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  1. Receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) is a multi-ligand transmembrane receptor of the immunoglobulin superfamily. Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is a ligand for RAGE and is involved in physiological...

    Authors: Rashmi Ray, Nitish Jangde, Satyendra Kumar Singh, Sunita Sinha and Vivek Rai

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:170

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  2. Jumonji AT-rich interactive domain 1B(JARID1B) has been shown to be upregulated in many human cancers and plays a critical role in the development of cancers cells. Nevertheless, its functional role in colorec...

    Authors: Da Huang, Fan Xiao, Haibin Hao, Fuzhou Hua, Zhenzhong Luo, Zhaoxia Huang, Qing Li, Sha Chen, Xiuzhi Cheng, Xinyue Zhang, Weilan Fang, Xiaoyun Hu and Fanrong Liu

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:169

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  3. Glioma is the most common primary brain tumor, and is a major health problem throughout the world. Today, researchers have discovered many risk factors that are associated with the initiation and progression o...

    Authors: Omid Reza Tamtaji, Mohammad Behnam, Mohammad Ali Pourattar, Michael R. Hamblin, Maryam Mahjoubin-Tehran, Hamed Mirzaei and Zatollah Asemi

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:168

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  4. Metabolic reprogramming contributes significantly to tumor development and is tightly linked to drug resistance. The chemotherapeutic agent etoposide (VP-16) has been used clinically in the treatment of lung c...

    Authors: Qi Dong, Chenkang Zhou, Haodong Ren, Zhijian Zhang, Feng Cheng, Zhenkai Xiong, Chuantao Chen, Jianke Yang, Jiguang Gao, Yao Zhang, Lei Xu, Jian Fang, Yuxiang Cao, Huijun Wei and Zhihao Wu

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:167

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  5. Overexpression and nuclear enrichment of the oncogene yes-associated protein (YAP) cause tumor initiation and support tumor progression in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) via cell autonomous mechanisms. Howe...

    Authors: Simone Marquard, Stefan Thomann, Sofia M. E. Weiler, Michaela Bissinger, Teresa Lutz, Carsten Sticht, Marcell Tóth, Carolina de la Torre, Norbert Gretz, Beate K. Straub, Jens Marquardt, Peter Schirmacher and Kai Breuhahn

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:166

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  6. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Chenying Lu, Shiji Fang, Qiaoyou Weng, Xiuling Lv, Miaomiao Meng, Jinyu Zhu, Liyun Zheng, Yumin Hu, Yang Gao, Xulu Wu, Jianting Mao, Bufu Tang, Zhongwei Zhao, Li Huang and Jiansong Ji

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:165

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    The original article was published in Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:97

  7. Chemotherapy is currently one of the most effective treatments for advanced breast cancer. Anti-microtubule agents, including taxanes, eribulin and vinca-alkaloids are one of the primary major anti-breast canc...

    Authors: Tsung-Ching Lai, Chih-Yeu Fang, Yi-Hua Jan, Hsiao-Ling Hsieh, Yi-Fang Yang, Chun-Yu Liu, Peter Mu-Hsin Chang and Michael Hsiao

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:164

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  8. In recent years, it has been demonstrated that extracellular vesicles (EVs) can be released by almost all cell types, and detected in most body fluids. In the tumour microenvironment (TME), EVs serve as a tran...

    Authors: Shi-Cong Tao and Shang-Chun Guo

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:163

    Content type: Review

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  9. Recent physiological and experimental data highlight the role of the sensory nervous system in bone repair, but its precise role on angiogenesis in a bone regeneration context is still unknown. Our previous wo...

    Authors: Alice Leroux, Bruno Paiva dos Santos, Jacques Leng, Hugo Oliveira and Joëlle Amédée

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:162

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  10. Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) ligand which activates TLR3 signaling induces both cancer cell death and activates anti-tumor immunity. However, TLR3 signaling can also harbor pro-tumorigenic consequences. Therefo...

