cancer via the tumor microenvironment
Published in Science translational medicine (09-03-2016)“…The vast majority of ovarian cancer-related deaths are caused by metastatic dissemination of tumor cells, resulting in subsequent organ failure. However,…”
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Melanocyte pigmentation inversely correlates with MCP‐1 production and angiogenesis‐inducing potential
Published in The FASEB journal (01-02-2015)“…ABSTRACT The incidence of certain angiogenesis‐dependent diseases is higher in Caucasians than in African Americans. Angiogenesis is amplified in wound healing…”
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Heparin impairs angiogenic signaling and compensatory lung growth after left pneumonectomy
Published in Angiogenesis (London) (01-11-2018)“…Children with hypoplastic lung diseases, such as congenital diaphragmatic hernia, can require life support via extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and systemic…”
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Ras modulates Myc activity to repress thrombospondin-1 expression and increase tumor angiogenesis
Published in Cancer cell (01-03-2003)“…Tumor angiogenesis is postulated to be regulated by the balance between pro- and anti-angiogenic factors. We demonstrate that the critical step in establishing…”
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