ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021
How Neural Crest Transcription Factors Contribute to Melanoma Heterogeneity, Cellular Plasticity, and Treatment Resistance.
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- Therapeutic Resistance in Melanoma: Molecular Mechanisms and Emerging Pharmaceutical Strategies.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Mapping of the hSOX10 Proximal Protein Interactome in Human Melanoma.Journal of proteome research · 2026Article
- The neural crest-associated gene ERRFI1 is involved in melanoma progression and resistance toward targeted therapy.Molecular oncology · 2026Article
- Clonal dynamics shaped by diverse drug-tolerant persister states in melanoma resistance.Molecular cancer · 2026Article
- High-dose treatment of cathepsin B-activatable doxorubicin prodrug nanoparticles that induce tumor-specific immunogenic cell death for immunotherapy of melanoma with minimal systemic toxicity.Asian journal of pharmaceutical sciences · 2026Article
- Biopsy RNA-seq captures TROP-2-linked migration and clonal resistance to forecast aggressiveness in metastatic melanoma.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2026Article
- Multidimensional tumor heterogeneity and its role in therapeutic resistance.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Lipid droplet organized metabolic vulnerabilities in melanoma: from the MITF low state to ferroptosis sensitization.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2026Review
- Oncogenic B-Raf proto-oncogene, serine/threonine kinase-mediated hedgehog signalling in the pathogenesis and targeted therapy of melanoma.World journal of clinical oncology · 2025Review
- SOX10, MITF, and microRNAs: Decoding their interplay in regulating melanoma plasticity.International journal of cancer · 2025Review
- Clonal dynamics shaped by diverse drug-tolerant persister states in melanoma resistance.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Mitfa-Independent Melanocyte Progenitors are Highly Susceptible to GNAQ-induced Uveal Melanoma in Adult Zebrafish.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Mapping of the hSOX10 protein interactome in human melanoma.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
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- Tumor Microenvironmental Dynamics in Shaping Resistance to Therapeutic Interventions in Melanoma: A Narrative Review.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Integrated Meta-Analysis Identifies Keratin Family Genes and Associated Genes as Key Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets in Metastatic Cutaneous Melanoma.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Neural crest-associated gene FOXD1 induces an immunosuppressive microenvironment by regulating myeloid-derived suppressor cells in melanoma.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2025Article
- Investigating the potential of oncolytic viruses in the treatment of melanoma: where do we go from here?Skin health and disease · 2025Review
- SpecificbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Cutaneous melanoma represents one of the deadliest types of skin cancer. The prognosis strongly depends on the disease stage, thus early detection is crucial. New therapies, including BRAF and MEK inhibitors and immunotherapies, have significantly improved the survival of patients in the last decade. However, intrinsic and acquired resistance is still a challenge. In this review, we discuss two major aspects that contribute to the aggressiveness of melanoma, namely, the embryonic origin of melanocytes and melanoma cells and cellular plasticity. First, we summarize the physiological function of epidermal melanocytes and their development from precursor cells that originate from the neural crest (NC). Next, we discuss the concepts of intratumoral heterogeneity, cellular plasticity, and phenotype switching that enable melanoma to adapt to changes in the tumor microenvironment and promote disease progression and drug resistance. Finally, we further dissect the connection of these two aspects by focusing on the transcriptional regulators MSX1, MITF, SOX10, PAX3, and FOXD3. These factors play a key role in NC initiation, NC cell migration, and melanocyte formation, and we discuss how they contribute to cellular plasticity and drug resistance in melanoma.
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