    Authors: Thanpisit Lomphithak, Swati Choksi, Apiwat Mutirangura, Rutaiwan Tohtong, Tewin Tencomnao, Hajime Usubuchi, Michiaki Unno, Hironobu Sasano and Siriporn Jitkaew

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:161

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  11. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a gram-negative bacterium that chronically infects approximately 50% of the world’s human population. While in most cases the infection remains asymptomatic, 10% of infected ind...

    Authors: Muamera Sarajlic, Theresa Neuper, Julia Vetter, Susanne Schaller, Maria M. Klicznik, Iris K. Gratz, Silja Wessler, Gernot Posselt and Jutta Horejs-Hoeck

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:160

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  12. Relapsed leukemia following initial therapeutic response and remission is difficult to treat and causes high patient mortality. Leukemia relapse is due to residual quiescent leukemia cells that escape conventi...

    Authors: Bi Liu, Yunzhu Shen, Huafang Huang, Kimiko Della Croce, Min Wu, Yingjuan Fan, Yang Liu, Jianhua Xu and Guang Yao

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:159

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  13. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are lipid-bound particles that are naturally released from cells and mediate cell-cell communication. Integrin adhesion receptors are enriched in small EVs (SEVs) and SEV-carried i...

    Authors: Wanessa F. Altei, Bianca C. Pachane, Patty K. dos Santos, Lígia N. M. Ribeiro, Bong Hwan Sung, Alissa M. Weaver and Heloisa S. Selistre-de-Araújo

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:158

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  14. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death in China. The lack of an effective treatment for this disease results in a high recurrence rate in patients who undergo radic...

    Authors: Benfan Wang, Qinyan Li, Jinyan Wang, Siting Zhao, Bayaer Nashun, Li Qin and Xiaoping Chen

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:157

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  15. Targeted therapy with BRAF and MEK inhibitors has improved the survival of patients with BRAF-mutated metastatic melanoma, but most patients relapse upon the onset of drug resistance induced by mechanisms incl...

    Authors: Elisabetta Vergani, Matteo Dugo, Mara Cossa, Simona Frigerio, Lorenza Di Guardo, Gianfrancesco Gallino, Ilaria Mattavelli, Barbara Vergani, Luca Lalli, Elena Tamborini, Barbara Valeri, Chiara Gargiuli, Eriomina Shahaj, Marina Ferrarini, Elisabetta Ferrero, Macarena Gomez Lira…

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:156

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  16. Thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1), a Ca2+-binding trimeric glycoprotein secreted by multiple cell types, has been implicated in the pathophysiology of several clinical conditions. Signaling involving TSP-1, through its co...

    Authors: Rosi Bissinger, Polina Petkova-Kirova, Olga Mykhailova, Per-Arne Oldenborg, Elena Novikova, David A. Donkor, Thomas Dietz, Abdulla Al Mamun Bhuyan, William P. Sheffield, Marijke Grau, Ferruh Artunc, Lars Kaestner, Jason P. Acker and Syed M. Qadri

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:155

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  17. Hormone receptor positive (HR+) breast cancer (BCa) is the most frequently diagnosed subtype. Acquired and intrinsic resistance to conventional endocrine therapy (ET) commonly occurs and prompts incurable meta...

    Authors: Shaymaa Bahnassy, Hariprasad Thangavel, Maram Quttina, Ashfia Fatima Khan, Dhanya Dhanyalayam, Joan Ritho, Samaneh Karami, Jing Ren and Tasneem Bawa-Khalfe

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:154

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  18. Rabies virus (RABV) is reported to encode five phosphoproteins (P), which are involved in viral genomic replication, axonal transport, oxidative stress, interferon antagonism, and autophagy induction. However,...

    Authors: Juan Liu, Min Liao, Yan Yan, Hui Yang, Hailong Wang and Jiyong Zhou

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:153

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  19. Radioresistance is a major challenge in lung cancer radiotherapy, and new radiosensitizers are urgently needed. Estrogen receptor β (ERβ) is involved in the progression of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), h...

