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  1. CXCL2 (C-X-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 2), a constituent of the C-X-C chemokine subfamily, serves as a powerful chemotactic factor for neutrophils, facilitating leukocyte recruitment and movement while initiating...

    Authors: Yuanhao Lv, Caizheng Chen, Miaomiao Han, Chenfei Tian, Fuyang Song, Sijia Feng, Miaoming Xu, Ziyin Zhao, Hongyan Zhou, Wei Su and Jiateng Zhong
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:133
  2. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been recognized as significant modulators of gene expression and are essential for various biological functions, even though they don’t appear to have the ability to encode p...

    Authors: Maryam Farajzadeh, Mehrdad Fathi, Pooya Jalali, Armin Mahmoudsalehi Kheshti, Shahla Khodayari, Mohammad Hojjat-Farsangi and Farhad Jadidi
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:131
  3. Osteosarcoma (OS) as an invasive and lethal malignancy showing a low 5-year survival rate requires novel therapeutic targets and their suppressors to improve prevention and treatment strategies.

    Authors: Ruoping Yanzhang, Mingyang Yan, Zhaojie Yang, Huijun Zhang, Yin Yu, Xiangping Li, Ruifang Shen, Xiao Chu, Siyuan Han, Ziliang Zhang, Junyan Teng, Hao Li, Tao Li, Guoguo Jin and Zhiping Guo
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:130
  4. Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the most common type of acute leukemia in adults. We previously discovered that heme oxygenase 1 (HO1) is crucial for chemoresistance in AML, but the detailed molecular mechanis...

    Authors: Tianzhuo Zhang, Danna Wei, Yun Zhan, Zhengmei Long, Tingting Lu, Peng Zhao, Rui Gao, Qian Kang, Luxin Zhang, Min Liu, Xueying Yang and Jishi Wang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:129
  5. C-type lectin domain family 12 member A (CLEC12A) is a type II transmembrane glycoprotein widely expressed in innate immune cells, where it plays a crucial role in immune modulation and has been implicated in ...

    Authors: Desheng Zhou, Yachao Cui, Tianxiang Liang, Zhenpeng Wu, Haiping Yan, Yingchang Li, Wenguang Yin, Yunen Lin and Qiang You
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:128
  6. Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most lethal type of brain tumor. Recent studies have indicated that cellular senescence-targeted therapy is a promising approach for cancer treatment. However, the underlying mechanis...

    Authors: Yanbin Zhang, Xiaohua Xiao, Ge Yang, Xiaobing Jiang, Shujie Jiao, Yingli Nie and Tao Zhang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:127
  7. Glioblastoma (GBM) the most common and most aggressive primary brain tumor has a five-year survival rate of less than 5%. The onset of GBM is very complicated and has always been the focus of researchers. This...

    Authors: Bo Fan, Qing Pan, Xiaokai Yuan, Wei Du and Zhongjie Yan
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:126
  8. G protein-coupled receptor kinase-interacting proteins (GITs) function as GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs) for small GTPases of the ADP-ribosylation factor (Arf) family. While GIT proteins (GIT1 and GIT2) reg...

    Authors: Vadym Sulimenko, Eduarda Dráberová, Vladimíra Sládková, Tetyana Sulimenko, Věra Vosecká, Omar Skalli and Pavel Dráber
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:125
  9. Osteosarcoma (OS) is a malignant bone tumor that originates from interstitial tissues and affects the health of children and adolescents. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are an intriguing category of widely dist...

    Authors: Jinyou Wang, Ning Zhang, Yan Wang, Fanghong Chen, Lei Wang, Kailun Wang, Xiao Yao and Xiaohui Pan
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:124
  10. Cancer is a rising issue worldwide, and numerous studies have focused on understanding the underlying reasons for its occurrence and finding proper ways to defeat it. By applying technological advances, resear...

    Authors: Maryam Solaimani, Sahar Hosseinzadeh and Mozhgan Abasi
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:123
  11. Pancreatic cancer is a highly malignant digestive tumor. Glutamine metabolism is one of the important sources of tumors. N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification plays a key role in regulating tumor metabolism an...

    Authors: Xi Pu, Yuting Wu, Weiguo Long, Xinyu Sun, Xiao Yuan, Deqiang Wang, Xu Wang and Min Xu
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:122
  12. As a kind of prevalent malignancy globally, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is characterized by significant morbidity and mortality due to the difficulties in early diagnosis and limited treatment options. Circ...

