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Genomes and Genes | Sendurai A ManiSummaryAffiliation: The University of Texas Country: USA Publications
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The epithelial-mesenchymal transition generates cells with properties of stem cellsSendurai A Mani
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
Cell 133:704-15. 2008..These findings illustrate a direct link between the EMT and the gain of epithelial stem cell properties...
HDAC3 at the fulcrum of an epithelial-mesenchymal balanceSendurai A Mani
Department of Molecular Pathology, The Center for Stem Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Mol Cell 43:697-8. 2011....
Core epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition interactome gene-expression signature is associated with claudin-low and metaplastic breast cancer subtypesJoseph H Taube
Department of Molecular Pathology, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77054, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:15449-54. 2010..Additionally, the expression level of FOXC1, another EMT inducer, correlates strongly with poor survival of breast cancer patients...
Mesenchyme Forkhead 1 (FOXC2) plays a key role in metastasis and is associated with aggressive basal-like breast cancersSendurai A Mani
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:10069-74. 2007..These observations indicate that FOXC2 plays a central role in promoting invasion and metastasis and that it may prove to be a highly specific molecular marker for human basal-like breast cancers...
Ganglioside GD2 identifies breast cancer stem cells and promotes tumorigenesisVenkata Lokesh Battula
Section of Molecular Hematology and Therapy, Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Clin Invest 122:2066-78. 2012..In summary, we identified GD2 as a new CSC-specific cell surface marker and GD3S as a potential therapeutic target for CSCs, with the possibility of improving survival and cure rates in patients with breast cancer...
Loss of E-cadherin promotes metastasis via multiple downstream transcriptional pathwaysTamer T Onder
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Cancer Res 68:3645-54. 2008..These findings indicate that E-cadherin loss in tumors contributes to metastatic dissemination by inducing wide-ranging transcriptional and functional changes...
The epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and cancer stem cells: a coalition against cancer therapiesBrett G Hollier
Department of Molecular Pathology, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77054, USA
J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia 14:29-43. 2009..The purpose of this review is to summarize the findings related to EMT and stem cells in cancer progression and therapy resistance...
Exploring a new twist on tumor metastasisJing Yang
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA
Cancer Res 66:4549-52. 2006..Here, we review the Twist signaling pathway during normal development and discuss how the transcription factor Twist and the epithelial-mesenchymal transition program impinge their biological functions during tumor metastasis...
Slug and Sox9 cooperatively determine the mammary stem cell stateWenjun Guo
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
Cell 148:1015-28. 2012....
Expression of epithelial-mesenchymal transition-inducing transcription factors in primary breast cancer: The effect of neoadjuvant therapyMichal Mego
Department of Hematopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
Int J Cancer 130:808-16. 2012..In summary, our results demonstrate that CTCs with EMT phenotype may occur in the peripheral circulation of patients with PBC and that NAT is unable to eliminate CTCs undergoing EMT...
Enrichment of a population of mammary gland cells that form mammospheres and have in vivo repopulating activityMai Jing Liao
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Nine Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
Cancer Res 67:8131-8. 2007..Our identification of new cell surface markers for enriching mammosphere-initiating cells, including endoglin and prion protein, will facilitate the elucidation of the cell biology of MGSC...
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition and stem cell markers in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancerAntonio Giordano
Department of Hematopathology, Unit 0054, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, 77030, Houston, TX, USA
Mol Cancer Ther 11:2526-34. 2012..Moreover, an enrichment of CSCs was found in CD326(-)CD45(-) cells. Additional studies are needed to determine whether EMT-CTCs and CSCs have prognostic value in patients with HER2(+) MBCs treated with trastuzumab-based therapy...
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition and cancer stem cells: a dangerously dynamic duo in breast cancer progressionCaitlin D May
Department of Molecular Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77054, USA
Breast Cancer Res 13:202. 2011....
Alternative origins of stroma in normal organs and diseaseMikhail G Kolonin
The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center, 1825 Pressler St, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Stem Cell Res 8:312-23. 2012..Organ sources, relative contributions, and functions of these populations in normal development and pathology are not well understood. Innovative approaches are needed to identify markers that can distinguish these stromal populations...
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition-derived cells exhibit multilineage differentiation potential similar to mesenchymal stem cellsVenkata Lokesh Battula
Section of Molecular Hematology and Therapy, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Stem Cells 28:1435-45. 2010..In conclusion, we have demonstrated that the EMT-derived cells are similar to MSCs in gene expression, multilineage differentiation, and ability to migrate towards tumor cells and wound sites...
Twist, a master regulator of morphogenesis, plays an essential role in tumor metastasisJing Yang
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA
Cell 117:927-39. 2004..These results establish a mechanistic link between Twist, EMT, and tumor metastasis...
Cell type-specific DNA methylation patterns in the human breastNoga Bloushtain-Qimron
Department of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:14076-81. 2008..These data suggest that epigenetically controlled transcription factors play a key role in regulating mammary epithelial cell phenotypes and imply similarities among epigenetic programs that define progenitor cell characteristics...
