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 …

Overcoming endocrine resistance in breast cancer

AB Hanker, DR Sudhan, CL Arteaga - Cancer cell, 2020 - cell.com
Estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer is the most common breast cancer subtype.
Treatment of ER+ breast cancer comprises interventions that suppress estrogen production …

Genomic characterization of metastatic breast cancers

F Bertucci, CKY Ng, A Patsouris, N Droin, S Piscuoglio… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Metastasis is the main cause of death for patients with breast cancer. Many studies have
characterized the genomic landscape of breast cancer during its early stages. However …

Loss of Kmt2c or Kmt2d drives brain metastasis via KDM6A-dependent upregulation of MMP3

M Seehawer, Z Li, J Nishida, P Foidart, AH Reiter… - Nature Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract KMT2C and KMT2D, encoding histone H3 lysine 4 methyltransferases, are among
the most commonly mutated genes in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). However, how …

Mechanisms for estrogen receptor expression in human cancer

H Hua, H Zhang, Q Kong, Y Jiang - Experimental hematology & oncology, 2018 - Springer
Estrogen is a steroid hormone that has critical roles in reproductive development, bone
homeostasis, cardiovascular remodeling and brain functions. However, estrogen also …

MLL3 loss drives metastasis by promoting a hybrid epithelial–mesenchymal transition state

J Cui, C Zhang, JE Lee, BA Bartholdy, D Yang… - Nature cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Phenotypic plasticity associated with the hybrid epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is
crucial to metastatic seeding and outgrowth. However, the mechanisms governing the hybrid …

CancerMine: a literature-mined resource for drivers, oncogenes and tumor suppressors in cancer

J Lever, EY Zhao, J Grewal, MR Jones, SJM Jones - Nature methods, 2019 - nature.com
Tumors from individuals with cancer are frequently genetically profiled for information about
the driving forces behind the disease. We present the CancerMine resource, a text-mined …

COMPASS Ascending: Emerging clues regarding the roles of MLL3/KMT2C and MLL2/KMT2D proteins in cancer

RJ Fagan, AK Dingwall - Cancer letters, 2019 - Elsevier
The KMT2 (lysine methyltransferase) family of histone modifying proteins play essential
roles in regulating developmental pathways, and mutations in the genes encoding these …

Reversion and non-reversion mechanisms of resistance to PARP inhibitor or platinum chemotherapy in BRCA1/2-mutant metastatic breast cancer

AG Waks, O Cohen, B Kochupurakkal, D Kim… - Annals of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Little is known about mechanisms of resistance to poly (adenosine diphosphate-
ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPi) and platinum chemotherapy in patients with …

Longitudinal multi-omics study of palbociclib resistance in HR-positive/HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer

YH Park, SA Im, K Park, J Wen, KH Lee, YL Choi… - Genome Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitor (CDK4/6) therapy plus
endocrine therapy (ET) is an effective treatment for patients with hormone receptor …