    Authors: Hang Li, Jun Che, Mian Jiang, Ming Cui, Guoxing Feng, Jiali Dong, Shuqin Zhang, Lu Lu, Weili Liu and Saijun Fan

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:152

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  20. Hepatic fibrosis is a pathological response of the liver to a variety of chronic stimuli. Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are the major source of myofibroblasts in the liver. Follistatin like 1 (Fstl1) is a secr...

    Authors: Xin-Yi Xu, Yan Du, Xue Liu, Yilin Ren, Yingying Dong, Hong-Yu Xu, Jin-Song Shi, Dianhua Jiang, Xin Xu, Lian Li, Zheng-Hong Xu and Yan Geng

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:151

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  21. Target therapies based on BRAF and MEK inhibitors (MAPKi) have changed the therapeutic landscape for metastatic melanoma patients bearing mutations in the BRAF kinase. However, the emergence of drug resistance...

    Authors: Luigi Fattore, Debora Malpicci, Ciro Milite, Sabrina Castellano, Gianluca Sbardella, Gerardo Botti, Paolo A. Ascierto, Rita Mancini and Gennaro Ciliberto

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:150

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  22. Exosomes are extracellular vesicles characterized by their size, source, release mechanism and contents. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are single stranded non-coding RNAs transcribed from DNA. Exosomes and miRNAs are wid...

    Authors: Kasra Asgarpour, Zahra Shojaei, Fatemeh Amiri, Jafar Ai, Maryam Mahjoubin-Tehran, Faezeh Ghasemi, Reza ArefNezhad, Michael R. Hamblin and Hamed Mirzaei

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:149

    Content type: Review

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  23. LOX-like 1 (LOXL1) is a lysyl oxidase, and emerging evidence has revealed its effect on malignant cancer progression. However, its role in colorectal cancer (CRC) and the underlying molecular mechanisms have n...

    Authors: Lin Hu, Jing Wang, Yunliang Wang, Linpeng Wu, Chao Wu, Bo Mao, E. Maruthi Prasad, Yuhong Wang and Y. Eugene Chin

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:148

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  24. Deficiency of mitochondrial sirtuin 3 (SIRT3), a NAD+-dependent protein deacetylase that maintains redox status and lipid homeostasis, contributes to hepatic steatosis. In this study, we investigated additional m...

    Authors: Emma Barroso, Rosalía Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Mohammad Zarei, Javier Pizarro-Degado, Anna Planavila, Xavier Palomer, Francesc Villarroya and Manuel Vázquez-Carrera

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:147

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  27. Lung cancer is the second most commonly occurring cancer. The ability to metastasize and spread to distant locations renders the tumor more aggressive. Members of the Rho subfamily of small GTP-binding protein...

    Authors: Maria Al Haddad, Rayane El-Rif, Samer Hanna, Leila Jaafar, Rayanne Dennaoui, Sandra Abdellatef, Veronika Miskolci, Dianne Cox, Louis Hodgson and Mirvat El-Sibai

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:144

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  28. Mesenchymal-like stemness is characterized by epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). Breast cancer (BC) cell mesenchymal-like stemness is responsible for distal lung metastasis. Interrogation of databases sh...

    Authors: Ping Yin, Yu Bai, Zhuo Wang, Yu Sun, Jian Gao, Lei Na, Zhongbo Zhang, Wei Wang and Chenghai Zhao

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:143

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  29. Inhibitors targeting immune checkpoint were proved effective in cancer immunotherapy, such as PD-1/PD-L1 blockade. The novel immune checkpoint TIGIT/PVR plays critical roles in suppressing the anti-tumor effec...

    Authors: Xiuman Zhou, Jiangfeng Du, Hongfei Wang, Chunxia Chen, Ling Jiao, Xiangrui Cheng, Xiaowen Zhou, Shaomeng Chen, Shanshan Gou, Wenshan Zhao, Wenjie Zhai, Junhui Chen and Yanfeng Gao

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:142

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  30. Low molecular weight carrageenan (Cg) is a seaweed-derived sulfated polysaccharide widely used as inflammatory stimulus in preclinical studies. However, the molecular mechanisms of Cg-induced inflammation are ...

