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Clinicopathological significance of ATM-Chk2 expression in sporadic breast cancers: a comprehensive analysis in large cohorts (2014)
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Abdel-Fatah, T. M., Arora, A., Alsubhi, N., Agarwal, D., Moseley, P. M., Perry, C., …Madhusudan, S. (2014). Clinicopathological significance of ATM-Chk2 expression in sporadic breast cancers: a comprehensive analysis in large cohorts. Neoplasia, 16(11), 982-991. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neo.2014.09.009

ATM-Chk2 network is critical for genomic stability, and its deregulation may influence breast cancer pathogenesis. We investigated ATM and Chk2 protein levels in two cohorts [cohort 1 (n = 1650) and cohort 2 (n = 252)]. ATM and Chk2 mRNA expression w... Read More about Clinicopathological significance of ATM-Chk2 expression in sporadic breast cancers: a comprehensive analysis in large cohorts.

Untangling the ATR-CHEK1 network for prognostication, prediction and therapeutic target validation in breast cancer (2014)
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Abdel-Fatah, T. M., Middleton, F. K., Arora, A., Agarwal, D., Chen, T., Moseley, P. M., …Madhusudan, S. (2015). Untangling the ATR-CHEK1 network for prognostication, prediction and therapeutic target validation in breast cancer. Molecular Oncology, 9(3), 569-585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molonc.2014.10.013

ATR‐CHEK1 signalling is critical for genomic stability. ATR‐CHEK1 signalling may be deregulated in breast cancer and have prognostic, predictive and therapeutic significance. We investigated ATR, CHEK1 and phosphorylated CHEK1 Ser345 protein (pCHEK1)... Read More about Untangling the ATR-CHEK1 network for prognostication, prediction and therapeutic target validation in breast cancer.

Involvement of metformin and AMPK in the radioresponse and prognosis of luminal versus basal-like breast cancer treated with radiotherapy (2014)
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Metformin is under evaluation as a potential anticancer agent. Expression of total and phospho(Thr172)-adenosine monophosphate-activated kinase-α (AMPKα and pAMPKα(Thr172) respectively), a main metformin target, was examined in radiotherapy treated b... Read More about Involvement of metformin and AMPK in the radioresponse and prognosis of luminal versus basal-like breast cancer treated with radiotherapy.

Anti-nicastrin monoclonal antibodies elicit pleiotropic anti-tumour pharmacological effects in invasive breast cancer cells (2014)
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Filipović, A., Lombardo, Y., Fronato, M., Abrahams, J., Aboagye, E., Nguyen, Q.-D., …Coombes, R. C. (2014). Anti-nicastrin monoclonal antibodies elicit pleiotropic anti-tumour pharmacological effects in invasive breast cancer cells. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 148(2), 455-462. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-014-3119-z

The goal of targeted cancer therapies is to specifically block oncogenic signalling, thus maximising efficacy, while reducing side-effects to patients. The gamma-secretase (GS) complex is an attractive therapeutic target in haematological malignancie... Read More about Anti-nicastrin monoclonal antibodies elicit pleiotropic anti-tumour pharmacological effects in invasive breast cancer cells.

Targeting BRCA1-BER deficient breast cancer by ATM or DNA-PKcs blockade either alone or in combination with cisplatin for personalized therapy (2014)
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Albarakati, N., Abdel-Fatah, T. M., Doherty, R., Russell, R., Agarwal, D., Moseley, P., …Madhusudan, S. (2015). Targeting BRCA1-BER deficient breast cancer by ATM or DNA-PKcs blockade either alone or in combination with cisplatin for personalized therapy. Molecular Oncology, 9(1), 204-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molonc.2014.08.001

BRCA1, a key factor in homologous recombination (HR) repair may also regulate base excision repair (BER). Targeting BRCA1‐BER deficient cells by blockade of ATM and DNA‐PKcs could be a promising strategy in breast cancer. We investigated BRCA1, XRCC1... Read More about Targeting BRCA1-BER deficient breast cancer by ATM or DNA-PKcs blockade either alone or in combination with cisplatin for personalized therapy.

