ArticleCancer research2012
Activation of Robo1 signaling of breast cancer cells by Slit2 from stromal fibroblast restrains tumorigenesis via blocking PI3K/Akt/β-catenin pathway.
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- Activation of SLIT2/ROBO1/LRP6 axis aggravates cartilage degradation via β-catenin signaling in TMJOA.JCI insight · 2026Article
- CD47 stabilizes ROBO2 to regulate glioblastoma progression by preventing ITCH-mediated ubiquitination.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- The role of agrin as a downstream mediator of Slit3 in osteogenic-angiogenic interaction under osteoporosis.Regenerative biomaterials · 2026Article
- Discovery of a first-in-class SLIT2 binder disrupting the SLIT2/ROBO1 axisRSC medicinal chemistry · 2025Article
- miRNA-195-5p modulates cell proliferation and stemness by targeting the Wnt signalling network in breast cancer.Non-coding RNA research · 2025Article
- SLIT2 inhibits lung adenocarcinoma progression by suppressing epithelial-mesenchymal transition.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- Integration of humanized ROBO1 CAR in PD-1 locus in natural killer cells delivers synergistic tumor-killing effect against non-small cell lung cancer.Cancer gene therapy · 2025Article
- SLIT2 modulates NMIIA to regulate mitophagy and suppress hepatocellular carcinoma progression.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- Optimization and development of a high-throughput TR-FRET screening assay for SLIT2/ROBO1 interaction.SLAS discovery : advancing life sciences R & D · 2025Article
- SLIT/ROBO Pathway and Prostate Cancer: Gene and Protein Expression and Their Prognostic Values.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- The prognostic implications of podoplanin in cancer-associated fibroblasts and PD-L1 expression in high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung.Thoracic cancer · 2024Article
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- Multiomics integration-based immunological characterizations of adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma in relation to keratinization.Cell death & disease · 2024Article
- Tumor-matched and unmatched cancer associated fibroblasts exhibit differential effect on proliferation and FMOD and MMP9 gene expression in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells when cocultured in spheroids.Cancer cell international · 2024Article
- SLIT Loss or Sequestration Increases Mammary Alveologenesis and Lactogenesis.microPublication biology · 2024Article
- ACAT1 promotes proliferation and metastasis of bladder cancer via AKT/GSK3β/c-Myc signaling pathway.Journal of Cancer · 2024Article
- Cancer associated fibroblast derived SLIT2 drives gastric cancer cell metastasis by activating NEK9.Cell death & disease · 2023Article
- The SLIT/ROBO Pathway in Liver Fibrosis and Cancer.Biomolecules · 2023Review
- Slit2/Robo1 signaling inhibits small-cell lung cancer by targeting β-catenin signaling in tumor cells and macrophages.Molecular oncology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Tumor microenvironment plays a critical role in regulating tumor progression by secreting factors that mediate cancer cell growth. Stromal fibroblasts can promote tumor growth through paracrine factors; however, restraint of malignant carcinoma progression by the microenvironment also has been observed. The mechanisms that underlie this paradox remain unknown. Here, we report that the tumorigenic potential of breast cancer cells is determined by an interaction between the Robo1 receptor and its ligand Slit2, which is secreted by stromal fibroblasts. The presence of an active Slit2/Robo1 signal blocks the translocation of β-catenin into nucleus, leading to downregulation of c-myc and cyclin D1 via the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathway. Clinically, high Robo1 expression in the breast cancer cells correlates with increased survival in patients with breast cancer, and low Slit2 expression in the stromal fibroblasts is associated with lymph node metastasis. Together, our findings explain how a specific tumor microenvironment can restrain a given type of cancer cell from progression and show that both stromal fibroblasts and tumor cell heterogeneity affect breast cancer outcomes.
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