    Authors: Alexandre H. Lopes, Rangel L. Silva, Miriam D. Fonseca, Francisco I. Gomes, Alexandre G. Maganin, Lucas S. Ribeiro, Lucas Maciel Mauriz Marques, Fernando Q. Cunha, Jose C. Alves-Filho, Dario S. Zamboni, Norberto P. Lopes, Bernardo S. Franklin, Aurélie Gombault, Fernando Silva Ramalho, Valerie F. J. Quesniaux, Isabelle Couillin…

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:141

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  31. Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD)-mediated liver disease is a toxic “gain-of-function” inflammation in the liver associated with intracellular retention of mutant alpha-1 antitrypsin. The clinical presenta...

    Authors: Nazli Khodayari, Regina Oshins, L. Shannon Holliday, Virginia Clark, Qiang Xiao, George Marek, Borna Mehrad and Mark Brantly

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:140

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  32. Venous malformations (VMs), most of which associated with activating mutations in the endothelial cells (ECs) tyrosine kinase receptor TIE2, are characterized by dilated and immature veins with scarce smooth m...

    Authors: Yameng Si, Jiadong Huang, Xiang Li, Yu Fu, Rongyao Xu, Yifei Du, Jie Cheng and Hongbing Jiang

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:139

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  33. Polycystin-2 (TRPP2) is a Ca2+ permeable nonselective cationic channel essential for maintaining physiological function in live cells. Stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1) is an important Ca2+ sensor in store-o...

    Authors: Jizheng Guo, Ren Zhao, Muyao Zhou, Jie Li, Xiaoqiang Yao, Juan Du, Jiexia Chen and Bing Shen

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:138

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  34. The serine/threonine phosphatase calcineurin acts as a crucial connection between calcium signaling the phosphorylation states of numerous important substrates. These substrates include, but are not limited to...

    Authors: Trevor P. Creamer

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:137

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  35. Metabolites produced via traditional biochemical processes affect intracellular communication, inflammation, and malignancy. Unexpectedly, acetyl-CoA, α-ketoglutarate and palmitic acid, which are chemical spec...

    Authors: Ioannis Skalidis, Christian Tüting and Panagiotis L. Kastritis

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:136

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  36. Glioma stem cells (GSCs) are glioma cells with stemness and are responsible for a variety of malignant behaviors of glioma. Evidence has shown that signals from tumor microenvironment (TME) enhance stemness of...

    Authors: Jian Zang, Min-Hua Zheng, Xiu-Li Cao, Yi-Zhe Zhang, Yu-Fei Zhang, Xiang-Yu Gao, Yuan Cao, Mei Shi, Hua Han and Liang Liang

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:135

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  37. Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) immunotherapy utilizes genetically-engineered immune cells that express a unique cell surface receptor that combines tumor antigen specificity with immune cell activation. In re...

    Authors: Dongfang Liu, Saiaditya Badeti, Gianpietro Dotti, Jie-gen Jiang, He Wang, James Dermody, Patricia Soteropoulos, Deanna Streck, Raymond B. Birge and Chen Liu

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:134

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  39. Class 1 cytokine receptors (C1CRs) are single-pass transmembrane proteins responsible for transmitting signals between the outside and the inside of cells. Remarkably, they orchestrate key biological processes...

    Authors: Pernille Seiffert, Katrine Bugge, Mads Nygaard, Gitte W. Haxholm, Jacob H. Martinsen, Martin N. Pedersen, Lise Arleth, Wouter Boomsma and Birthe B. Kragelund

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:132

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  40. Metabolic reprogramming, in which energetic metabolism changes from oxidative phosphorylation to glycolysis, is well-accepted as a hallmark of cancers including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). A growing body o...

