TGFβ1 secreted by cancer-associated fibroblasts induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition of bladder cancer cells through lncRNA-ZEB2NAT

J Zhuang, Q Lu, B Shen, X Huang, L Shen, X Zheng… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Urinary bladder cancer (UBC) patients at muscle invasive stage have poor clinical outcome,
due to high propensity for metastasis. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), one of the …

Cancer-associated fibroblast–derived miR-146a-5p generates a niche that promotes bladder cancer stemness and chemoresistance

J Zhuang, L Shen, M Li, J Sun, J Hao, J Li, Z Zhu… - Cancer …, 2023 - aacrjournals.org
The tumor–stromal cross-talk mediated by cancer-associated fibroblast–derived miR-146a-5p
fosters cancer stem cell niche formation and cancer stemness to drive chemoresistance in …

TGFβ1 promotes gemcitabine resistance through regulating the LncRNA-LET/NF90/miR-145 signaling axis in bladder cancer

J Zhuang, L Shen, L Yang, X Huang, Q Lu, Y Cui… - …, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
High tumor recurrence is frequently observed in patients with urinary bladder cancers (UBCs),
with the need for biomarkers of prognosis and drug response. Chemoresistance and …

Wnt7a activates canonical Wnt signaling, promotes bladder cancer cell invasion, and is suppressed by miR-370-3p

X Huang, H Zhu, Z Gao, J Li, J Zhuang, Y Dong… - Journal of Biological …, 2018 - jbc.org
Once urinary bladder cancer (UBC) develops into muscle-invasive bladder cancer, its mortality
rate increases dramatically. However, the molecular mechanisms of UBC invasion and …

The detection of prostate cancer with magnetic resonance imaging-targeted prostate biopsies is superior with the transperineal vs the transrectal approach. A …

…, M Valerio, P Gontero, H Guo, J Zhuang… - The Journal of …, 2022 - auajournals.org
Purpose: Our aim was to evaluate whether transperineal (TP) MRI-targeted prostate biopsy (TBx)
may improve the detection of clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa), defined as …

Self-assembled tumor-targeting hyaluronic acid nanoparticles for photothermal ablation in orthotopic bladder cancer

T Lin, A Yuan, X Zhao, H Lian, J Zhuang, W Chen… - Acta biomaterialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Bladder cancer is one of the most frequent malignancies in the urinary system. Radical
cystectomy is inevitable when bladder cancer progresses to a muscle-invasive disease. However…

Risk stratification of patients candidate to radical prostatectomy based on clinical and multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging parameters: development and …

…, T Soeterik, M Roumiguiè, L Afferi, J Zhuang… - European Urology, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Despite the key importance of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) parameters,
risk classification systems for biochemical recurrence (BCR) in prostate cancer (PCa) …

Multi-cohort validation of Ascore: an anoikis-based prognostic signature for predicting disease progression and immunotherapy response in bladder cancer

…, W Diao, M Ding, Y Fu, H Guo, W Zhao, J Zhuang - Molecular Cancer, 2024 - Springer
Bladder cancer ranks as the 10th most common cancer worldwide, with deteriorating
prognosis as the disease advances. While immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have shown …

Membrane-associated RING-CH 7 inhibits stem-like capacities of bladder cancer cells by interacting with nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain containing 1

J Zhuang, L Zhang, S Zhang, Z Zhang, T Xie, W Zhao… - Cell & Bioscience, 2024 - Springer
Background Cancer stem-like capacities are major factors contributing to unfavorable
prognosis. However, the associated molecular mechanisms underlying cancer stem-like cells (…

Transperineal freehand multiparametric MRI fusion targeted biopsies under local anaesthesia for prostate cancer diagnosis: a multicentre prospective study of 1014 …

G Marra, J Zhuang, M Beltrami, G Calleris… - BJU …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the outcomes of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI)
transperineal targeted fusion biopsy (TPFBx) under local anaesthesia. Patients and …