ReviewCancers2019
The Enigmatic HOX Genes: Can We Crack Their Code?
Review in Cancers, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.
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41 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.
- Imbalance in WNT: retinoic acid signaling dysregulates HOX gene expression: implications for cancer stem cell heterogeneity and CRC patient survival.Stem cells translational medicine · 2026Article
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- The diverse roles of Hox proteins in the regulation of the cell cycle and their therapeutic value in cancer treatment.Cancer metastasis reviews · 2026Review
- HOX gene dysregulation in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: mechanisms, clinical relevance, and future perspectives.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- Homeobox protein B6 and homeobox protein B8 control immune-cancer cell interactions in pancreatic cancer.Molecular biomedicine · 2025Article
- HOX gene dysregulation in glioblastoma: a narrative review of current advances.Discover oncology · 2025Review
- Human colon organoid differentiation from induced pluripotent stem cells using an improved method.FEBS letters · 2025Article
- Laboratory and physiological aspects of substitute metazoan models for in vivo pharmacotoxicological analysis.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025Review
- HOXC12 promotes the invasion and migration of gastric cancer cells by upregulating SALL4 and activating Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway.Discover oncology · 2024Article
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- The Role of Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition Transcription Factors (EMT-TFs) in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Progression.Biomedicines · 2024Review
- Absence of the RING domain inLife science alliance · 2024Article
- Deciphering the emerging landscape of HOX genes in cardiovascular biology, atherosclerosis and beyond (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2024Article
- HOXA9 Regulome and Pharmacological Interventions in Leukemia.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2024Review
- A pan-cancer analysis of the role of HOXD1, HOXD3, and HOXD4 and validation in renal cell carcinoma.Aging · 2023Article
- Identifying important microbial and genomic biomarkers for differentiating right- versus left-sided colorectal cancer using random forest models.BMC cancer · 2023Article
- Long non-coding RNAs: definitions, functions, challenges and recommendations.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2023Review
- Generation, genomic characterization, and differentiation of triploid human embryonic stem cells.Stem cell reports · 2023Article
- A Positive Feedback Loop of lncRNA HOXD-AS2 and SMYD3 Facilitates Hepatocellular Carcinoma Progression via the MEK/ERK Pathway.Journal of hepatocellular carcinoma · 2023Article
- Identification and validation of a novel HOX-related classifier signature for predicting prognosis and immune microenvironment in pediatric gliomas.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Homeobox genes (HOX) are a large family of transcription factors that direct the formation of many body structures during early embryonic development. There are 39 genes in the subgroup of homeobox genes that constitute the human HOX gene family. Correct embryonic development of flies and vertebrates is, in part, mediated by the unique and highly regulated expression pattern of the HOX genes. Disruptions in these fine-tuned regulatory mechanisms can lead to developmental problems and to human diseases such as cancer. Unfortunately, the molecular mechanisms of action of the HOX family of transcription factors are severely under-studied, likely due to idiosyncratic details of their structure, expression, and function. We suggest that a concerted and collaborative effort to identify interacting protein partners, produce genome-wide binding profiles, and develop HOX network inhibitors in a variety of human cell types will lead to a deeper understanding of human development and disease. Within, we review the technological challenges and possible approaches needed to achieve this goal.
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