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Volume 17 Issue 1, January 2017

'Rock smashes scissors' by Lara Crow, inspired by the Review on p38.

Research Highlight

  • Two papers have shown in mouse tumour models that targeting PI3Kγ in myeloid cells can reduce immune suppression and increase the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors.

    • Sarah Seton-Rogers
    Research Highlight

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  • Skauet al. demonstrate that the actin nucleating protein FMN2 generates a perinuclear actin and focal adhesion-based structure to protect the nucleus from damage during cell migration through confining 3D microenvironments.

    • Anna Dart
    Research Highlight
  • Schereret al. show that analysis of circulating tumour DNA can provide prognostic information and predict relapse in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

    • Safia Danovi
    Research Highlight
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In Brief

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Review Article

  • This Review summarizes progress in applying nanotechnology to cancer treatment and discusses the challenges of clinical translation and opportunities to develop more effective nanotherapeutics through our increasing understanding of tumour biology and nano–bio interactions.

    • Jinjun Shi
    • Philip W. Kantoff
    • Omid C. Farokhzad

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    Review Article
  • The four tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) regulate proteolysis of a vast range of matrix and cell surface proteins, affecting tumour architecture and cell signalling. This Review article analyses the role of TIMPs in cancer and their potential as targets and biomarkers.

    • Hartland W. Jackson
    • Virginie Defamie
    • Rama Khokha
    Review Article
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Opinion

  • This Opinion article discusses many controversial issues surrounding the connections of progestogens, which stimulate the progesterone receptor, to breast cancer risk and their possible therapeutic use in breast cancer.

    • Jason S. Carroll
    • Theresa E. Hickey
    • Wayne D. Tilley
    Opinion
  • Ovarian cancer comprises a broad range of histologically and genetically different tumours. In this Opinion article, Karneziset al. explore the different origins of ovarian cancers and how these contribute to our understanding of genetic and environmental risk to better prevent and treat these tumours.

    • Anthony N. Karnezis
    • Kathleen R. Cho
    • David G. Huntsman

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Correction

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