Learning the chemical grammar of biomolecular condensates

HR Kilgore, RA Young - Nature chemical biology, 2022 - nature.com
Biomolecular condensates compartmentalize and regulate assemblies of biomolecules
engaged in vital physiological processes in cells. Specific proteins and nucleic acids …

Epigenetic mechanisms in breast cancer therapy and resistance

L Garcia-Martinez, Y Zhang, Y Nakata, HL Chan… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The majority of breast cancers express the estrogen receptor (ERα) and agents targeting this
pathway represent the main treatment modality. Endocrine therapy has proven successful in …

ESR1 mutation as an emerging clinical biomarker in metastatic hormone receptor-positive breast cancer

JO Brett, LM Spring, A Bardia, SA Wander - Breast Cancer Research, 2021 - Springer
In metastatic hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, ESR1 mutations are a common
cause of acquired resistance to the backbone of therapy, estrogen deprivation by aromatase …

Therapeutic resistance to anti-oestrogen therapy in breast cancer

M Will, J Liang, C Metcalfe, S Chandarlapaty - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
The hormone receptor oestrogen receptor-α (ER) orchestrates physiological mammary
gland development, breast carcinogenesis and the progression of breast tumours into lethal …

Biomolecular condensates and cancer

A Boija, IA Klein, RA Young - Cancer cell, 2021 - cell.com
Malignant transformation is characterized by dysregulation of diverse cellular processes that
have been the subject of detailed genetic, biochemical, and structural studies, but only …

Partitioning of cancer therapeutics in nuclear condensates

IA Klein, A Boija, LK Afeyan, SW Hawken, M Fan… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The nucleus contains diverse phase-separated condensates that compartmentalize and
concentrate biomolecules with distinct physicochemical properties. Here, we investigated …

Early circulating tumor DNA dynamics and clonal selection with palbociclib and fulvestrant for breast cancer

B O'Leary, S Hrebien, JP Morden, M Beaney… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
CDK4/6 inhibition substantially improves progression-free survival (PFS) for women with
advanced estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer, although there are no predictive …

GDC-9545 (giredestrant): a potent and orally bioavailable selective estrogen receptor antagonist and degrader with an exceptional preclinical profile for ER+ breast …

J Liang, JR Zbieg, RA Blake, JH Chang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Breast cancer remains a leading cause of cancer death in women, representing a significant
unmet medical need. Here, we disclose our discovery efforts culminating in a clinical …

Next-generation selective estrogen receptor degraders and other novel endocrine therapies for management of metastatic hormone receptor-positive breast cancer …

MR Lloyd, SA Wander, E Hamilton… - Therapeutic …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Endocrine therapy (ET) is a pivotal strategy to manage early-and advanced-stage estrogen
receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer. In patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) …

Activating ESR1 Mutations Differentially Affect the Efficacy of ER Antagonists

W Toy, H Weir, P Razavi, M Lawson, AU Goeppert… - Cancer discovery, 2017 - AACR
Recent studies have identified somatic ESR1 mutations in patients with metastatic breast
cancer and found some of them to promote estrogen-independent activation of the receptor …