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ArticleCancer research2011

CARM1 is an important determinant of ERα-dependent breast cancer cell differentiation and proliferation in breast cancer cells.

Mariam Al-Dhaheri, Jiacai Wu, Georgios P Skliris, Jun Li, Ken Higashimato, Yidan Wang, Kevin P White, Paul Lambert, Yuerong Zhu, Leigh Murphy and 1 more

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Article in Cancer research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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53 citing papers in PubMed, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mariam Al-DhaheriMcArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
Jiacai Wu
Georgios P Skliris
Jun Li
Ken Higashimato
Yidan Wang
Kevin P White
Paul Lambert
Yuerong Zhu
Leigh Murphy
Wei Xu
University of Chicago · USUniversity of Manitoba · CAUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

Transcriptional Regulation of Estrogen Receptor (ER) by CARM1R01CA125387 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI XU, WEI · 2008 to 2012
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS CA125387NCI NIH HHS R01 CA125387
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancers with estrogen receptor α (ERα) expression are often more differentiated histologically than ERα-negative tumors, but the reasons for this difference are poorly understood. One possible explanation is that transcriptional cofactors associated with ERα determine the expression of genes which promote a more differentiated phenotype. In this study, we identify one such cofactor as coactivator-associated arginine methyltransferase 1 (CARM1), a unique coactivator of ERα that can simultaneously block cell proliferation and induce differentiation through global regulation of ERα-regulated genes. CARM1 was evidenced as an ERα coactivator in cell-based assays, gene expression microarrays, and mouse xenograft models. In human breast tumors, CARM1 expression positively correlated with ERα levels in ER-positive tumors but was inversely correlated with tumor grade. Our findings suggest that coexpression of CARM1 and ERα may provide a better biomarker of well-differentiated breast cancer. Furthermore, our findings define an important functional role of this histone arginine methyltransferase in reprogramming ERα-regulated cellular processes, implicating CARM1 as a putative epigenetic target in ER-positive breast cancers.

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Cell DifferentiationCell ProliferationAnimalsBlotting, WesternBreast NeoplasmsCell CycleCell Line, TumorCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27EstradiolEstrogen Receptor alphaFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansImmunohistochemistrycoactivator-associated arginine methyltransferase 1Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27EstradiolEstrogen Receptor alphaProtein-Arginine N-Methyltransferases

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PMID21282336
PMCPMC3076802
OpenAlexW2073151077

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