ReviewCancers2025
The Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator Receptor (uPAR) as a Mediator of Physiological and Pathological Processes: Potential Therapeutic Strategies.
Review in Cancers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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13 citing papers in PubMed.
- Immunotherapy impact of macrophage glycosylation on cholangiocarcinoma and its prognostic and immune microenvironment significance.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026Article
- uPAR exhibits age- and region-dependent expression in the brains of mice with Alzheimer's disease-like pathology.Brain research · 2026Article
- Plasminogen Activation System and Fibroblasts: Impact on Tissue Remodeling, Disease, and Organ Homeostasis.Inflammation · 2026Review
- High uPAR and Low miR-221 Expression Predict Poor Disease-Free Survival in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2026Article
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- A Mechanistic Digital Twin of uPAR-Driven Prostate Cancer Invasion Integrating ODE Signalling and Agent-Based Modelling.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Deciphering the cancer chemopreventive potential of phytochemicals: an integrative perspective on molecular targets and signaling networks.Cancer cell international · 2026Review
- Emerging roles of haemostatic proteins as markers of disease progression and prognosis in breast cancer.Exploration of targeted anti-tumor therapy · 2026Review
- Rejuvenating the aging gut by targeting senescence.Nature aging · 2026Article
- Novel mouse line with D277N mutation in theFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Article
- Targeting the synovial engine: next-generation engineered immune cells to eradicate pathogenic FLS in rheumatoid arthritis, with safety-first, selective designs.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- The Role of Extracellular Proteases and Extracellular Matrix Remodeling in the Pre-Metastatic Niche.Biomolecules · 2025Review
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Abstract
The urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) plays a pivotal role in regulating extracellular proteolysis, cell migration, immune responses, and tissue remodeling across diverse physiological and pathological contexts. This review provides detailed insights into the structure of uPAR, ligand interactions, and signaling mechanisms, emphasizing its central function in cancer progression, including tumor invasion, metastasis, angiogenesis, and modulation of the tumor microenvironment. We also summarize the involvement of uPAR as a key player in cardiovascular, infectious, and neurological diseases, where it contributes to inflammation, tissue damage, and disease progression. However, translational gaps remain, most notably inconsistent assay harmonization (especially for suPAR), uncertain context-specific cut-offs and patient-selection criteria and limited multicenter validation for uPAR-targeted imaging and therapeutics. This review addresses these gaps by synthesizing cross-disease evidence to clarify clinical use cases and outline practical selection frameworks. Furthermore, we discuss the clinical potential of uPAR as a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker in diverse disease contexts, along with recent advances in therapeutic strategies targeting uPAR.
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