Activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt signaling pathway mediates acquired resistance to sorafenib in hepatocellular carcinoma cells

KF Chen, HL Chen, WT Tai, WC Feng, CH Hsu… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2011 - ASPET
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common potentially lethal human
malignancies worldwide. Sorafenib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, was recently approved by the …

Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 is a major kinase-independent target of sorafenib in hepatocellular carcinoma

WT Tai, AL Cheng, CW Shiau, HP Huang… - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Recently, we reported that sorafenib sensitizes hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC) cells to TRAIL through the inhibition of signal transducer and activator of …

Sorafenib overcomes TRAIL resistance of hepatocellular carcinoma cells through the inhibition of STAT3

KF Chen, WT Tai, TH Liu, HP Huang, YC Lin… - Clinical cancer …, 2010 - AACR
Purpose: Recombinant tumor necrosis factor–related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) is a
promising antitumor agent. However, many hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells show …

Dovitinib induces apoptosis and overcomes sorafenib resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma through SHP-1–mediated inhibition of STAT3

WT Tai, AL Cheng, CW Shiau, CY Liu, CH Ko… - Molecular cancer …, 2012 - AACR
The multiple kinase inhibitor dovitinib is currently under clinical investigation for hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC). Here, we investigated the mechanistic basis for the effects of dovitinib …

STAT3 mediates regorafenib-induced apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma

WT Tai, PY Chu, CW Shiau, YL Chen, YS Li… - Clinical cancer …, 2014 - AACR
Purpose: Here, we aim to investigate the molecular mechanism of regorafenib and verify the
potential druggable target for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). …

[HTML][HTML] Nilotinib induces autophagy in hepatocellular carcinoma through AMPK activation

HC Yu, CS Lin, WT Tai, CY Liu, CW Shiau… - Journal of Biological …, 2013 - ASBMB
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common liver cancer and the third-leading
cause of cancer death worldwide. Nilotinib is an orally available receptor tyrosine kinase …

Sorafenib and its derivative SC-1 exhibit antifibrotic effects through signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 inhibition

…, P Jao, CH Liu, CJ Liu, WT Tai… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) had been involved in liver
fibrogenesis. We aimed to explore the antifibrotic activities of sorafenib and its derivative SC-1 (…

Blockade of STAT3 activation by sorafenib derivatives through enhancing SHP-1 phosphatase activity

KF Chen, WT Tai, CY Hsu, JW Huang, CY Liu… - European journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Previously, we demonstrated that the multiple kinase inhibitor sorafenib mediates the repression
of phospho-STAT3 in hepatocellular carcinoma cells. In this study, we used this kinase-…

[PDF][PDF] ALK inhibitors increase ALK expression and sensitize neuroblastoma cells to ALK. CAR-T cells

E Bergaggio, WT Tai, A Aroldi, C Mecca, E Landoni… - Cancer cell, 2023 - cell.com
Selection of the best tumor antigen is critical for the therapeutic success of chimeric antigen
receptor (CAR) T cells in hematologic malignancies and solid tumors. The anaplastic …

[HTML][HTML] Novel sorafenib analogues induce apoptosis through SHP-1 dependent STAT3 inactivation in human breast cancer cells

…, LM Tseng, JC Su, KC Chang, PY Chu, WT Tai… - Breast Cancer …, 2013 - Springer
Introduction Signal transducers and activators of transcription 3 (STAT3) signaling is
constitutively activated in various cancers including breast cancer and has emerged as a novel …