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The kinase LMTK3 promotes invasion in breast cancer through GRB2-mediated induction of integrin ?? (2014)
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Xu, Y., Zhang, H., Lit, L. C., Grothey, A., Athanasiadou, M., Kiritsi, M., …Giammas, G. (2014). The kinase LMTK3 promotes invasion in breast cancer through GRB2-mediated induction of integrin β₁. Science Signaling, 7(330), Article ra58. https://doi.org/10.1126/scisignal.2005170

Lemur tyrosine kinase 3 (LMTK3) is associated with cell proliferation and endocrine resistance in breast cancer. We found that, in cultured breast cancer cell lines, LMTK3 promotes the development of a metastatic phenotype by inducing the expression... Read More about The kinase LMTK3 promotes invasion in breast cancer through GRB2-mediated induction of integrin ??.

KSR1 regulates BRCA1 degradation and inhibits breast cancer growth (2014)
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Stebbing, J., Zhang, H., Xu, Y., Lit, L. C., Green, A., Grothey, A., …Giamas, G. (2015). KSR1 regulates BRCA1 degradation and inhibits breast cancer growth. Oncogene, 34(16), 2103-2114. https://doi.org/10.1038/onc.2014.129

Kinase suppressor of Ras-1 (KSR1) facilitates signal transduction in Ras-dependent cancers, including pancreatic and lung carcinomas but its role in breast cancer has not been well studied. Here, we demonstrate for the first time it functions as a tu... Read More about KSR1 regulates BRCA1 degradation and inhibits breast cancer growth.

Genomic and protein expression analysis reveals flap endonuclease 1 (FEN1) as a key biomarker in breast and ovarian cancer (2014)
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Abdel-Fatah, T. M., Russell, R., Albarakati, N., Maloney, D. J., Dorjsuren, D., Rueda, O. M., …Madhusudan, S. (2014). Genomic and protein expression analysis reveals flap endonuclease 1 (FEN1) as a key biomarker in breast and ovarian cancer. Molecular Oncology, 8(7), 1326-1338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molonc.2014.04.009

FEN1 has key roles in Okazaki fragment maturation during replication, long patch base excision repair, rescue of stalled replication forks, maintenance of telomere stability and apoptosis. FEN1 may be dysregulated in breast and ovarian cancers and ha... Read More about Genomic and protein expression analysis reveals flap endonuclease 1 (FEN1) as a key biomarker in breast and ovarian cancer.

Epithelial mesenchymal transition in early invasive breast cancer: an immunohistochemical and reverse phase protein array study (2014)
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Aleskandarany, M. A., Negm, O. H., Green, A. R., Ahmed, M. A. H., Nolan, C. C., Tighe, P. J., …Rakha, E. A. (2014). Epithelial mesenchymal transition in early invasive breast cancer: an immunohistochemical and reverse phase protein array study. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 145(2), 339-348. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-014-2927-5

Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT), as defined by loss of epithelial characteristics and gain of a mesenchymal phenotype, has been reported in vivo although the occurrence of events remains unclear. This study aims at exploration of EMT portrait... Read More about Epithelial mesenchymal transition in early invasive breast cancer: an immunohistochemical and reverse phase protein array study.

HAGE (DDX43) is a biomarker for poor prognosis and a predictor of chemotherapy response in breast cancer (2014)
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Abdel-Fatah, T., McArdle, S., Johnson, C., Moseley, P., Ball, G., Pockley, A., …Chan, S. (2014). HAGE (DDX43) is a biomarker for poor prognosis and a predictor of chemotherapy response in breast cancer. British Journal of Cancer, 110(10), 2450-2461. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2014.168

Background: HAGE protein is a known immunogenic cancer-specific antigen. Methods: The biological, prognostic and predictive values of HAGE expression was studied using immunohistochemistry in three cohorts of patients with BC (n ¼ 2147): early prima... Read More about HAGE (DDX43) is a biomarker for poor prognosis and a predictor of chemotherapy response in breast cancer.

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. doi: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.

HER2/HER3 heterodimers and p21 expression are capable of predicting adjuvant trastuzumab response in HER2+ breast cancer (2014)
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Green, A. R., Barros, F. F., Abdel-Fatah, T. M., Moseley, P., Nolan, C. C., Durham, A. C., …Ellis, I. O. (2014). HER2/HER3 heterodimers and p21 expression are capable of predicting adjuvant trastuzumab response in HER2+ breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 145(1), 33-44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-014-2925-7

Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) plays an important role in breast cancer progression and provides predictive information for response to targeted therapy including trastuzumab although this is limited. Downstream pathways, such as PI3... Read More about HER2/HER3 heterodimers and p21 expression are capable of predicting adjuvant trastuzumab response in HER2+ breast cancer.