    Authors: Zhijie Li, Hui Ren, Shuaishuai Tan, Bing Su, Yuchen Wang, Wenwen Ren, Boyang Zhang, Can Song, Rulong Du, Yuchun Gu, Lida Wu and Hongyu Li
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:121
  13. The immune checkpoint targeting is nowadays an integral part of cancer therapies. However, only a minority of patients experience long-term benefits. Thus, the identification of predictive biomarkers contribut...

    Authors: Verena Schweihofer, Christina Bruss, Stephan Seitz, Gunther Glehr, Madeleine Hetterich, Florian Weber, Maria Hatzipanagiotou, Miriam Fernández-Pacheco Álvarez, Olaf Ortmann, Gero Brockhoff, Richard J. Bauer and Anja Kathrin Wege
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:120
  14. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are pivotal components of the breast cancer (BC) tumor microenvironment (TME), significantly influencing tumor progression and response to therapy. However, the heterogeneit...

    Authors: Qing Wang, Yushuai Yu, Liqiong Ruan, Mingyao Huang, Wei Chen, Xiaomei Sun, Jun Liu and Zirong Jiang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:119
  15. Tumors are among the most predominant health problems in the world, and the annual incidence of cancer is increasing globally; therefore, there is an urgent need to identify effective therapeutic targets. Chlo...

    Authors: Xin Li, Yongfeng Wang, Minmin Ren, Qian Liu, Jiajia Li, Li Zhang, Shun Yao, Lulu Tang, Guorong Wen, Jiaxing An, Hai Jin and Biguang Tuo
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:118
  16. Multiple myeloma (MM) is a hematological malignancy defined by the abnormal proliferation and accumulation of plasma cells (PC) within the bone marrow (BM). While multiple myeloma impacts the bone, it is not c...

    Authors: Sina Kamrani, Reza Naseramini, Pouria Khani, Zahra Sadat Razavi, Hamed Afkhami, Mohammad Reza Atashzar, Farzad Nasri, Sajad Alavimanesh, Farzane Saeidi and Hossein Ronaghi
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:117
  17. Irinotecan is a widely used chemotherapy drug in colorectal cancer (CRC). The evolution and prognosis of CRC involve complex mechanisms and depend on the drug administered, especially for irinotecan. However, ...

    Authors: Chengyi Huang, Bufu Tang, Wenjuan Chen, Jinggang Chen, Huojun Zhang and Minghua Bai
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:115
  18. Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) remains a formidable challenge due to its high recurrence rates and poor prognosis. This study focuses on miR-876, a microRNA significantly associated with OSCC recurrence a...

    Authors: Hsuan-Yu Peng, Yu-Li Huang, Ping-Hsiu Wu, Li-Jie Li, Bou-Yue Peng, Chia-Yu Wu, Yu-Lung Lin, Michael Hsiao, Jang-Yang Chang, Peter Mu-Hsin Chang, Hsin-Lun Lee and Wei-Min Chang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:114
  19. Migrasomes are a newly discovered type of extracellular vesicle (EV) formed during cell migration, playing a pivotal role in intercellular communication. These vesicles are generated by retracting fibers of mi...

    Authors: Zhiyong Tan, Chadanfeng Yang, Shi Fu, Junchao Wu, Yinglong Huang, Haihao Li, Chen Gong, Dihao Lv, Jiansong Wang, Mingxia Ding and Haifeng Wang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:113
  20. YWHAG, also known as 14-3-3-γ, is one of the 14-3-3 isoforms. It can recognize phosphothreonine/phosphoserine residues and plays a critical role in regulating cellular metabolism, signal transduction, the cell...

    Authors: Hongmei Zheng, Yaoxiang Tang, Hongjing Zang, Jiadi Luo, Hanqiong Zhou, Ying Zou, Jinwu Peng and Songqing Fan
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:112
  21. Nowadays, gastric cancer has become a significant issue in the global cancer burden, and its impact cannot be ignored. The rapid development of artificial intelligence technology is attempting to address this ...

    Authors: Runze Li, Jingfan Li, Yuman Wang, Xiaoyu Liu, Weichao Xu, Runxue Sun, Binqing Xue, Xinqian Zhang, Yikun Ai, Yanru Du and Jianming Jiang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:111
  22. Transmembrane protein 71 (TMEM71) is implicated in multiple cellular physiological functions and has been demonstrated to be crucial in the advancement of different cancerous growths. However, its specific fun...

