2024
Aldehydes alter TGF-β signaling and induce obesity and cancer
Yang X, Bhowmick K, Rao S, Xiang X, Ohshiro K, Amdur R, Hassan M, Mohammad T, Crandall K, Cifani P, Shetty K, Lyons S, Merrill J, Vegesna A, John S, Latham P, Crawford J, Mishra B, Dasarathy S, Wang X, Yu H, Wang Z, Huang H, Krainer A, Mishra L. Aldehydes alter TGF-β signaling and induce obesity and cancer. Cell Reports 2024, 43: 114676. PMID: 39217614, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114676.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAldehyde dehydrogenase 2Small interfering RNADisease progression to cancerPro-oncogenic phenotypeTGF-bProgression to cancerGrowth factor BTGF-b signalingHuman metabolic syndromeSteatotic liver diseasePotential therapeutic targetMetabolic syndromePro-fibroticInduce obesityTherapeutic inhibitionLiver diseaseCurrent treatmentSmad3 signalingGlucose handlingTherapeutic targetFunctional phenotypeDehydrogenase 2Improve glucose handlingSPTBN1ObesityMechanistically based blood proteomic markers in the TGF-β pathway stratify risk of hepatocellular cancer in patients with cirrhosis.
Xiang X, Bhowmick K, Shetty K, Ohshiro K, Yang X, Wong L, Yu H, Latham P, Satapathy S, Brennan C, Dima R, Chambwe N, Sharifova G, Cacaj F, John S, Crawford J, Huang H, Dasarathy S, Krainer A, He A, Amdur R, Mishra L. Mechanistically based blood proteomic markers in the TGF-β pathway stratify risk of hepatocellular cancer in patients with cirrhosis. Genes & Cancer 2024, 15: 1-14. PMID: 38323119, PMCID: PMC10843195, DOI: 10.18632/genesandcancer.234.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHepatocellular carcinomaPyruvate kinase M2TGF-bPresence of hepatocellular carcinomaEarly detection of HCCRisk of hepatocellular cancerDetection of hepatocellular carcinomaAdvanced incurable stageRisk-stratifying biomarkersTGF-B pathwayAssociated with hepatocellular carcinomaProteomic markersEarly detectionBiologically relevant markersIncurable stageBlood-based biomarkersHepatocellular cancerRisk stratificationStratify riskNon-HCCClinical variablesBlood levelsLiver diseaseAnimal modelsBiological role
2023
Genetic Susceptibility to Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Risk for Pancreatic Cancer: Mendelian Randomization.
King S, Veliginti S, Brouwers M, Ren Z, Zheng W, Setiawan V, Wilkens L, Shu X, Arslan A, Beane Freeman L, Bracci P, Canzian F, Du M, Gallinger S, Giles G, Goodman P, Haiman C, Kogevinas M, Kooperberg C, LeMarchand L, Neale R, Visvanathan K, White E, Albanes D, Andreotti G, Babic A, Berndt S, Brais L, Brennan P, Buring J, Rabe K, Bamlet W, Chanock S, Fuchs C, Gaziano J, Giovannucci E, Hackert T, Hassan M, Katzke V, Kurtz R, Lee I, Malats N, Murphy N, Oberg A, Orlow I, Porta M, Real F, Rothman N, Sesso H, Silverman D, Thompson I, Wactawski-Wende J, Wang X, Wentzensen N, Yu H, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Yu K, Wolpin B, Duell E, Li D, Hung R, Perdomo S, McCullough M, Freedman N, Patel A, Peters U, Riboli E, Sund M, Tjønneland A, Zhong J, Van Den Eeden S, Kraft P, Risch H, Amundadottir L, Klein A, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Antwi S. Genetic Susceptibility to Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Risk for Pancreatic Cancer: Mendelian Randomization. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2023, 32: 1265-1269. PMID: 37351909, PMCID: PMC10529823, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-23-0453.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonalcoholic fatty liver diseasePancreatic cancer riskFatty liver diseasePancreatic cancerCancer riskLiver diseaseGenetic predispositionMendelian randomizationPancreatic Cancer Case-Control ConsortiumConfidence intervalsPancreatic Cancer Cohort ConsortiumPC risk factorsMR methodsRisk factorsGenome-wide association studiesGenetic susceptibilityLogistic regressionCancerMetabolic perturbationsMetabolic conditionsRiskDiseaseGenetic variantsAssociationPredisposition
2008
The insulin-like growth factor axis and risk of liver disease in hepatitis C virus/HIV-co-infected women
Strickler H, Howard A, Peters M, Fazzari M, Yu H, Augenbraun M, French A, Young M, Gange S, Anastos K, Kovacs A. The insulin-like growth factor axis and risk of liver disease in hepatitis C virus/HIV-co-infected women. AIDS 2008, 22: 527-531. PMID: 18301066, PMCID: PMC3507535, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e3282f22cdf.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-positive subjectsHIV-positive womenHepatic stellate cellsIGFBP-3Liver diseaseAPRI levelsLiver fibrosisInsulin-like growth factor binding protein 3Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) axisGrowth factor binding protein 3CD4 T-cell countWomen's Interagency HIV StudyLarge multi-institutional cohortInsulin-like growth factor IBaseline serum specimensHigher IGFBP-3T-cell countsHigh-risk patientsMulti-institutional cohortGrowth factor axisHepatitis C virusLiver function test dataGrowth factor IBinding protein 3Extracellular matrix accumulation