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ArticleOncotarget2015

Friend leukemia virus integration 1 activates the Rho GTPase pathway and is associated with metastasis in breast cancer.

Wei Song, Wei Li, Lingyu Li, Shilin Zhang, Xu Yan, Xue Wen, Xiaoying Zhang, Huimin Tian, Ailing Li, Ji-Fan Hu and 1 more

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Article in Oncotarget, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Wei SongCancer Center, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Wei LiCancer Center, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Lingyu LiCancer Center, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Shilin ZhangCancer Center, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Xu YanCancer Center, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Xue WenCancer Center, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Xiaoying ZhangCancer Center, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Huimin TianCancer Center, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Ailing LiInstitute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Center of Biomedical Analysis, Beijing, China.
Ji-Fan HuCancer Center, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Jiuwei CuiCancer Center, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Jilin University · CNFirst Hospital of Jilin University · CNNational Center of Biomedical Analysis · CNStanford University · USVA Palo Alto Health Care System · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer is the most prevalent malignant disease in women worldwide. In patients with breast cancer, metastasis to distant sites directly determines the survival outcome. However, the molecular mechanism underlying metastasis in breast cancer remains to be defined. In this report, we found that Friend leukemia virus integration 1 (FLI1) proto-oncogene was differentially expressed between the aggressive MDA-MB231 and the non-aggressive MCF-7 breast cancer cells. Congruently, immunohistochemical staining of clinical samples revealed that FLI1 was overexpressed in breast cancers as compared with the adjacent tissues. The abundance of FLI1 protein was strongly correlated with the advanced stage, poor differentiation, and lymph node metastasis in breast cancer patients. Knockdown of FLI1 with small interfering RNAs significantly attenuated the potential of migration and invasion in highly metastatic human breast cancer cells. FLI1 oncoprotein activated the Rho GTPase pathway that is known to play a role in tumor metastasis. This study for the first time identifies FLI1 as a clinically and functionally important target gene of metastasis, providing a rationale for developing FLI1 inhibitors in the treatment of breast cancer.

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Breast NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationEnzyme ActivationFemaleG1 Phase Cell Cycle CheckpointsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMCF-7 CellsNeoplasm InvasivenessNeoplasm MetastasisProto-Oncogene MasProto-Oncogene Protein c-fli-1rho GTP-Binding ProteinsRNA InterferenceFLI1 protein, humanMAS1 protein, humanProto-Oncogene MasProto-Oncogene Protein c-fli-1rho GTP-Binding ProteinsRNA, Small Interferingbreast cancerFLI1metastasisoncogeneRhoA pathway

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PMID26156017
PMCPMC4695150
OpenAlexW2157142006

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