    Authors: Jiabao Xie, Wanli Yu, Shikai Gui, Lunshan Peng, Juexian Xiao, Haitao Luo and Zujue Cheng
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:109
  23. We observed an increased presence of succinate dehydrogenase complex subunit A (SDHA), a mitochondrial enzyme, in breast cancer (BC), which contributes to its proliferation. While SDHA deficiency has been exte...

    Authors: Liyun Yong, Yuan Fang, Lingli Jin, Xiuqin Zhang, Manuel A. Luis, Xiaoyan Lin, Shasha Tang and Fengfeng Cai
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:108
  24. General control non-derepressible protein 1 (GCN1), a ribosome-binding protein, has been implicated in the development and progression of multiple cancers. However, the potential role of GCN1 in hepatocellular...

    Authors: Zhongchao Zhang, Caijun Rao, Mingcun Hu, Wei Yan and Zhipeng Du
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:107
  25. Costunolide (COS), a sesquiterpene lactone extracted from the roots of Saussurea costus, is known to possess anticancer properties in various cancers, including colon, oral, and lung cancers, but its mechanism of...

    Authors: Kwanhwan Wi, Sun-Young Hwang, Young-Gwon Kim, Soong-In Lee, Cheol-Jung Lee, Geul Bang, Je-Ho Lee and Mee-Hyun Lee
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:106
  26. Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common urological malignancy and second only to lung cancer in incidence among men. Its prognosis varies widely due to its heterogeneity. Research indicates that fatty acid me...

    Authors: Yifan Liu, Lilin Wan, Yuxuan Chen, Ruixin Zhang, Yi Xia, Ming Chen, Xiang Huang and Ruiji Liu
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:105
  27. Chemoresistance is still a significant obstacle to cancer therapy. Overexpression of the splicing factor 3b subunit 1 (SF3B1) and neurogenic locus notch homolog protein 1 (NOTCH1) factors is typically found in...

    Authors: Shiva Abolhasani, Armin Mahmoud salehi Khesht, Atefeh Khodakarami, Ali Masjedi, Bentolhoda Rashidi, Sepideh Izadi, Fatemeh Karimian Noukabadi, Vahid Karpisheh, Khatereh Torabi Poudeh, Pooya Jalali, Zahra Salehi, Rafieh Bagherifar, Seyyed Sina Hejazian, AliAkbar Movassaghpour, Abbas Ali Hosseinpour Feizi and Farhad Jadidi
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:104
  28. Intratumoral heterogeneity is the main cause of tumor treatment failure, varying across disease sites (spatial heterogeneity) and polyclonal properties of tumors that evolve over time (temporal heterogeneity)....

    Authors: Yue-Chun Fu, Shao-Bo Liang, Min Luo and Xue-Ping Wang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:103
  29. Radioresistance is a major challenge in radiotherapy for laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC), and there is currently no effective method to predict radiosensitivity in LSCC patients. This study aimed to e...

    Authors: Shiqi Gong, Liyun Yang, Meng Xu, Mingliang Xiang, Juntian Lang, Hao Zhang and Yamin Shan
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:102
  30. The development of immunotherapy has enriched the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but the efficacy is not as expected, which may be due to immune evasion. Immune evasion is related to the immune m...

    Authors: Jiahua Wen, Kai Wen, Meng Tao, Zhenyu Zhou, Xing He, Weidong Wang, Zian Huang, Qiaohong Lin, Huoming Li, Haohan Liu, Yongcong Yan and Zhiyu Xiao
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:101
  31. Broussoflavonol B (Bf-B), a flavonoid compound identified in the roots of Daphne giraldii Nitsche, has been extensively investigated for its potential anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anticancer properties. Ho...

    Authors: HyokChol Choe, Zhen Wang, Jianhua Huang, Yutong Yang, Zhihao Zhao, HyonSu Jo, HyonU Pak, Tanveer Ali, Kaiyue Ding, Junnan Ma, Lingzhi Li, Dong Shang and Lin Zhang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:100
  32. Fei Yanning Formula (FYN) is extensively applied in clinical lung cancer treatment. However, the specific active constituents and targets of its therapeutic effects remain unclear.

