Extracellular matrix gene expression signatures as cell type and cell state identifiers
Transcriptomic signatures based on cellular mRNA expression profiles can be used to categorize cell types and states. Yet whether different functional groups of genes perform better or worse in this process remains largely unexplored.
Fabio Sacher +3 more
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Characterizing the extracellular matrix transcriptome of cervical, endometrial, and uterine cancers
Increasingly, the matrisome, a set of proteins that form the core of the extracellular matrix (ECM) or are closely associated with it, has been demonstrated to play a key role in tumor progression.
Carson J. Cook +4 more
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Comparative proteomic assessment of matrisome enrichment methodologies [PDF]
The matrisome is a complex and heterogeneous collection of extracellular matrix (ECM) and ECM-associated proteins that play important roles in tissue development and homeostasis. While several strategies for matrisome enrichment have been developed, it is currently unknown how the performance of these different methodologies compares in the proteomic ...
Krasny, L +5 more
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Challenges and Opportunities Modeling the Dynamic Tumor Matrisome
We need novel strategies to target the complexity of cancer and, particularly, of metastatic disease. As an example of this complexity, certain tissues are particularly hospitable environments for metastases, whereas others do not contain fertile microenvironments to support cancer cell growth. Continuing evidence that the extracellular matrix (ECM) of
Peyton, Shelly R. +2 more
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Tissue, age, sex, and disease patterns of matrisome expression in GTEx transcriptome data
The extracellular matrix (ECM) has historically been explored through proteomic methods. Whether or not global transcriptomics can yield meaningful information on the human matrisome is unknown. Gene expression data from 17,382 samples across 52 tissues,
Tim O. Nieuwenhuis +3 more
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Fibroblast subtypes define a metastatic matrisome in breast cancer [PDF]
Small primary breast cancers can show surprisingly high potential for metastasis. Clinical decision-making for tumor aggressiveness, including molecular profiling, relies primarily on analysis of the cancer cells. Here we show that this analysis is insufficient - that the stromal microenvironment of the primary tumor plays a key role in tumor cell ...
Heather M. Brechbuhl +12 more
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Induction of fibroblast senescence generates a non-fibrogenic myofibroblast phenotype that differentially impacts on cancer prognosis [PDF]
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF) remain a poorly characterized, heterogeneous cell population. Here we characterized two previously described tumor-promoting CAF sub-types, smooth muscle actin (SMA)-positive myofibroblasts and senescent fibroblasts ...
Brennan, PA +26 more
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Proteomic analysis of the bovine and human ciliary zonule [PDF]
PURPOSE: The zonule of Zinn (ciliary zonule) is a system of fibers that centers the crystalline lens on the optical axis of the eye. Mutations in zonule components underlie syndromic conditions associated with a broad range of ocular pathologies ...
Bassnett, Steven +3 more
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BMP2/BMPR1A is linked to tumour progression in dedifferentiated liposarcomas [PDF]
Bone Morphogenic Protein 2 (BMP2) is a multipurpose cytokine, important in the development of bone and cartilage, and with a role in tumour initiation and progression.
Cassidy, A.P. +3 more
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Sequential Inflammatory and Matrisome Programs Drive Remodeling of the Mouse Carotid-Jugular Arteriovenous Fistula. [PDF]
Stoyell-Conti FF +9 more
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