Human epidermal growth receptor-2 overexpressing early operable primary breast cancers in older (>=70 years) women: biology and clinical outcome in comparison with younger (less than 70 years) patients (2014)
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Syed, B., Green, A., Ellis, I., & Cheung, K. (2014). Human epidermal growth receptor-2 overexpressing early operable primary breast cancers in older (>=70 years) women: biology and clinical outcome in comparison with younger (less than 70 years) patients. Annals of Oncology, 25(4), doi:10.1093/annonc/mdu028

Introduction: There is dearth of literature reporting the prevalence and biological characteristics as well as the long-term clinical outcome of human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) overexpressing tumours in older women. Currently, resea... Read More about Human epidermal growth receptor-2 overexpressing early operable primary breast cancers in older (>=70 years) women: biology and clinical outcome in comparison with younger (less than 70 years) patients.

Immunoglobulin free light chains are biomarkers of poor prognosis in basal-like breast cancer and are potential targets in tumor-associated inflammation (2014)
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Kormelink, T. G., Powe, D. G., Kuijpers, S. A., Abudukelimu, A., Fens, M. H., Pieters, E. H., …Schiffelers, R. M. (2014). Immunoglobulin free light chains are biomarkers of poor prognosis in basal-like breast cancer and are potential targets in tumor-associated inflammation. Oncotarget, 5(10), 3159-3167. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.1868

Inflammation is an important component of various cancers and its inflammatory cells and mediators have been shown to have prognostic potential. Tumor-infiltrating mast cells can promote tumor growth and angiogenesis, but the mechanism of mast cell a... Read More about Immunoglobulin free light chains are biomarkers of poor prognosis in basal-like breast cancer and are potential targets in tumor-associated inflammation.

Effect of radiotherapy after mastectomy and axillary surgery on 10-year recurrence and 20-year breast cancer mortality: meta-analysis of individual patient data for 8135 women in 22 randomised trials (2014)
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EBCTCG (Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group), , & Ellis, I. (2014). Effect of radiotherapy after mastectomy and axillary surgery on 10-year recurrence and 20-year breast cancer mortality: meta-analysis of individual patient data for 8135 women in 22 randomised trials. Lancet, 383(9935), 2127-2135. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736%2814%2960488-8

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.

SUMOylation proteins in breast cancer (2014)
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Alshareeda, A. T., Negm, O. H., Green, A. R., Nolan, C., Tighe, P., Albarakati, N., …Rakha, E. A. (2014). SUMOylation proteins in breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 144(3), 519-530. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-014-2897-7

Small Ubiquitin-like Modifier proteins (or SUMO) modify the function of protein substrates involved in various cellular processes including DNA damage response (DDR). It is becoming apparent that dysregulated SUMO contribute to carcinogenesis by affe... Read More about SUMOylation proteins in breast cancer.

Characterisation of HER heterodimers in breast cancer using in situ proximity ligation assay (2014)
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Barros, F. F., Abdel-Fatah, T. M., Moseley, P., Nolan, C. C., Durham, A. C., Rakha, E. A., …Green, A. R. (2014). Characterisation of HER heterodimers in breast cancer using in situ proximity ligation assay. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 144(2), 273-285. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-014-2871-4

HER2 plays an important role in breast cancer progression and provides predictive and prognostic information. HER2 receptor family members function through dimerisation, which can lead to impact on cell function, growth and differentiation; however,... Read More about Characterisation of HER heterodimers in breast cancer using in situ proximity ligation assay.

Assessment of microtubule-associated protein (MAP)-Tau expression as a predictive and prognostic marker in TACT; a trial assessing substitution of sequential docetaxel for FEC as adjuvant chemotherapy for early breast cancer (2014)
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Irshad, S., Gillett, C., Pinder, S. E., A’Hern, R. P., Dowsett, M., Ellis, I. O., …Ellis, P. (2014). Assessment of microtubule-associated protein (MAP)-Tau expression as a predictive and prognostic marker in TACT; a trial assessing substitution of sequential docetaxel for FEC as adjuvant chemotherapy for early breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 144(2), 331-341. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-014-2855-4

DNA polymerase ? deficiency is linked to aggressive breast cancer: A comprehensive analysis of gene copy number, mRNA and protein expression in multiple cohorts (2014)
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Abdel-Fatah, T. M., Russell, R., Agarwal, D., Moseley, P., Abayomi, M. A., Perry, C., …Madhusudan, S. (2014). DNA polymerase β deficiency is linked to aggressive breast cancer: A comprehensive analysis of gene copy number, mRNA and protein expression in multiple cohorts. Molecular Oncology, 8(3), 520-532. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molonc.2014.01.001