    Authors: Shuliu Sang, Yang Han, Hailun Zhou, Xiaohong Kang and Yabin Gong
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:99
  33. Schisandrin B (Sch B) is an active component in Schisandra chinensis exerting anti-cancer effect, but the mechanism is obscure. This study was designed to explore the mechanism of Sch B against colorectal cancer ...

    Authors: Jianguo Sun, Zhipeng Wang, Yunlei Yun, Yingqi Feng, Zhijun Liu, Lili Cui, Mao Tang, Liya Ye, Zhengyan Liang, Wansheng Chen and Shouhong Gao
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:97
  34. Cancer remains a major global health challenge due to its rising prevalence and high mortality rates. The field of microRNAs (miRNAs) has made significant progress in the understanding of tumorigenesis and has...

    Authors: Yang Yang, Siti Razila Abdul Razak, Ida Shazrina Ismail, Yanxia Ma and Muhammad Amir Yunus
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:94
  35. Understanding the intricate tumor microenvironment (TME) is crucial for elucidating the mechanisms underlying the progression of cervical squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) and its response to anti-PD-1 therapy.

    Authors: Xia Li, Zhao Zhao, Yanmei Cheng, Jiaqin Yan, Fang Ren, Yanyan Jia, Juanhua Li, Binhui Wang, Junqi Liu, Chenyin Wang, Meimei Gao, Hao Gu, Mingliang Fan, Huirong Shi, Mei Ji and Qitai Zhao
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:90
  36. Glioblastoma (GBM) ranks among the most lethal primary tumors of the central nervous system. This is partly due to its complex intracellular metabolism and interactions with the surrounding tumor microenvironm...

    Authors: Shriyansh Srivastava, Robab Anbiaee, Mohammad Houshyari, Laxmi, Sathvik Belagodu Sridhar, Sumel Ashique, Sadique Hussain, Sachin Kumar, Tahreen Taj, Zeinab Akbarnejad and Farzad Taghizadeh-Hesary
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:89
  37. SERPINI1 is a protein-coding gene, which has been reported to be related to malignancies, and the encoding protein is a secreted protein. Nevertheless, the specific effect of SERPINI1 on Hepatocellular carcino...

    Authors: Yawei Han, Gaoyv Wang, Erwei Han, Shuting Yang, Ran Zhao, Yvying Lan, Meng Zhao, Yueguo Li and Li Ren
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:88
  38. Ovarian cancer (OC) remains a leading cause of gynecological cancer-related mortality, with poor prognosis and limited therapeutic options, underscoring the urgent need for a deeper understanding of OC biology...

    Authors: Ying Xiong, Xiaoqian Zhang, Weiwei Xie, Yujia Yin, Yujing Qian, Xiang Ying, Xiaocui Zheng and Xipeng Wang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:87
  39. Plasma cell-free DNA (cfDNA) has been used to monitor gene mutations and diagnose tumors. Discriminating parathyroid carcinoma (PC) from parathyroid adenoma (PA) before surgery is difficult because of the over...

    Authors: Qingyuan Zheng, Ming Cui, Ou Wang, Xiaoyan Chang, Jinheng Xiao, Tianqi Chen, Mengyi Wang, Surong Hua, Ya Hu and Quan Liao
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:86
  40. HNRNPC is an RNA-binding protein that is overexpressed in a variety of cancers and is well known as an m6A “reader”, but its specific function and molecular mechanism in NSCLC have not been fully understood. T...

    Authors: Minghua Liao, Chunyu Li, Rui Yang, Jun Li, Ke Wu, Jiayi Zhang, Qian Zhu, Yingchang Shi and Xianming Zhang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:85
  41. The collagen β (1-O) glycosyltransferase 25 domain 1 (GLT25D1), a crucial collagen-modifying enzyme (CME), plays a pivotal role in multiple pathophysiological processes. However, its prognostic and biological ...

    Authors: Sheng Qiu, Hongdong Han, Hongmin Zhang, Mengliu Yang, Hao Wang, Ke Li, Ling Li and Gangyi Yang
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:84
  42. High mobility group A1 (HMGA1) is a class of non-histone chromosomal protein and is highly expressed in the embryonic period and many tumors. It is involved in multiple hallmarks of tumors and affects the occu...

    Authors: Lijie Zhang, Xiaomin Zhao, Xianghong Gao, Hao Qin, Feng Chen and Zhijuan Lin
    Citation: Cancer Cell International 2025 25:80

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