Immune evasion and the suppression of antitumor responses during cancer progression are considered hallmarks of cancer and are typically attributed to tumor-derived factors. Although the molecular basis for the crosstalk between tumor and immune cells is an area of active investigation, whether host-specific germline variants can dictate immunosuppressive mechanisms has remained a challenge to ...

A complex set of extracellular signals is required for neural crest (NC) specification. However, how these signals function to coordinate cell-cycle progression and differentiation remains poorly understood. Here, we report in Xenopus a role for the transcription factor signal transducers and activators of transcription-3 (Stat3) in this process downstream of FGF signalling. Depletion of Stat3 ...

A complex set of extracellular signals is required for neural crest (NC) specification. However, how these signals function to coordinate cell cycle progression and differentiation remains poorly understood. Here,we report inXenopus a role forStat3 inthis process downstream of FGF signaling. Depletion of Stat3 inhibited NC gene expression and proliferation while its overexpression expanded the ...

Bile acids are physiological detergents that generate bile flow and facilitate intestinal absorption and transport of lipids, nutrients, and vitamins. Bile acids also are signaling molecules and inflammatory agents that rapidly activate nuclear receptors and cell signaling pathways that regulate lipid, glucose, and energy metabolism. The enterohepatic circulation of bile acids exerts important ...

A complex set of extracellular signals is required for neural crest (NC) specification. However, how these signals function to coordinate cell cycle progression and differentiation remains poorly understood. Here,we report inXenopus a role forStat3 inthis process downstream of FGF signaling. Depletion of Stat3 inhibited NC gene expression and proliferation while its overexpression expanded the ...

A complex set of extracellular signals is required for neural crest (NC) specification. However, how these signals function to coordinate cell cycle progression and differentiation remains poorly understood. Here,we report inXenopus a role forStat3 inthis process downstream of FGF signaling. Depletion of Stat3 inhibited NC gene expression and proliferation while its overexpression expanded the ...

UNLABELLED Despite gains in survival, outcomes for patients with metastatic or recurrent rhabdomyosarcoma remain dismal. In a collaboration between the National Cancer Institute, Children's Oncology Group, and Broad Institute, we performed whole-genome, whole-exome, and transcriptome sequencing to characterize the landscape of somatic alterations in 147 tumor/normal pairs. Two genotypes are evi...

A complex set of extracellular signals is required for neural crest (NC) specification. However, how these signals function to coordinate cell cycle progression and differentiation remains poorly understood. Here,we report inXenopus a role forStat3 inthis process downstream of FGF signaling. Depletion of Stat3 inhibited NC gene expression and proliferation while its overexpression expanded the ...

Fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF23) is a phosphaturic hormone that contributes to several hypophosphatemic disorders by reducing the expression of the type II sodium-phosphate cotransporters (NaPi-2a and NaPi-2c) in the kidney proximal tubule and by reducing serum 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) [1,25(OH)(2)D(3)] levels. The FGF receptor(s) mediating the hypophosphatemic action of FGF23 in vivo have...

Our previous findings revealed that FGFR4 may be a novel therapeutic target for gastric cancer. The aim of the present study was to explore the effects of a combination of PD173074 (PD) and 5-fluorouracil (5-Fu) on the biological behavior of gastric cancer cell lines and the relevant mechanisms involved. MKN45, a gastric cancer cell line, was treated with each single agent alone or a combinatio...