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Connexin 43 is an independent predictor of patient outcome in breast cancer patients (2018)
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Chasampalioti, M., Green, A. R., Ellis, I. O., Rakha, E. A., Jackson, A. M., Spendlove, I., & Ramage, J. M. (2019). Connexin 43 is an independent predictor of patient outcome in breast cancer patients. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 174(1), 93-102. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-018-5063-9

Purpose

Gap junctions are specialized membrane structures that form channels between adjacent cells allowing cell communication. Gap junctions and specifically Connexin 43 (Cx43) are down-regulated in cancer; however, there are contrasting reports... Read More about Connexin 43 is an independent predictor of patient outcome in breast cancer patients.

Legumain is an independent predictor for invasive recurrence in breast ductal carcinoma in situ (2018)
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Toss, M. S., Miligy, I. M., Gorringe, K. L., McCaffrey, L., Alkawaz, A., Abidi, A., …Rakha, E. A. (2019). Legumain is an independent predictor for invasive recurrence in breast ductal carcinoma in situ. Modern Pathology, 32, 639-649. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41379-018-0180-x

© 2018, United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology. Legumain is a proteolytic enzyme that plays a role in the regulation of cell proliferation in invasive breast cancer. Studies evaluating its role in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) are lacking.... Read More about Legumain is an independent predictor for invasive recurrence in breast ductal carcinoma in situ.

Prolyl-4-hydroxylase Α subunit 2 (P4HA2) expression is a predictor of poor outcome in breast ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) (2018)
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Toss, M. S., Miligy, I. M., Gorringe, K. L., Alkawaz, A., Khout, H., Ellis, I. O., …Rakha, E. (2018). Prolyl-4-hydroxylase Α subunit 2 (P4HA2) expression is a predictor of poor outcome in breast ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). British Journal of Cancer, 119(12), 1518-1526. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-018-0337-x

© 2018, Cancer Research UK. Background: Extracellular matrix (ECM) plays a crucial role in tumour behaviour. Prolyl-4-hydroxlase-A2 (P4HA2) is a key enzyme in ECM remodelling. This study aims to evaluate the prognostic significance of P4HA2 in breast... Read More about Prolyl-4-hydroxylase Α subunit 2 (P4HA2) expression is a predictor of poor outcome in breast ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).

An end-to-end deep learning histochemical scoring system for breast cancer TMA (2018)
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Liu, J., Xu, B., Zheng, C., Gong, Y., Garibaldi, J., Soria, D., …Qiu, G. (2019). An end-to-end deep learning histochemical scoring system for breast cancer TMA. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 38(2), 617-628. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMI.2018.2868333

One of the methods for stratifying different molecular classes of breast cancer is the Nottingham prognostic index plus, which uses breast cancer relevant biomarkers to stain tumor tissues prepared on tissue microarray (TMA). To determine the molecul... Read More about An end-to-end deep learning histochemical scoring system for breast cancer TMA.

Impact of breast cancer grade discordance on prediction of outcome (2018)
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Rakha, E. A., Aleskandarany, M. A., Toss, M. S., Mongan, N., El-Sayed, M. E., Green, A. R., Ellis, I. O., & Dalton, L. W. (in press). Impact of breast cancer grade discordance on prediction of outcome. Histopathology, https://doi.org/10.1111/his.13709

BACKGROUND: Histological grade is an independent prognostic variable in breast cancer (BC). Previous concordance studies of BC grade have reported moderate levels of agreement; a typical finding in morphological assessment of biological variables. Th... Read More about Impact of breast cancer grade discordance on prediction of outcome.

