Defining and modulating 'BRCAness'

AK Byrum, A Vindigni, N Mosammaparast - Trends in cell biology, 2019 - cell.com
The concept of 'BRCAness' defines the pathogenesis and vulnerability of multiple cancers.
The canonical definition of BRCAness is a defect in homologous recombination repair …

Hyaluronan receptors as mediators and modulators of the tumor microenvironment

AM Carvalho, RL Reis… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is a dynamic and complex matter shaped by
heterogenous cancer and cancer‐associated cells present at the tumor site. Hyaluronan …

Modification of BRCA1-associated breast cancer risk by HMMR overexpression

F Mateo, Z He, L Mei, GR de Garibay, C Herranz… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Breast cancer risk for carriers of BRCA1 pathological variants is modified by genetic factors.
Genetic variation in HMMR may contribute to this effect. However, the impact of risk …

The cell cycle‐related genes RHAMM, AURKA, TPX2, PLK1, and PLK4 are associated with the poor prognosis of breast cancer patients

I Kahl, J Mense, C Finke, AL Boller… - Journal of Cellular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Breast cancer is the third most common type of cancer diagnosed. Cell cycle is a complex
but highly organized and controlled process, in which normal cells sense mitogenic growth …

[HTML][HTML] HCG18/miR-34a-5p/HMMR axis accelerates the progression of lung adenocarcinoma

W Li, T Pan, W Jiang, H Zhao - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2020 - Elsevier
As the most common subtype of lung cancer, lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is the frequently
occurred cancers in human. Therefore, thorough investigation is necessary for …

[HTML][HTML] Human iPSC-derived fallopian tube organoids with BRCA1 mutation recapitulate early-stage carcinogenesis

N Yucer, R Ahdoot, MJ Workman, AH Laperle… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Germline pathogenic mutations in BReast CAncer (BRCA1) genes are thought to drive
normal fallopian tube epithelial (FTE) cell transformation to high-grade serous ovarian …

RHAMM is a multifunctional protein that regulates cancer progression

BJ Messam, C Tolg, JB McCarthy, AC Nelson… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The functional complexity of higher organisms is not easily accounted for by the size of their
genomes. Rather, complexity appears to be generated by transcriptional, translational, and …

The role of RHAMM in cancer: Exposing novel therapeutic vulnerabilities

JA Hinneh, JL Gillis, NL Moore, LM Butler… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Receptor for hyaluronic acid-mediated motility (RHAMM) is a cell surface receptor for
hyaluronic acid that is critical for cell migration and a cell cycle protein involved in …

Hyaluronan‐mediated motility receptor confers resistance to chemotherapy via TGFβ/Smad2‐induced epithelial‐mesenchymal transition in gastric cancer

H Zhang, L Ren, Y Ding, F Li, X Chen… - The FASEB …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Chemotherapy is one of the vital treatments for gastric cancer (GC) patients, especially those
suffering advanced stages. Chemoresistance results in tumor relapse, leading to poor …