ReviewCancers2022
Therapeutic Strategies Targeting Urokinase and Its Receptor in Cancer.
Review in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.
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- The role of suPAR and related proteins in kidney, heart diseases, and diabetes.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026Review
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- Let-7 Family microRNAs Regulate the Expression of the Urokinase-Receptor in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells.Cells · 2025Article
- Advances in engineered T cell immunotherapy for autoimmune and other non-oncological diseases.Biomarker research · 2025Review
- Harnessing the tumor microenvironment: targeted cancer therapies through modulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition.Journal of hematology & oncology · 2025Review
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- Bacteria from the Amycolatopsis genus associated with a toxic bird secrete protective secondary metabolites.Nature communications · 2024Article
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- Lathyrol reduces the RCC invasion and incidence of EMT via affecting the expression of AR and SPHK2 in RCC mice.Discover oncology · 2024Article
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- Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator Receptor (uPAR) in Inflammation and Disease: A Unique Inflammatory Pathway Activator.Biomedicines · 2024Review
- Flavonoids with Anti-Angiogenesis Function in Cancer.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- The Crosstalk between N-Formyl Peptide Receptors and uPAR in Systemic Sclerosis: Molecular Mechanisms, Pathogenetic Role and Therapeutic Opportunities.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Ligand-Based Design of Selective Peptidomimetic uPA and TMPRSS2 Inhibitors with Arg Bioisosteres.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Several studies have ascertained that uPA and uPAR do participate in tumor progression and metastasis and are involved in cell adhesion, migration, invasion and survival, as well as angiogenesis. Increased levels of uPA and uPAR in tumor tissues, stroma and biological fluids correlate with adverse clinic-pathologic features and poor patient outcomes. After binding to uPAR, uPA activates plasminogen to plasmin, a broad-spectrum matrix- and fibrin-degrading enzyme able to facilitate tumor cell invasion and dissemination to distant sites. Moreover, uPAR activated by uPA regulates most cancer cell activities by interacting with a broad range of cell membrane receptors. These findings make uPA and uPAR not only promising diagnostic and prognostic markers but also attractive targets for developing anticancer therapies. In this review, we debate the uPA/uPAR structure-function relationship as well as give an update on the molecules that interfere with or inhibit uPA/uPAR functions. Additionally, the possible clinical development of these compounds is discussed.
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