Saccharomyces cerevisiae-like 1 (SEC14L1) is a prognostic factor in breast cancer associated with lymphovascular invasion (2018)
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Sonbul, S. N., Aleskandarany, M. A., Kurozumi, S., Joseph, C., Toss, M. S., Diez-Rodriguez, M., Nolan, C. C., Mukherjee, A., Martin, S., Caldas, C., Ellis, I. O., Green, A. R., & Rakha, E. A. (in press). Saccharomyces cerevisiae-like 1 (SEC14L1) is a prognostic factor in breast cancer associated with lymphovascular invasion. Modern Pathology, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41379-018-0092-9

Lymphovascular invasion is strongly related to breast cancer metastasis. However, the underlying mechanisms of lymphovascular invasion and its driver molecules in breast cancer remain to be defined. In this study, we explore differential expression o... Read More about Saccharomyces cerevisiae-like 1 (SEC14L1) is a prognostic factor in breast cancer associated with lymphovascular invasion.

Heterogeneity of Tumour Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TILs) in breast cancer and its prognostic significance (2018)
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Althobiti, M., Aleskandarany, M. A., Joseph, C., Toss, M., Mongan, N., Diez-Rodriguez, M., Nolan, C. C., Ashankyty, I., Ellis, I. O., Green, A. R., & Rakha, E. A. (2018). Heterogeneity of Tumour Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TILs) in breast cancer and its prognostic significance. Histopathology, 73(6), 887-896. https://doi.org/10.1111/his.13695

Background: Tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in breast cancer (BC) confer prognostic and predictive information. This study aims to assess the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of TILs in BC and its relationship with immune cell subtypes.
Met... Read More about Heterogeneity of Tumour Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TILs) in breast cancer and its prognostic significance.

Inhibition of her2 increases jagged1-dependent breast cancer stem cells: Role for membrane jagged1 (2018)
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Shah, D., Wyatt, D., Baker, A., Simms, P., Peiffer, D. S., Fernandez, M. L., …Osipo, C. (2018). Inhibition of her2 increases jagged1-dependent breast cancer stem cells: Role for membrane jagged1. Clinical Cancer Research, 24(18), 4566-4578. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-17-1952

© 2018 American Association for Cancer Research. Purpose: HER2-positive breast cancer is driven by cells possessing stem-like properties of self-renewal and differentiation, referred to as cancer stem cells (CSC). CSCs are implicated in radiotherapy... Read More about Inhibition of her2 increases jagged1-dependent breast cancer stem cells: Role for membrane jagged1.

Treatment strategies and survival outcomes in older women with breast cancer: a comparative study between the FOCUS cohort and Nottingham cohort (2018)
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Schuil, H., Derks, M., Liefers, G.-J., Portielje, J., van de Velde, C., Syed, B., Green, A., Ellis, I., Cheung, K.-L., & Bastiaannet, E. (in press). Treatment strategies and survival outcomes in older women with breast cancer: a comparative study between the FOCUS cohort and Nottingham cohort. Journal of Geriatric Oncology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgo.2018.05.004

Objective: Clinical trials investigating breast cancer treatment often exclude or misrepresent older adults. This study compares treatment patterns and survival of older women diagnosed with breast cancer between a Dutch and a British observational c... Read More about Treatment strategies and survival outcomes in older women with breast cancer: a comparative study between the FOCUS cohort and Nottingham cohort.

Notch-1-PTEN-ERK1/2 signaling axis promotes HER2+ breast cancer cell proliferation and stem cell survival (2018)
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Baker, A., Wyatt, D., Bocchetta, M., Li, J., Filipovic, A., Green, A., …Osipo, C. (2018). Notch-1-PTEN-ERK1/2 signaling axis promotes HER2+ breast cancer cell proliferation and stem cell survival. Oncogene, 37(33), 4489-4504. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41388-018-0251-y

Trastuzumab targets the HER2 receptor on breast cancer cells to attenuate HER2-driven tumor growth. However, resistance to trastuzumab-based therapy remains a major clinical problem for women with HER2+ breast cancer. Breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs)... Read More about Notch-1-PTEN-ERK1/2 signaling axis promotes HER2+ breast cancer cell proliferation and stem cell survival.

