SMO

[Nature Communications] The authors used single cell RNA-sequencing of patient tumors to identify three prognostic surface markers (LYPD3, TACSTD2, and LY6D) which correlated with myocardin-related transcription factor (nMRTF) and resistance to Smoothened inhibitors. The nMRTF cell state resembled transit-amplifying cells of the hair follicle matrix, with AP-1 and TGFß cooperativity driving nMRTF activation.

[International Journal of Medical Sciences] Smoothened (SMO) expression correlates with tumor size, invasiveness, metastasis and recurrence. In addition, SMO inhibitors can suppress cancer formation, reduce the proliferation of cancer cells, trigger apoptosis and suppress cancer stem cell activity.

[Oncogene] Investigators showed that novel combinations of JAK2 inhibitors with SMO inhibitors synergistically inhibited in vitro growth of TNBC and HER2-positive trastuzumab-resistant BT474-TtzmR cells.

[Phytomedicine] Colony formation assay and flow cytometry were used to evaluate the effect of garcinone C on the proliferation and cell cycle progression of colon cancer cells.