Adverse prognostic and predictive significance of low DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs) expression in early-stage breast cancers (2014)
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Abdel-Fatah, T., Arora, A., Agarwal, D., Moseley, P., Perry, C., Thompson, N., …Madhusudan, S. (2014). Adverse prognostic and predictive significance of low DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs) expression in early-stage breast cancers. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 146(2), 309-320. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-014-3035-2

DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs), a serine threonine kinase belonging to the PIKK family (phosphoinositide 3-kinase-like-family of protein kinase), is a critical component of the non-homologous end-joining pathway required fo... Read More about Adverse prognostic and predictive significance of low DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs) expression in early-stage breast cancers.

Prognostic and biological significance of proliferation and HER2 expression in the luminal class of breast cancer (2014)
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Jerjees, D. A., Alabdullah, M., Green, A. R., Alshareeda, A., Macmillan, R. D., Ellis, I. O., & Rakha, E. A. (2014). Prognostic and biological significance of proliferation and HER2 expression in the luminal class of breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 145(2), 317-330. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-014-2941-7

The definition of Luminal-B subclass of breast cancer (BC) varies in literature. In this study, we have compared the proliferation status; assessed using KI67 labeling index (KI67-LI), and HER2-expression in estrogen receptor positive (ER+) BC to ass... Read More about Prognostic and biological significance of proliferation and HER2 expression in the luminal class of breast cancer.

Nottingham Prognostic Index Plus (NPI+): a modern clinical decision making tool in breast cancer (2014)
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Rakha, E., Soria, D., Green, A. R., Lemetre, C., Powe, D. G., Nolan, C. C., …Ellis, I. O. (2014). Nottingham Prognostic Index Plus (NPI+): a modern clinical decision making tool in breast cancer. British Journal of Cancer, 110(7), https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2014.120

Current management of breast cancer (BC) relies on risk stratification based on well-defined clinicopathologic factors. Global gene expression profiling studies have demonstrated that BC comprises distinct molecular classes with clinical relevance. I... Read More about Nottingham Prognostic Index Plus (NPI+): a modern clinical decision making tool in breast cancer.

C-Met in invasive breast cancer: is there a relationship with the basal-like subtype? (2013)
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Ho-Yen, C. M., Green, A. R., Brentnall, A. R., Rakha, E. A., Ellis, I. O., Kermorgant, S., & Jones, J. L. (2014). C-Met in invasive breast cancer: is there a relationship with the basal-like subtype?. Cancer, 120(2), 163-171. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.28386

BACKGROUND Basal‐like (BL) breast cancer is an aggressive form of breast cancer with limited treatment options. Recent work has identified BL breast cancer as a biologically distinct form of triple‐negative breast cancer, with a worse outlook. The... Read More about C-Met in invasive breast cancer: is there a relationship with the basal-like subtype?.

Clinicopathological and molecular significance of Sumolyation marker (ubiquitin conjugating enzyme 9 (UBC9)) expression in breast cancer of black women (2013)
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Agboola, A. J., Musa, A., Ayoade, B., Banjo, A., Anunobi, C., Deji-Agboola, A., …Green, A. (2014). Clinicopathological and molecular significance of Sumolyation marker (ubiquitin conjugating enzyme 9 (UBC9)) expression in breast cancer of black women. Pathology - Research and Practice, 210(1), 10-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prp.2013.09.011

The majority of breast cancers (BC) in Nigerian women are triple negative and show breast cancer-associated gene 1 (BRCA1) deficiency as well as the basal like phenotype, with a high mortality rate. In contrast to the well-defined predictive factors... Read More about Clinicopathological and molecular significance of Sumolyation marker (ubiquitin conjugating enzyme 9 (UBC9)) expression in breast cancer of black women.

A methodology to identify consensus classes from clustering algorithms applied to immunohistochemical data from breast cancer patients (2010)
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Soria, D., Garibaldi, J. M., Ambrogi, F., Green, A. R., Powe, D., Rakha, E., …Ellis, I. O. (2010). A methodology to identify consensus classes from clustering algorithms applied to immunohistochemical data from breast cancer patients. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 40(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2010.01.003

Single clustering methods have often been used to elucidate clusters in high dimensional medical data, even though reliance on a single algorithm is known to be problematic. In this paper, we present a methodology to determine a set of ‘core classes’... Read More about A methodology to identify consensus classes from clustering algorithms applied to immunohistochemical data from breast cancer patients.