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ArticleCancer cell2008

GATA-3 links tumor differentiation and dissemination in a luminal breast cancer model.

Hosein Kouros-Mehr, Seth K Bechis, Euan M Slorach, Laurie E Littlepage, Mikala Egeblad, Andrew J Ewald, Sung-Yun Pai, I-Cheng Ho, Zena Werb

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Article in Cancer cell, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 232 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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232citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
11.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

232 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 372 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hosein Kouros-MehrDepartment of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143-0452, USA.
Seth K Bechis
Euan M Slorach
Laurie E Littlepage
Mikala Egeblad
Andrew J Ewald
Sung-Yun Pai
I-Cheng Ho
Zena Werb
University of California, San Francisco · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Bay Area Breast Cancer &the Environment Research CenterU01ES012801 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI HIATT, ROBERT A · 2003 to 2010
$12.4M
Role of Metalloproteinases in Mammary Gland RemodelingR01CA057621 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI WERB, ZENA · 1993 to 2017
$9.0M
Immune Enhancement and Therapy of CancerU01CA105379 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI HANAHAN, DOUGLAS · 2004 to 2008
$2.9M
NCI NIH HHS CA057621NCI NIH HHS CA105379NCI NIH HHS R01 CA057621NCI NIH HHS U01 CA105379NIEHS NIH HHS ES012801NIEHS NIH HHS U01 ES012801
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

How breast cancers are able to disseminate and metastasize is poorly understood. Using a hyperplasia transplant system, we show that tumor dissemination and metastasis occur in discrete steps during tumor progression. Bioinformatic analysis revealed that loss of the transcription factor GATA-3 marked progression from adenoma to early carcinoma and onset of tumor dissemination. Restoration of GATA-3 in late carcinomas induced tumor differentiation and suppressed tumor dissemination. Targeted deletion of GATA-3 in early tumors led to apoptosis of differentiated cells, indicating that its loss is not sufficient for malignant conversion. Rather, malignant progression occurred with an expanding GATA-3-negative tumor cell population. These data indicate that GATA-3 regulates tumor differentiation and suppresses tumor dissemination in breast cancer.

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationAdenocarcinomaAnimalsBiomarkers, TumorBreast NeoplasmsCell MovementCell ProliferationDisease Models, AnimalDisease ProgressionEpithelial CellsFemaleGATA3 Transcription FactorGene DeletionGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHyperplasiaBiomarkers, TumorGATA3 Transcription Factor

Identifiers

PMID18242514
PMCPMC2262951
OpenAlexW1998398174

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