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An altered liver microenvironment characterized by a dysregulated extracellular matrix (ECM) supports the development and progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The development of experimental platforms able to reproduce these physio-pathological conditions is essential in order to identify ...
December 28, 2019
Journal:
Cells
Author:
Mazza G, Telese A, Al-Akkad W, Frenguelli L, Levi A, Marrali M, Longato L, Thanapirom K, Vilia MG, Lombardi B, Crowley C, Crawford M, Karsdal MA, Leeming DJ, Marrone G, Bottcher K, Robinson B, Del Rio Hernandez A, Tamburrino D, Spoletini G, Malago M, Hall AR, Godovac-Zimmermann J, Luong TV, De Coppi P, Pinzani M, Rombouts K
Introduction: Vimentin has shown to be highly implicated in cancer initiation and progression. Vimentin is often a target of post-translational modifications (PTMs) which can be disease specific, thus targeting these specific modifications can be of high biomarker potential. In this study we set out...
The extracellular matrix (ECM) plays an important role in cancer progression. It can be divided into the basement membrane (BM) that supports epithelial/endothelial cell behavior and the interstitial matrix (IM) that supports the underlying stromal compartment. The major components of the ECM are th...
March 6, 2019
Journal:
Journal of Experimental Clinical Cancer Research
Author:
Karsdal MA, Willumsen N, Nissen NI
Myofibroblasts are the key effector cells responsible for excessive extracellular matrix deposition in multiple fibrotic conditions, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The PI3K/Akt/mTOR axis has been implicated in fibrosis, with pan-PI3K/mTOR inhibition currently under clinical evaluatio...
January 2, 2019
Journal:
Nature Communications
Author:
Woodcock HV, Eley JD, Platé M, Manthakumar CB, Martufi M, Peace S, Joberty G, Poeckel D, Good RB, Taylor AR, Zinn N, Redding M, Forty EJ, Hynds RE, Santon C, Karsdal MA, Maher TM, Bergamini G, Marshall RP, Blanchard AD, Mercer PF, Chambers RC
BACKGROUND: Excessive extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling and a reactive stroma can affect T-cell infiltration and T-cell activity in the tumor and hereby influence response to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). In the pursuit of finding biomarkers that predict treatment response, we evaluated th...
December 19, 2018
Journal:
Br J Clin Pharmacol
Author:
Jensen C, Madsen DH, Hansen M, Schmidt H, Svane IM, Karsdal MA, Willumsen N
OBJECTIVES: Lysyl oxidase like 2 (LOXL2) is associated with poor prognosis in idiopathic pulmonary disease (IPF) and cancer. We developed an Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) targeting the LOXL2 neo-epitope generated through the release of the signal peptide during LOXL2 maturation. DESIGN ...
November 30, 2018
Journal:
Biochem Biophys Res Commun.
Author:
Leeming DJ, Willumsen N, Holm Nielsen S, Dasgupta B, Brodmerkel C, Bager CL, Karsdal MA, Bülow Sand JM
PURPOSE: Elastin is a signature protein of lungs. Increased elastin turnover driven by altered proteolytic activity is an important part of lung tumorigenesis. Elastin-derived fragments have been shown to be pro-tumorigenic, however, little is known regarding the biomarker potential of such elastin ...
November 22, 2018
Journal:
Journal Of Cancer Research And Clinical Oncology
Author:
Thoracius-Ussing J, Kehlet SN, Rønnow S, Karsdal MA, Willumsen N
BACKGROUND: Host genetic modifiers of the natural history of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) remain poorly understood. Recently, a genome-wide association study (GWAS)-identified polymorphism in the STAT4 gene that contributes to the risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was shown to be associated with ...
September 3, 2018
Journal:
Aliment Pharmacol Ther
Author:
El Sharkawy R, Thabet K, Lampertico P, Petta S, Mangia A, Berg T, Netwally M, Bayoumi A, Boonstra A, Brouwer WP, Smedile A, Abate ML, Loglio A, Douglas MW, Khan A, Santoro R, Fischer J, Leeming DJ, Liddle C, George J, Eslam M
The matricellular protein SPARC (secreted proteome acidic and rich in cysteine) is known to bind collagens and regulate fibrillogenesis. Cleavage of SPARC at a single peptide bond, increases the affinity for collagens up to 20-fold. To investigate if this specific cleavage has pathological relevance...
August 1, 2018
Journal:
Cancer biology therapy
Author:
Kehlet SN, Manon-Jensen T, Sun S, Brix S, Karsdal MA, Leeming DJ, Willumsen N
OBJECTIVES: Fibrosis and cancer are characterized by extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling. The basement membrane is mainly composed by collagen type IV and laminin. Tumstatin is a matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) generated matrikine of collagen type IV α3 chain. We evaluated the potential of tums...
March 7, 2018
Journal:
Transl Oncol
Author:
Nielsen SH, Willumsen N, Brix S, Sun S, Manon-Jensen T, Karsdal MA, Genovese F
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