    Authors: Chuanzong Zhao, Ben Wang, Enyu Liu and Zongli Zhang

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:131

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  41. Exosomes are extracellular vesicles containing a variety of biological molecules including microRNAs (miRNAs). We have recently demonstrated that certain miRNA species are selectively and highly enriched in pa...

    Authors: Yi-Fan Xu, Xiaohui Xu, Amy Gin, Jean D. Nshimiyimana, Blaine H. M. Mooers, Massimo Caputi, Bethany N. Hannafon and Wei-Qun Ding

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:130

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  42. Syndecans regulate cell migration thus having key roles in scarring and wound healing processes. Our previous results have shown that Thy-1/CD90 can engage both αvβ3 integrin and Syndecan-4 expressed on the su...

    Authors: Alejandra Valdivia, Areli Cárdenas, Marianne Brenet, Horacio Maldonado, Milene Kong, Jorge Díaz, Keith Burridge, Pascal Schneider, Alejandra San Martín, Rafael García-Mata, Andrew F. G. Quest and Lisette Leyton

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:129

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  43. The activation of the NF-κB pathway plays a crucial role in the progression of breast cancer (BCa) and also involved in endocrine therapy resistance. On the contrary to the canonical NF-κB pathway, the effect ...

    Authors: Mei Wang, Yanyan Zhang, Zhi Xu, Peipei Qian, Wenbo Sun, Xiumei Wang, Zhang Jian, Tiansong Xia, Yong Xu and Jinhai Tang

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:128

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  44. Bladder cancer (BCa) is a frequent urothelial malignancy with a high ratio of morbidity and mortality. Various genetic and environmental factors are involved in BCa progression. Since, majority of BCa cases ar...

    Authors: Amir Sadra Zangouei, Amir Hossein Barjasteh, Hamid Reza Rahimi, Majid Mojarrad and Meysam Moghbeli

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:127

    Content type: Review

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  45. Current pharmacological therapies and treatments targeting pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) have proven ineffective, far too often. Therefore, there is an urgent need for alternative therapeutic approa...

    Authors: Dexter L. Puckett, Mohammed Alquraishi, Dina Alani, Samah Chahed, Dallas Donohoe, Brynn Voy, Jay Whelan and Ahmed Bettaieb

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:126

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  46. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Xiao-xiao Zuo, Ya Yang, Yue Zhang, Zhi-gang Zhang, Xiao-fei Wang and Yong-gang Shi

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:125

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in Cell Communication and Signaling 2019 17:142

  47. The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a combination of cardiovascular risk-factors, including obesity, hypertension, hyperglycemia, and insulin resistance. MetS may induce senescence in mesenchymal stem/stromal cel...

    Authors: Yongxin Li, Yu Meng, Xiangyang Zhu, Ishran M. Saadiq, Kyra L. Jordan, Alfonso Eirin and Lilach O. Lerman

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:124

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  48. Neurodegeneration is a representative phenotype of patients with chronic alcoholism. Ethanol-induced calcium overload causes NOD-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome formation and an imbalance in mitoc...

    Authors: Jae Ryong Lim, Hyun Jik Lee, Young Hyun Jung, Jun Sung Kim, Chang Woo Chae, Seo Yihl Kim and Ho Jae Han

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:123

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  49. Multivesicular bodies (MVBs) are endosome organelles that are gradually attracting research attention. Initially, MVBs were considered as important components of the endosomal-lysosomal degradation pathway. In...

    Authors: Xueqiang Peng, Liang Yang, Yingbo Ma, Yan Li and Hangyu Li

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:122

    Content type: Review

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  50. The PIM family kinases promote cancer cell survival and motility as well as metastatic growth in various types of cancer. We have previously identified several PIM substrates, which support cancer cell migrati...

    Authors: Niina M. Santio, Veera Vainio, Tuuli Hoikkala, Kwan Long Mung, Mirka Lång, Riitta Vahakoski, Justyna Zdrojewska, Eleanor T. Coffey, Elena Kremneva, Eeva-Marja Rainio and Päivi J. Koskinen

    Citation: Cell Communication and Signaling 2020 18:121

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