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ATF4 as a Prognostic Marker and Modulator of Glutamine Metabolism in Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer (2024)
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Patel, R., Alfarsi, L. H., El-Ansari, R., Masisi, B. K., Erkan, B., Fakroun, A., …Green, A. R. (in press). ATF4 as a Prognostic Marker and Modulator of Glutamine Metabolism in Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer. Pathobiology, https://doi.org/10.1159/000539564

Purpose: ATF4, a stress-responsive transcription factor that upregulates adaptive genes, is a potential prognostic marker and modulator of glutamine metabolism in breast cancer. However, its exact role remains to be elucidated. Methods: ATF4 expre... Read More about ATF4 as a Prognostic Marker and Modulator of Glutamine Metabolism in Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer.

The characteristics and prognostic significance of histone H1 expression in breast cancer (2024)
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Lashen, A. G., Almalki, N., Toss, M., Mirza, S., Malki, M. I., Rutland, C. S., Jeyapalan, J. N., Green, A. R., Mongan, N. P., Madhusudan, S., & Rakha, E. A. (2024). The characteristics and prognostic significance of histone H1 expression in breast cancer. Pathology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2024.03.012

Histone H1 (H.H1) is involved in chromatin organisation and gene regulation and is overexpressed in many malignant tumours, including breast cancer (BC). This study proposed and evaluated the prognostic role of H.H1 expression in BC. H.H1 mRNA exp... Read More about The characteristics and prognostic significance of histone H1 expression in breast cancer.

Tripartite Motif Containing 2, a glutamine metabolism-associated protein, predicts poor patient outcome in triple negative breast cancer treated with chemotherapy (2024)
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Masisi, B. K., El Ansari, R., Alfarsi, L., Fakroun, A., Erkan, B., Ibrahim, A., Toss, M., Ellis, I. O., Rakha, E. A., & Green, A. R. (2024). Tripartite Motif Containing 2, a glutamine metabolism-associated protein, predicts poor patient outcome in triple negative breast cancer treated with chemotherapy. Cancers, 16(11), Article 1949. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16111949

Background: Breast cancer (BC) remains heterogeneous in terms of prognosis and response to treatment. Metabolic reprogramming is a critical part of oncogenesis and a potential therapeutic target. Glutaminase (GLS), which generates glutamate from glut... Read More about Tripartite Motif Containing 2, a glutamine metabolism-associated protein, predicts poor patient outcome in triple negative breast cancer treated with chemotherapy.

Deciphering the Clinical Behaviour of Invasive Lobular Carcinoma of the Breast Defines an Aggressive Subtype (2024)
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Makhlouf, S., Atallah, N. M., Polotto, S., Lee, A. H., Green, A. R., & Rakha, E. A. (2024). Deciphering the Clinical Behaviour of Invasive Lobular Carcinoma of the Breast Defines an Aggressive Subtype. Cancers, 16(10), Article 1893. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16101893

Background: Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC), the most common special type of breast cancer (BC), has unique clinical behaviour and is different from invasive ductal carcinoma of no special type (IDC-NST). However, ILC further comprises a diverse gro... Read More about Deciphering the Clinical Behaviour of Invasive Lobular Carcinoma of the Breast Defines an Aggressive Subtype.

Clinicopathological Significance of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2 (CDK2) in Ductal Carcinoma In Situ and Early-Stage Invasive Breast Cancers (2024)
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Lashen, A., Alqahtani, S., Shoqafi, A., Algethami, M., Jeyapalan, J. N., Mongan, N. P., Rakha, E. A., & Madhusudan, S. (2024). Clinicopathological Significance of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2 (CDK2) in Ductal Carcinoma In Situ and Early-Stage Invasive Breast Cancers. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(9), Article 5053. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25095053

Cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) is a key cell cycle regulator, with essential roles during G1/S transition. The clinicopathological significance of CDK2 in ductal carcinomas in situ (DCIS) and early-stage invasive breast cancers (BCs) remains largel... Read More about Clinicopathological Significance of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2 (CDK2) in Ductal Carcinoma In Situ and Early-Stage Invasive Breast Cancers.

The amino acid transporter SLC7A11 expression in breast cancer (2023)
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Nath, P., Alfarsi, L. H., El-Ansari, R., Masisi, B. K., Erkan, B., Fakroun, A., …Green, A. R. (2024). The amino acid transporter SLC7A11 expression in breast cancer. Cancer Biology and Therapy, 25(1), Article 2291855. https://doi.org/10.1080/15384047.2023.2291855

Breast cancer (BC), characterized by its diverse molecular profiles and clinical outcomes, presents a significant challenge in the development of effective therapeutic strategies. Metabolic reprogramming, a defining characteristic of cancer, has emer... Read More about The amino acid transporter SLC7A11 expression in breast cancer.

Unravelling transcriptomic complexity in breast cancer through modulation of DARPP-32 expression and signalling pathways (2023)
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Saidy, B., Vasan, R., Durant, R., Greener, M., Immanuel, A., Green, A. R., …Storr, S. J. (2023). Unravelling transcriptomic complexity in breast cancer through modulation of DARPP-32 expression and signalling pathways. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 21163. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48198-y

DARPP-32 is a key regulator of protein-phosphatase-1 (PP-1) and protein kinase A (PKA), with its function dependent upon its phosphorylation state. We previously identified DKK1 and GRB7 as genes with linked expression using Artificial Neural Network... Read More about Unravelling transcriptomic complexity in breast cancer through modulation of DARPP-32 expression and signalling pathways.

The expression of high mobility group protein 3 (HMGB3) in breast cancer with emphasis on its role in lymphovascular invasion (2023)
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Aljohani, A., Alsaeed, S., Toss, M., Raafat, S., GREEN, A., & Rakha, E. (2023). The expression of high mobility group protein 3 (HMGB3) in breast cancer with emphasis on its role in lymphovascular invasion. American Journal of Cancer Research, 13(11), 5334–5351

Lymphovascular invasion (LVI) is a common phenomenon in breast cancer (BC), and it is correlated to poor outcome. However, the biomarkers that influence the development of LVI remain to be defined. Through rigorous bioinformatics analyses, high mobil... Read More about The expression of high mobility group protein 3 (HMGB3) in breast cancer with emphasis on its role in lymphovascular invasion.

Differential response of HER2-positive breast cancer to anti-HER2 therapy based on HER2 protein expression level (2023)
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Atallah, N. M., Alsaleem, M., Toss, M. S., Mongan, N. P., & Rakha, E. (2023). Differential response of HER2-positive breast cancer to anti-HER2 therapy based on HER2 protein expression level. British Journal of Cancer, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-023-02426-4

Background: Increasing data indicate that HER2-positive (HER2 +) breast cancer (BC) subtypes exhibit differential responses to targeted anti-HER2 therapy. This study aims to investigate these differences and the potential underlying molecular mechani... Read More about Differential response of HER2-positive breast cancer to anti-HER2 therapy based on HER2 protein expression level.

Obesity-associated changes in molecular biology of primary breast cancer (2023)
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Nguyen, H., Geukens, T., Maetens, M., Aparicio, S., Bassez, A., Borg, A., …Desmedt, C. (2023). Obesity-associated changes in molecular biology of primary breast cancer. Nature Communications, 14, Article 4418. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39996-z

Obesity is associated with an increased risk of developing breast cancer (BC) and worse prognosis in BC patients, yet its impact on BC biology remains understudied in humans. This study investigates how the biology of untreated primary BC differs acc... Read More about Obesity-associated changes in molecular biology of primary breast cancer.