Pazopanib was well tolerated and clinically active, surpassing predefined metrics proposed by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer indicative of "active" sarcoma drugs (5.63 months progression-free survival [PSF], with 62% of the study population achieving progression-free survival at 12 weeks).
We conclude that human hPSF-binding RNAs drive transformation and tumorigenesis by reversing PSF-mediated repression of proto-oncogene transcription and that dysfunctional regulation of human hPSF-binding RNA expression has a central role in the etiology of human cancer.
Thus, Hakai can affect the oncogenic phenotype both by altering E-cadherin-based intercellular adhesions and by increasing PSF's ability to bind RNAs that promote cancer-related gene expression.
We propose that PSF protein and PSF-binding RNAs have a central role in the reversible regulation of mammalian cell proliferation and tumorigenesis and that increasing PSF expression or decreasing PSF-binding RNA expression in tumor cells is a potential therapeutic strategy for cancer.