Delineating the role of nuclear receptors in colorectal cancer, a focused review
Authors:
Mukesh Kumar Manickasamy, Sujitha Jayaprakash, Sosmitha Girisa, Aviral Kumar, Hiu Yan Lam, Elena Okina, Huiyan Eng, Mohammed S. Alqahtani, Mohamed Abbas, Gautam Sethi, Alan Prem Kumar, Ajaikumar B. Kunnumakkara
Colorectal cancer (CRC) stands as one of the most prevalent form of cancer globally, causing a significant number of deaths, surpassing 0.9 million in the year 2020. According to GLOBOCAN 2020, CRC ranks third in incidence and second in mortality in both males and females. Despite extensive studies over the years, there is still a need to establish novel therapeutic targets to enhance the patients’ survival rate in CRC. Nuclear receptors (NRs) are ligand-activated transcription factors (TFs) that regulate numerous essential biological processes such as differentiation, development, physiology, reproduction, and cellular metabolism. Dysregulation and anomalous expression of different NRs has led to multiple alterations, such as impaired signaling cascades, mutations, and epigenetic changes, leading to various diseases, including cancer. It has been observed that differential expression of various NRs might lead to the initiation and progression of CRC, and are correlated with poor survival outcomes in CRC patients. Despite numerous studies on the mechanism and role of NRs in this cancer, it remains of significant scientific interest primarily due to the diverse functions that various NRs exhibit in regulating key hallmarks of this cancer. Thus, modulating the expression of NRs with their agonists and antagonists, based on their expression levels, holds an immense prospect in the diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutical modalities of CRC. In this review, we primarily focus on the role and mechanism of NRs in the pathogenesis of CRC and emphasized the significance of targeting these NRs using a variety of agents, which may represent a novel and effective strategy for the prevention and treatment of this cancer.
Delineating the role of nuclear receptors in colorectal cancer, a focused review
Authors
Mukesh Kumar Manickasamy Sujitha Jayaprakash Sosmitha Girisa Aviral Kumar Hiu Yan Lam Elena Okina Huiyan Eng Mohammed S. Alqahtani Mohamed Abbas Gautam Sethi Alan Prem Kumar Ajaikumar B. Kunnumakkara
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