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ReviewBreast cancer research : BCR2014

Retinoblastoma tumor suppressor pathway in breast cancer: prognosis, precision medicine, and therapeutic interventions.

Agnieszka K Witkiewicz, Erik S Knudsen

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Review in Breast cancer research : BCR, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 83 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

83 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Agnieszka K Witkiewicz
Erik S Knudsen

Funding

Impact of ErbB2 and RB Pathways on DCIS Progression and TreatmentR01CA163863 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI WITKIEWICZ, AGNIESZKA · 2012 to 2016
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA163863
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A series of recent studies have demonstrated that the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor (RB) pathway plays a critical role in multiple clinically relevant aspects of breast cancer biology, spanning early stage lesions to targeted treatment of metastatic disease. In ductal carcinoma in situ, multiple groups have shown that dysregulation of the RB pathway is critically associated with recurrence and disease progression. Functional models have similarly illustrated key roles for RB in regulating epithelial-mesenchymal transition and other features contributing to aggressive disease. Invasive breast cancers are treated in distinct fashions, and heterogeneity within the RB pathway relates to prognosis and response to commonly used therapeutics. Luminal B breast cancers that have a poor prognosis amongst estrogen receptor-positive disease are defined based on the expression of RB-regulated genes. Such findings have led to clinical interventions that directly target the RB pathway through CDK4/6 inhibition which have promise in both estrogen receptor-positive and Her2-positive disease. In contrast, RB loss results in improved response to chemotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer, where ongoing research is attempting to define intrinsic vulnerabilities for targeted intervention. These findings support a wide-reaching impact of the RB pathway on disease that could be harnessed for improved clinical interventions.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Intraductal, NoninfiltratingCyclin-Dependent Kinase 4Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6Disease ProgressionEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFemaleHumansNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalReceptors, EstrogenRetinoblastoma ProteinTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsCDK4 protein, humanCDK6 protein, humanCyclin-Dependent Kinase 4Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6ERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesReceptors, EstrogenRetinoblastoma Protein

Identifiers

PMID25223380
PMCPMC4076637

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