Low expression of G protein-coupled oestrogen receptor 1 (GPER) is associated with adverse survival of breast cancer patients (2018)
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Martin, S. G., Lebot, M. N., Sukkarn, B., Ball, G., Green, A. R., Rakha, E. A., …Storr, S. J. (2018). Low expression of G protein-coupled oestrogen receptor 1 (GPER) is associated with adverse survival of breast cancer patients. Oncotarget, 9(40), 25946-25956. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.25408

G protein-coupled oestrogen receptor 1 (GPER), also called G protein-coupled receptor 30 (GPR30), is attracting considerable attention for its potential role in breast cancer development and progression. Activation by oestrogen (17β-oestradiol; E2) i... Read More about Low expression of G protein-coupled oestrogen receptor 1 (GPER) is associated with adverse survival of breast cancer patients.

Mediator complex (MED) 7: a biomarker associated with good prognosis in invasive breast cancer, especially ER+ luminal subtypes (2018)
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Joseph, C., Macnamara, O., Craze, M., Russell, R., Provenzano, E., Nolan, C. C., Diez-Rodriguez, M., Sonbul, S. N., Aleskandarany, M. A., Green, A. R., Rakha, E. A., Ellis, I. O., & Mukherjee, A. (in press). Mediator complex (MED) 7: a biomarker associated with good prognosis in invasive breast cancer, especially ER+ luminal subtypes. British Journal of Cancer, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-018-0041-x

Background: Mediator complex (MED) proteins have a key role in transcriptional regulation, some interacting with the oestrogen receptor (ER). Interrogation of the METABRIC cohort suggested that MED7 may regulate lymphovascular invasion (LVI). Thus ME... Read More about Mediator complex (MED) 7: a biomarker associated with good prognosis in invasive breast cancer, especially ER+ luminal subtypes.

The amino acid transporter SLC7A5 confers a poor prognosis in the highly proliferative breast cancer subtypes and is a key therapeutic target in luminal B tumours (2018)
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El Ansari, R., Craze, M. L., Miligy, I., Diez-Rodriguez, M., Nolan, C. C., Ellis, I. O., Rakha, E., & Green, A. R. (in press). The amino acid transporter SLC7A5 confers a poor prognosis in the highly proliferative breast cancer subtypes and is a key therapeutic target in luminal B tumours. Breast Cancer Research, 20(21), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-018-0946-6

Background: Breast cancer (BC) is a heterogeneous disease characterised by variant biology and patient outcome. The amino acid transporter, SLC7A5, plays a role in BC although its impact on patient outcome in different BC subtypes remains to be valid... Read More about The amino acid transporter SLC7A5 confers a poor prognosis in the highly proliferative breast cancer subtypes and is a key therapeutic target in luminal B tumours.

Prognostic significance of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast (2018)
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Toss, M. S., Miligy, I., Al-Kawaz, A., Alsleem, M., Khout, H., Rida, P. C., …Rakha, E. (in press). Prognostic significance of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast. Modern Pathology, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41379-018-0040-8

Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) provide prognostic value in invasive breast cancer and guidelines for their assessment have been published. This study aims to evaluate: (a) methods of TILs assessment, and (b) their prognostic significance in br... Read More about Prognostic significance of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast.

The multifunctional solute carrier 3A2 (SLC3A2) confers a poor prognosis in the highly proliferative breast cancer subtypes (2018)
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El Ansari, R., Craze, M. L., Diez-Rodriguez, M., Nolan, C. C., Ellis, I. O., Rakha, E. A., & Green, A. R. (2018). The multifunctional solute carrier 3A2 (SLC3A2) confers a poor prognosis in the highly proliferative breast cancer subtypes. British Journal of Cancer, 118(8), 1115-1122. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-018-0038-5

Background: Breast cancer (BC) is a heterogeneous disease characterised by variant biology, metabolic activity and patient outcome. This study aimed to evaluate the biological and prognostic value of the membrane solute carrier, SLC3A2 in BC with emp... Read More about The multifunctional solute carrier 3A2 (SLC3A2) confers a poor prognosis in the highly proliferative breast cancer subtypes.

