Revisiting epithelial‐mesenchymal transition in cancer metastasis: the connection between epithelial plasticity and stemness

TT Liao, MH Yang - Molecular oncology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Epithelial‐mesenchymal transition (EMT) is an important process in embryonic
development, fibrosis, and cancer metastasis. During cancer progression, the activation of …

Exploring a new twist on tumor metastasis

J Yang, SA Mani, RA Weinberg - Cancer research, 2006 - AACR
Unraveling the genetic programs that drive-metastasis may offer insights into how to limit or
prevent this deadly aspect of cancer progression. Our recent studies indicate that tumor cell …

The cis-regulatory dynamics of embryonic development at single-cell resolution

DA Cusanovich, JP Reddington, DA Garfield, RM Daza… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Understanding how gene regulatory networks control the progressive restriction of cell fates
is a long-standing challenge. Recent advances in measuring gene expression in single cells …

Enhancer loops appear stable during development and are associated with paused polymerase

Y Ghavi-Helm, FA Klein, T Pakozdi, L Ciglar… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Developmental enhancers initiate transcription and are fundamental to our understanding of
developmental networks, evolution and disease. Despite their importance, the properties …

NF-kappaB is involved in the regulation of EMT genes in breast cancer cells

BRB Pires, AL Mencalha, GM Ferreira, WF De Souza… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The metastatic process in breast cancer is related to the expression of the epithelial-to-
mesenchymal transition transcription factors (EMT-TFs) SNAIL, SLUG, SIP1 and TWIST1 …

Twist, a master regulator of morphogenesis, plays an essential role in tumor metastasis

J Yang, SA Mani, JL Donaher, S Ramaswamy… - cell, 2004 - cell.com
Metastasis is a multistep process during which cancer cells disseminate from the site of
primary tumors and establish secondary tumors in distant organs. In a search for key …

Identification of Functional Elements and Regulatory Circuits by Drosophila modENCODE

modENCODE Consortium, S Roy, J Ernst… - Science, 2010 - science.org
To gain insight into how genomic information is translated into cellular and developmental
programs, the Drosophila model organism Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (modENCODE) …

Direct regulation of TWIST by HIF-1α promotes metastasis

MH Yang, MZ Wu, SH Chiou, PM Chen, SY Chang… - Nature cell …, 2008 - nature.com
Stabilization of the hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) transcription complex, caused by
intratumoural hypoxia, promotes tumour progression and metastasis, leading to treatment …

Bmi1 is essential in Twist1-induced epithelial–mesenchymal transition

MH Yang, DSS Hsu, HW Wang, HJ Wang, HY Lan… - Nature cell …, 2010 - nature.com
The epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT), one of the main mechanisms underlying
development of cancer metastasis, induces stem-like properties in epithelial cells. Bmi1 is a …

Stabilization of snail by NF-κB is required for inflammation-induced cell migration and invasion

Y Wu, J Deng, PG Rychahou, S Qiu, BM Evers… - Cancer cell, 2009 - cell.com
The increased motility and invasiveness of tumor cells are reminiscent of epithelial-
mesenchymal transition (EMT), which occurs during embryonic development, wound …