Immune infiltration in invasive lobular breast cancer (2018)
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Desmedt, C., Salgado, R., Fornili, M., Pruneri, G., Gert Van den Eynden, G., Zoppoli, G., Rothé, F., Buisseret, L., Garaud, S., Willard-Gallo, K., Brown, D., Bareche, Y., Rouas, G., Galant, . C., Bertucci, F., Loi, S., Viale, G., Di Leo, A., Green, A. R., Ellis, I. O., …Sotiriou, C. (2018). Immune infiltration in invasive lobular breast cancer. JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 110(7), 768–776. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djx268

Background: Invasive lobular breast cancer (ILC) is the second most common histological subtype of breast cancer after invasive ductal cancer (IDC). Here, we aimed at evaluating the prevalence, levels and composition of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes... Read More about Immune infiltration in invasive lobular breast cancer.

The significance of tumour microarchitectural features in breast cancer prognosis: a digital image analysis (2018)
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Roxanis, I., Colling, R., Kartsonaki, C., Green, A., & Rakha, E. (2018). The significance of tumour microarchitectural features in breast cancer prognosis: a digital image analysis. Breast Cancer Research, 20(11), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-018-0934-x

BACKGROUND: As only a minor portion of the information present in histological sections is accessible by eye, recognition and quantification of complex patterns and relationships among constituents relies on digital image analysis. In this study, our... Read More about The significance of tumour microarchitectural features in breast cancer prognosis: a digital image analysis.

Targeting ataxia telangiectasia mutated and Rad3 related kinase (ATR) in PTEN deficient breast cancers for personalized therapy (2018)
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Al-Subhi, N., Ali, R., Abdel-Fatah, T., Moseley, P. M., Chan, S. Y., Green, A. R., Ellis, I. O., Rakha, E., & Madhusudan, S. (2018). Targeting ataxia telangiectasia mutated and Rad3 related kinase (ATR) in PTEN deficient breast cancers for personalized therapy. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 169(2), 277–286. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-018-4683-4

Purpose: PTEN, a negative regulator of PI3K signaling, is involved in DNA repair. ATR is a key sensor of DNA damage and replication stress. We evaluated whether ATR signaling has clinical significance and could be targeted by synthetic lethality in P... Read More about Targeting ataxia telangiectasia mutated and Rad3 related kinase (ATR) in PTEN deficient breast cancers for personalized therapy.

BQ323636.1, a novel splice variant to NCOR2, as a predictor for tamoxifen resistant breast cancer (2018)
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Gong, C., Man, E. P., Tsoi, H., Lee, T. K., Paul, L., Mak, S.-T., …Khoo, U.-S. (2018). BQ323636.1, a novel splice variant to NCOR2, as a predictor for tamoxifen resistant breast cancer. Clinical Cancer Research, 24(15), 3681-3691. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-17-2259

Purpose: Adjuvant tamoxifen treatment revolutionized the management of estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancers to prevent cancer recurrence; however drug resistance compromises its clinical efficacy. The mechanisms underlying tamoxifen resista... Read More about BQ323636.1, a novel splice variant to NCOR2, as a predictor for tamoxifen resistant breast cancer.

High nuclear MSK1 is associated with longer survival in breast cancer patients (2018)
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Pu, X., Storr, S. J., Ahmad, N., Rakha, E., Green, A. R., Ellis, I. O., & Martin, S. G. (2018). High nuclear MSK1 is associated with longer survival in breast cancer patients. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology, 144(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-018-2579-7

Purpose: Mitogen- and stress- activated kinases (MSKs) are important substrates of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)-activated protein kinase family. MSK1 and MSK2 are both nuclear serine/threonine protein kinases, with MSK1 being suggested... Read More about High nuclear MSK1 is associated with longer survival in breast cancer patients.